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Consideration of the rights of children should be integral to any Corporate Social Responsibility strategy or policy.

New York City has adopted two new laws, Int. No. 879-A and Int. No. 905-A, that place additional obligations on employers to accommodate employees who choose to express milk in the workplace.

Both The Trevor Project and the Human Rights Campaign have released reports detailing the challenges faced by Black LGBTQ+ youth in the United States...

Nathalie Rey became co-chair of the firm's Black Attorney Affinity Group in the fall of 2020. Born and raised in Queens, New York, Rey has been a member of the firm's Committee for Diversity,...

Christians across the Middle East are suffering and dying for their faith, and the United States government has called it a genocide. Here are four ways you, your family, and your church can help.

The realities of September 11 and the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Israel have focused the attention of the Bush Administration on homeland security as both a domestic policy and procurement priority. Facilitated by congressional willingness to enact special legislation and to allocate staggering amounts of appropriated funds to protecting against terrorist attacks, the United States government has created unprecedented business opportunities for companies developing and selling anti-terr

Just as the parts in cars tend to wear out af¬ter 60,000 miles, so too, in buildings in New York City, do systems such as elevators wear out after a number of years in service.

At the conclusion of the G7 Summit held on June 7 and 8, the assembled leaders released a declaration endorsing the U.N. Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

The issue in Fisher was whether the University of Texas's use of race in selecting its undergraduate class was constitutional.

It's Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we've been monitoring.

It's Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we've been monitoring.

On April 24, the U.S. Supreme Court held that plaintiffs may not bring claims against corporations domiciled outside the United States in Alien Tort Statute ("ATS") cases.

In May 2021, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) published a report setting out a series of tools investors can use to identify and address human rights risks, including modern slavery risks...

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "After drug dealing, trafficking of humans is tied with arms dealing as the second largest criminal industry in the world, and is the fastest growing."

President Obama issued an Executive Order prohibiting federal government contractors from discriminating against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees.

The corporate culture of a company starts at the top, with the board of directors, and directors should be attuned not only to the company's business ...

Proskauer was privileged to host a panel presentation this month on the topic of representing victim witnesses in cooperating with law enforcement investigations and prosecutions of human traffickers

For nearly a decade, Chicago has maintained a "ban-the-box" ordinance restricting employer's use of criminal records in employment screening. This ordinance largely mirrored...