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It's Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we've been monitoring. This week's post includes: the dismissal of a climate change lawsuit...

Hedy Lamarr was considered one of the most beautiful actresses during MGM's "Golden Years" but did you know she was also an inventor of some very important technology during World War II.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals, in a majority decision issued in an action brought against Shell alleging complicity in human rights violations in Nigeria, held that because corporate liability is not recognized under customary international law, federal courts do not have jurisdiction to hear cases brought against corporations under the U.S. Alien Tort Statute.

The relationship between companies and civil society can often be acrimonious, yet in the current geopolitical environment ...

Modern slavery legislation at the Commonwealth level in Australia is getting closer.

Over the past decade, the United States has levied one of its most far-reaching economic sanctions regimes against Venezuela targeting corruption, human rights abuses...

According to its proposed "Charge," the Task Force was to "[e]valuate and monitor external political and legal threats to Tribal citizenship" and "undertake...work as necessary to help NCAI defend against emerging threats to Tribal citizenship."

Liberty Ridge Farm, an upstate New York farm, has recently appealed a $13,000 fine imposed by New York's Division of Human Rights for refusing to host a lesbian couple's wedding.

On Wednesday, September 14, 2022, Ohio state judge Christian Jenkins, temporarily blocked the state's "heartbeat" abortion ban, which effectively bans abortion after 6 weeks...

An amendment to the New York City Human Rights Law introduced before the City Council this week would add current or prior service in the uniformed services as a protected class under the law.

On Tuesday, July 13, the Biden administration issued a supply chain advisory on the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).

Last month, Proskauer filed an amicus brief on behalf of Sanctuary for Families — a leading non-profit organization advocating for victims of domestic violence and sex trafficking ...

On May 5, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of "Town of Greece, New York v. Galloway".

LGBT Pride Month occurs in June to commemorate those riots.

On September 26, 2023, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Department of Labor...

Duane Morris partner John A. Nixon and associate Timothy B. Collins wrote a guest column for the Philadelphia Business Journal.

On October 18, 2011, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to consider whether corporations can be sued in U.S. courts for acts that take place outside of the country.