Doe v. Nestle USA, Inc.

Plaintiffs were former child slaves forced to harvest cocoa in the Ivory Coast. They filed claims under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) against defendants Nestle USA, Inc., Archer Daniels Midland …

The Rise of Supply Chain Transparency Legislation: What is at Stake for Canadian Investors?

Description: This report analyzes the impact and enforcement mechanisms for various pieces of legislation (specifically, the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act, the US Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act, …

Sud v. Costco Wholesale Corp., 229 F. Supp. 3d 1075, 1079 (N.D. Cal. 2017)

Facts Plaintiff brought suit against Costco under the California’s Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”), Business and Professions Code sections 17200 et seq.; False Advertising Law (“FAL”), Business and Professions Code sections 17500 …

Regulating the Human Supply Chain

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 102, 2017  Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2914424 U.S. employers’ recruitment of migrant workers from abroad has created a global “human supply chain” that is …

Regulating the Human Supply Chain

The Article highlights a stark governance deficit with regard to human supply chains, analyzing the causes and harmful effects of an effectively unregulated world market for human labor.  This paper …

Transnationalizing Unions: The Case of the UAW and the IG Metall

This case study documents the Transnational Partnership Initiative between the United Auto Workers union in the United States and the IG Metall union in Germany. The two unions joined efforts …

Speech by US Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard discussing the expansion of the “gig” economy

Speech by Governor Lael Brainard, member of the US Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System since 2014. Governor Brainard discusses the expansion of the “gig” economy and the risks/opportunities …

HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OF SUBSIDIARIES: Liability of Parent Companies for Human Rights Violations of Subsidiaries (Oct. 2016)

The article first describes the nature of multinational corporations and how their structure lends itself to limited liability in the context of supply chain accountability. The authors then turn to …

‘Techtopus’: A Critical Analysis of the Silicon Valley Wage-Fixing Scandal

This article (in 5 Manchester Rev. L. Crime & Ethics 160 (2016)) examines the Silicon-Valley Wage-fixing scandal as a white-collar crime and an intersection between antitrust law and labor law. …

Employment Rights in the Platform Economy- Getting Back to Basics

The employment status of workers for “platform economy” firms such as Uber, Lyft, TaskRabbit, and Handy has become a significant legal and political issue. Law- suits against several such companies …