Episode 381 -- Cadence Design Pays $140 Million to Settle Trade Violations
On Demand, On Purpose: Fashion Manufacturing That Doesn’t Cost the Earth
Compliance Tip of the Day: AI and 3rd Party Risk Management
All Things Investigations – Navigating Secondary Tariffs with Mike Huneke and Brent Carlson
FCPA Compliance Report: The Impact of Secondary Tariffs on Global Trade with Mike Huneke and Brent Carlson
Episode 377 -- Refocusing Due Diligence on Cartels and TCOs
GILTI Conscience Podcast | Beyond the Runway: Navigating Tax, Tariffs and Transfer Pricing in Luxury Fashion
How International Companies Can Prepare for July 9 Tariffs
Hot Topics in International Trade - Let's Be Serious-Supply Chain Audits
The Future of Supply Chains: Chris Andrassy on Using AI to Predict & Prevent Disruptions
Hot Topics in International Trade - Tariff Mitigation Strategies
A Voltage Voyage With Danielle Spalding, Cirba Solutions — Battery + Storage Podcast
Compliance in the Former Soviet Central Asian Republics
Tariffs and Trade Series: What Boards of Directors Need to Know
Episode 369 -- Stepping Into the Enforcement Spotlight -- Customs and Border Patrol and Import Enforcement
Tariffs and Trade Series: What Investors Need to Know
Compliance Tip of the Day: Using Supply Chain to Innovate in Compliance
Tariffs and Trade Series: What Senior Management Teams Need to Know
Wiley's 2025 Key Trade Developments Series: Trade Remedies
Understanding Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery: A Business Imperative with Clint Palermo
As the Australian Government seeks to strengthen the transparency and effectiveness of the Modern Slavery Act (the Act), a series of reviews and responses have been conducted. In May 2023, conclusions from the first statutory...more
The Australian Attorney-General’s Department has commenced a consultation on potential amendments to the Modern Slavery Act. The Act requires entities based or operating in Australia with annual consolidated revenue of A$100...more
On July 25, the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights issued its report Forced Labour in UK Supply Chains. This 99 page report explores forced labor in UK supply chains and makes recommendations for addressing the...more
If you do business in Canada, you may need to file annual reports about your efforts to prevent and reduce the risk that forced or child labour is used at any step of the production of goods that you sell. The deadline to...more
The UK Home Office has published an updated version of Transparency in Supply Chains (TISC), A Practical Guide which provides guidance on how organisations should “comply with the letter and spirit” of corporate reporting...more
The UK Home Office has released revised statutory guidance to support businesses in meeting their obligations under Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, which requires organizations operating in the UK with annual...more
On 25 March 2025, the UK Home Office published its updated Transparency in Supply Chains (TISC): Statutory Guidance (the Guidance), which provides new and detailed recommendations to help organisations comply with Section 54...more
The UK Home Office has updated its modern slavery guidance. The updated guidance – the most significant refresh since the guidance was issued almost ten years ago – is intended to explain how businesses should comply with the...more
The UK Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights has launched a new inquiry into forced labour in UK supply chains. This review will assess the effectiveness of the UK's legal and voluntary frameworks, including the Modern...more
A number of jurisdictions globally are enhancing their supply chain-related regulations. The European Union’s latest regulation in this respect, the EU Forced Labour Regulation (FLR), was adopted on 19 November 2024. The FLR...more
Global election results mean the coming years are going to be full of change for compliance. This article, from our 2025 Top 10 Trends in Risk & Compliance explores how you can prepare....more
Combatting forced labor is growing from aspiration of company boards to a mission-critical focus impacting day-to-day operations. Companies with global footprints are not alone in witnessing acute compliance and reputational...more
Reports are that there over 50 million people in the world living in modern slavery conditions, and, of those, 60% work in forced labor in the private economy. Ensuring that your organization isn’t sourcing from suppliers who...more
In an era of increasing demand for responsible business practices and corporate transparency, governments across the world are scrutinizing corporate conduct and passing laws to motivate companies to be more transparent about...more
When the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Act) came into force, it was considered a landmark legal development globally. The UK was one of the first jurisdictions to introduce a legal requirement concerning transparency in supply...more
Ethics and compliance officers have long had an uneasy relationship with corporate sustainability efforts, mostly because most compliance officers aren’t quite sure they want – or know how to handle – responsibility for it. ...more
If the term “nth supplier” joined your vocabulary recently, you’re not alone. If you haven’t heard the term until now, don’t worry – you’ll be hearing it frequently soon enough. The “nth” supplier is the mythical last...more
The human element in your supply chain - There is little risk in claiming that ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) has been one of the most used acronyms over the last few years. Some salient examples that changed how...more
Australia welcomes new business and foreign investment by providing a strong economy, a stable political environment and a skilled and talented workforce. Our comprehensive guide to Doing Business in Australia has been...more
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a new measure, H.R. 4039, which would prohibit any funding for programs within the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) that involve...more
Le 7 mars 2024, le gouvernement fédéral (le « gouvernement ») a publié une mise à jour des lignes directrices gouvernementales (les « lignes directrices ») et des réponses à plusieurs questions (les « questions principales »)...more
On March 7, 2024, the Government of Canada (Government) released an update of the Governmental Guidance (Guidance) and answers to several Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) relating to Canada’s new modern slavery reporting...more
In Part I, we discussed the basics behind the UK Modern Slavery Act of 2015. To briefly reiterate, that Act requires any company doing business in the UK with an annual turnover of £36 million or more to publicize their...more
If you follow our blog, you’ll notice lately we’ve been writing frequently on topics related to human trafficking and modern slavery. This is no accident, as new laws and regulations related to this growing area of...more
Introduction - Over 400 New South Wales (NSW) government entities, including government agencies, state owned corporations, and councils (collectively, Covered Entities) are required to conduct modern slavery due diligence...more