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The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability recently held its second hearing on ESG, styled as "ESG Part II: The Cascading Impact of ESG Compliance."

On May 1, 2026, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14404, “Imposing Sanctions on Those Responsible for Repression in Cuba and for Threats to United States National Security...

On May 24, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party ("the Select Committee") unanimously adopted its first set of policy proposals, which include a proposal...

Dealing a rare blow to the disability access plaintiffs’ bar in California, the California Court of Appeal (4th District) held recently that the $4,000 minimum statutory damages under section 52 of the California Civil Code to redress violations of the Unruh Civil Rights Act are available only in cases of intentional discrimination.

The EU Conflict Minerals Regulation takes effect on January 1, 2021. With the effective date of the Regulation nearing, last Thursday, the European Commission published its long-awaited global...

Is your business a transportation, cargo and/or container company or do you own or manage a retail or manufacturing operation?

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled that any Virginia laws banning same-sex marriage or prohibiting recognition of same-sex marriages are unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment.

On April 9, 2019, New York City Council passed a bill amending the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL), to bar NYC employers from testing prospective employees for marijuana use.

Since spring 2018, New York State and New York City have been aggressively moving to protect against sexual harassment in the workplace and, in so doing, have recently created numerous compliance obligations for employers.

In January 2022, the New York State Senate introduced a bill that seeks to impose significant human rights and environmental due diligence and disclosure obligations on fashion retail sellers...

Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act ("ACA") establishes a broad prohibition on discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in health programs and activities.

The Jackson v. Dobbs decision catalyzed a shift in the legal landscape of reproductive rights in the United States. The decision held that there is no federal constitutional right to an abortion...

It has come as a great surprise to learn that most of my 45 years in Washington were not spent in honorable public service but, rather, as part of the "Deep State," ...

Inconsistent questions and casual comments by U.S. Supreme Court justices during oral arguments on Mississippi's anti-abortion law and New York's strict gun laws were "enormously troubling," says Michael J. Dell...

It's the first Tuesday in November, and you are trying to figure out how you can fit voting into your day. You have a job where your boss isn't too happy about giving people time off...

On September 25, 2012, President Obama signed a groundbreaking Executive Order designed to strengthen protections against trafficking in persons in federal contracting.

OFAC published in the Federal Register of June 29, 2018, additional regulations (31 CFR Part 583) to implement the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and Executive Order 13818 of December 20, 2017, ...