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Mining for Gold: Little-Used Regulatory Golden Nuggets That Can Make Life Easier for Shippers, Brokers, and Carriers.

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The transportation and logistics sector has always been one that is heavily regulated, both by pertinent federal agencies and by various state agencies. Although there is now a movement for selected deregulation by DOT, the...more

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How Will Changes to Corporate Criminal Liability Impact the Banking Sector

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The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act was passed by Parliament on 26 October. The Act makes significant changes to the law of corporate criminal liability....more

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Vedanta: UK Supreme Court takes the “straitjacket” off claims against parent companies in the English Courts

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On 10 April 2019, the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Vedanta Resources PLC and anor. v Lungowe and others [2019] UKSC 20; a long awaited decision on parent company liability and the jurisdiction of English...more

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The House of Lords’ Report on the Bribery Act 2010: A Glimpse Into the Future of Economic Crime?

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On 14 March 2019, the Select Committee on the Bribery Act 2010 published its Report in which it makes a number of conclusions and recommendations. The Committee was given the task not only of conducting post-legislative...more

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Parent company liability – Court of Appeal upholds decision rejecting jurisdiction over claims brought against Unilever by victims...

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On 4 July 2018, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in AAA & Ors. v Unilever PLC and Unilever Tea Kenya Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 1532, dismissing an appeal by victims of the 2007 post-election violence in Kenya....more

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Hogan Lovells leads conversation with roundtable on the French duty of vigilance and corporate civil liability for human rights

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On 17 May 2018, an unprecedented round table took place to discuss the “French duty of vigilance and civil liability in human rights matters” at our Paris office. ...more

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BHR 360: highlights from 2017, and what to watch out for in 2018

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Welcome to the first edition of BHR 360, our bi-annual Business and Human Rights newsletter. Over the past year the international community has focused its attention on the third pillar of the UN Guiding Principles on...more

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Update on the responsibility to respect human rights and parent company liability: what the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Okpabi...

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In the last four months, the Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in two important cases relating to parent company liability and jurisdiction over extra-territorial human rights impacts. ...more

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