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The United Kingdom recently enacted the Modern Slavery Act 2015, the first law in Europe aimed at eliminating modern slavery and human trafficking from supply chains.

Amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) aimed at eliminating substandard labor conditions

Keeping its promise announced last year, the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2015, released

On March 5, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a Final Rule implementing protections for employees

Does your company respond to all internal concerns immediately, investigate them thoroughly and remediate

Various whistleblower laws protect employees who "lawfully" disclose confidential information in good

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum1 upholding the dismissal

The issue of whether attorneys may "blow the whistle" on conduct they reasonably believe violates securities

Human trafficking is one of the 21st century’s buzz phrases.  There is some disagreement on exactly

In November 2012, Littler Mendelson conducted its Fifth Annual Global Employer Institute (GEI) in Washington,