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The Supreme Court has significantly narrowed the scope of corporate liability under the Alien Tort Statute, holding that courts cannot create new causes of action beyond three historical violations identified by Blackstone.

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that organizations receiving state investigatory subpoenas can challenge them in federal court immediately when donor information is demanded and First Amendment associational rights are threatened.

On March 5, 2026, Bond, Schoeneck & King secured a unanimous decision from the Appellate Division holding that the New York State Human Rights Law violates the Fourth Amendment to the extent...

A New York appellate court has upheld a property owner's claim of "structural infeasibility" in refusing to construct an accessible entrance, effectively breathing new life into a defense that owners and tenants often rely on ...

In groundbreaking legislation last year, NYSHRL to prohibit sexual harassment against non-employees of all types, including models, stylists, and artists in the fashion industry who are classified as...

For the first time, a New York appellate court has outlined the evidentiary burden an employer must satisfy to win a New York City Human Rights Law claim at summary judgment.

On February 23, 2023, the same day three major defense industry trade associations publicly released their report to the U.S. Department of Defense's (DOD) Foreign Military Sales...

As we mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights today, some might say that we have little to celebrate.

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

With the advancing wave of mandatory human rights laws and the increasing focus from investors and other stakeholders on human rights, it is ever more incumbent on companies to take demonstrable steps to identify.

A few days before Christmas, the Senate followed the House in bringing its legislative year to a swift but unsatisfying end.

On March 24, 2022, the White House announced a new set of initiatives designed to address the humanitarian and economic impacts of the Ukraine-Russia crisis.

Our research department has crunched the numbers from the federal court docket and the verdict is that the ADA Title III plaintiff's bar and their clients are still busy filing lawsuits.

As previously reported by these authors in a Legal Alert on February 17, 2017, the Trump Administration withdrew a motion filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals...

Earlier this month, the District Court for the District of Columbia denied Exxon Mobil's motion to dismiss plaintiffs' claims in Doe I v. Exxon Mobil, a case brought pursuant to the Alien Tort Statute ("ATS").

Last week, the D.C. Circuit Court entered final judgment in the case, which upheld its prior rulings, and remanded it to the SEC for appropriate action.

On February 12, the U.S. Department of State released a set of " Frequently Asked Questions" ("FAQs") with regard to the U.S. Government's efforts to develop a National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) blocked imports of cotton products from a major Chinese state-owned firm in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) on December 2