Five On Friday: Five Recent Developments That We've Been Watching Closely

There continue to be regular developments in the business and human rights field that warrant attention from both companies and their stakeholders. New legislation and regulation, shifting policy positions, and developments in ongoing litigation...there is always a lot to discuss.

To conclude this week, we have put together a rundown of five recent developments that we've been watching closely:

• On September 2, a federal judge in Boston ordered the Securities and Exchange Commission to file, within 30 days, an expedited schedule for releasing a final rule on revenue transparency. The order came after Oxfam America filed suit against the SEC, seek to compel it to promulgate a final rule. The SEC's first rule, issued pursuant to Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, was vacated in July 2013.