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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 law applies to companies with more than 3,000 employees as of 2023, and 1,000 employees in 2024. The Bundestag adopted the draft law by a large majority.
Germany’s cabinet on Wednesday launched the bill for the Act on Corporate Due Diligence in Supply Chains (or Supply Chain Act) aimed at strengthening the protection of human rights, health and the environment in German companies’ global supply chains. The bill is expected to be passed by the parliament before the summer break.
Claud — As the calendar turned to 2024, we came across the usual end-of year looks back and projections ahead. In a “hot” deal market, its worthwhile reiterating the fundamentals of regulatory due diligence that don’t change, no matter how attractive the deal or how short the window is to seize the opportunity. By John W.M.
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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.
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For members : throughout December, we will be issuing prorated refunds for subscriptions that extend into 2024. The Crime Report will continue operating through the end of the year, and we are actively working with our partners at the college to secure free and accessible online archives for 2024 onward.
.” Therefore, HRW called on FIFA not to vote in favor of Saudi Arabia as host of the 2034 World Cup next December until the country demonstrates “ proper human rights due diligence” and a serious commitment to labor rights. Saudi Arabia is a country that relies heavily on migrant labor.
Olivera Boskovic, Extraterritoriality and the proposed directive on corporate sustainability due diligence, a recap Tortious actions brought against companies for the violation of human rights and/or environmental damage have raised important issues of jurisdiction and choice of law.
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Figueroa, host and producer of the show “Acá en el Show” is the first journalist murdered in the country in 2024. According to reports from the Quadratín news agency, Figueroa was abducted on April 26, 2024, shortly after dropping off his daughters at a high school in Cuernavaca.
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by 16 December 2024 with the email subject clearly marked “Submission Proposal – Special Issue JSDP – PIL and Sustainable Development in Africa”. Guidelines Applicants are invited to submit a research proposal of up to 500 words, together with a short CV in the same document.
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By Dennis Crouch and Timothy Knight On May 9, 2024, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Warner Chappell Music v. 2024) , resolving a circuit split over the availability of back-damages in copyright infringement cases. 20, 2024). 20, 2024). Nealy , No. 22-1078, 601 U.S. Nealy , Patently-O (Feb. 22-787 (argued Feb.
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Nealy , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. Under the so-called discovery rule, a claim accrues when “the plaintiff discovers, or with due diligence should have discovered,” the infringing act. That rule enables a diligent plaintiff to raise claims about even very old infringements if he discovered them within the three years prior to suit.
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