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On August 15, 2021, the Taliban overthrew the Afghan government shortly after the United States announced it would withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.

On July 30, 2004, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") published an interim rule which authorizes USCIS adjudications officers to exercise discretion in issuing employment authorization documents ("EADs") for a period in excess of one year. This rule is now in effect.

A legal action claiming the existence of ‘women-only' sections at two gyms is illegal sex discrimination has reached the Connecticut Supreme Court.

Recently the Supreme Court granted certiorari in one case of interest to the business community. Barring extensions, amicus briefs in support of the petitioner will be due on January 26, 2006, and amicus briefs in support of the respondent will be due on March 2, 2006.

As if international trade's deadlines and other timing concerns weren't challenging enough already, now America's importers - and the transportation service providers who service them - have another concern in their scheduling equations.

The European Court of Human Rights recently ruled that dawn raids carried out at the premises of two French construction companies by the DGCCRF violated both the rights of defense and the right to privacy, due to inadequate judicial review of both the decision authorizing the raids and the scope of documents seized.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the context of human rights due diligence, and the correlative financial performance of multinationals, was made a more nuanced policy consideration by another Court of Appeals decision.

Individuals wishing to begin the new year by taking a beloved pet or emotional support animal out to a restaurant may run into new legal deterrents in some states.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a bill significantly amending the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA) on May 15, 2024. The MHRA, otherwise known as Minnesota's anti-discrimination statute...

In September 2021, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) published a briefing entitled "Social Audit Liability: Hard law strategies to redress weak social assurances"...

The Little Sisters of the Poor and the government have filed their final briefs in the longstanding tussle over the administration's contraception mandate.

The United States has historically treated child sexual abuse as aberrational, yet the greatest danger often comes from trusted figures in a child's daily life.

The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act requires retailers and manufacturers doing big business in California to disclose what measures they are taking to ensure their suppliers comply with human rights standards

On November 29, 2016, France's National Assembly adopted the text of a bill (the "Bill") that, if enacted, would create new due diligence obligations for large French companies regarding their subsidiaries'...

The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a new measure, H.R. 4039, which would prohibit any funding for programs within the State Department...

As we recognize Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I recently sat down with our friend Wayne Ho, CEO of the Chinese-American Planning Council ("CPC")...

Nearly 30 years ago, Dr. Ezra L. Totton, a distinguished Black professor of chemistry, bequeathed $35,000 to the University of Iowa to establish a scholarship...

A brief overview of the California Transparency Supply Chains Act, as well as the three additional regulations that emerged shortly thereafter can be found below...