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Fashion and the Need for Cross-Sector Sustainability Efforts Were on the Table at the G7 Summit

The Fashion Law

Fashion & Textiles is among the critical industries due to its scale – it is one of the world’s largest manufacturing sectors with outputs of $2.4 While the fashion industry does not operate in a silo, cross-sector partnerships have largely been left out of its attempts to get a handle on its role in the larger climate movement.

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Greenwashing Within the Fashion Industry is the UK’s Next Target

The Fashion Law

As the cosmetics industry bore the brunt of a pair of significant greenwashing lawsuits in the United States at the end of 2021, the fashion industry that is now the target of regulatory oversight action in the United Kingdom to start 2022. As the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in the U.S.

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Why Climate Litigation in South Africa Matters

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South Africa has just nine entries – a modest number, easily overlooked in the flood of cases out of the United States, Europe and the rest of the world. But if not properly managed, the transition may leave behind tens of thousands of workers in the coal sector and allied industries, leading to further inequality and instability.

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Record Numbers of Firms Are Being Swallowed by Private Equity – Should We Be Worried?

The Fashion Law

Two big takeover battles in the United Kingdom are a sign of the times: supermarket chain Wm Morrisons and respiratory medicines group Vectura are both the subject of bids in the billions of pounds by private equity firms. They are under no obligation to answer to all their stakeholders or the public.

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Customs and Trade News Weekly Snapshot

Customs & International Trade Law

United States Trade Representative (USTR) USTR issued a federal register notice announcing a docket for public comments on proposed tariff increases following the four-year 301 review. USTR announced an enforcement action under the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) Forest Sector Annex.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 1/2021: Abstracts

Conflict of Laws

During this period, EU law in the field of judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters applied to and in the United Kingdom. Addendum: At the time when this contribution was written, the conclusion of a Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and United Kingdom still was uncertain.

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Litigation Finance: The Indian Scenario

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The international scenario for Litigation Funding can be sourced to common law jurisdictions of the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. The Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) sector seems to be in the spotlight of TPLF. Legal Evolution of Third Party Litigation Funding in India. The Way Forward.

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