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Germany passes law requiring corporate due diligence human rights, environment

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The German Parliament passed a law on Friday requiring large and medium-sized businesses to do their due diligence in combating human rights violations along their supply chain. The Bundestag adopted the draft law by a large majority. The law applies to companies with more than 3,000 employees as of 2023, and 1,000 employees in 2024.

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UN Draft Treaty on Transnational Business Enterprises and Human Rights in the Making: Raising the Global Bar in Corporate Litigation

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The future legal value of the Draft Treaty will be that of enforceable regulation, provided of course that it is adopted in its current form. The Draft Treaty is still being negotiated and amended. The Draft Treaty complements soft law in the same area, namely the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

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The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: PIL and Litigation Aspects

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Introduction After extensive negotiations, on 24 April 2024, the European Parliament approved the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD or CS3D) as part of the EU Green Deal. Likewise, the Brussels I-bis Evaluation Study (2023) also examined how the Brussels I-bis applies to business and human rights disputes.

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2023: A Year in Review

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Top 2023 Success Stories Successfully Mitigated Penalty Actions and Obtained Refunds Issued by CBP to our Clients Our client was issued a notice of penalty in the amount of $812,500.00 We are thrilled to report another year of achievements including saving our clients MILLIONS of dollars. We look forward to working with you in 2024!

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TECHSHOW 2023 LIVE: Start-Up Pitch Competition

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Rich, easy-to-use features allow attorneys and paralegals to quickly draft responses, add objections, text or email clients and obtain electronic signatures directly from our platform. CiteRight CiteRight helps litigation teams save, organize, share, cite, and assemble case law — so they can draft faster and spend more time on what matters.

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Your Votes Are In: Here Are The 15 Finalists You Chose To Be In The 2023 Startup Alley At ABA TECHSHOW

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The ballots are closed and the votes are counted: Your votes have determined the 15 legal tech startups that will get to participate as finalists in the seventh-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2023 , taking place March 1-4 in Chicago. Read this startup’s detailed application. Read this startup’s detailed application.

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Patent Continuation Strategies Face Major Threat

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Google LLC , 20-06754 WHA, 2023 WL 6542320 (N.D. 6, 2023). In Sonos , Judge Alsup found Sonos’s patents unenforceable due to prosecution laches, despite Sonos diligently prosecuting related applications for 13 years; serially filing a continuation with each allowance. Google LLC , 20-06754 WHA, 2023 WL 6542320 (N.D.

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