JURIST

JANUARY 4, 2024

The Council of the European Union (EU) announced new sanctions imposed on the company PJSC Alrosa and its CEO Pavel Alekseevich Marinychev on Wednesday. The EU Council contended that the company accounts for over 90 percent of all Russian diamond production and constitutes a substantial revenue to the Russian government.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The US Bureau of Industry and Security amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) Monday by adding the Canada-based company Sandvine to the Entity list. The post US introduces restrictions against Canada-based company after accusations of Egypt censorship appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

AUGUST 6, 2023

Russia passed a new law on Friday allowing courts to strip foreign owners from hostile countries of stakes in key Russian entities, in a purported attempt to protect strategic companies from foreign influence. The post Russia passes law restricting foreign investment in Russian companies appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

At least, all publicly-traded companies in the same sector, according to the SEC. The post Material Non-Public Information About One Company Is Material Non-Public Information About All Companies appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The US Department of Treasury imposed sanctions Thursday on a Sudanese financial institution and two companies accused of funding belligerents in the ongoing civil war in the northeast African country. The sanctions involved Alkhaleej Bank, as well as development company Zadna International and metal ore company Al-Fakher Advanced Works.

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JURIST

JANUARY 16, 2023

The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) Monday released a report identifying international companies which are helping the Myanmar military junta ( Tatmadaw ) to commit atrocities by supplying them weapons it has used to repress the country’s population.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday announced a policy incentivizing companies to voluntarily self-report criminal conduct. The disclosure must also be made prior to any threat of disclosure or investigation, prior to the misconduct going public, and within a reasonable time of the company becoming aware of the conduct.

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JURIST

MAY 2, 2023

The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Board Monday announced it will file suit counter to Walt Disney Company in a pending case involving potential government overreach. The post Florida oversight board sues Walt Disney Company in ongoing legal battle appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Spanish anitrust agency Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Compentencia (CNMC) Tuesday fined US pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD) 39 million euros for abuse of the market. ” The CNMC has declared MSD and their parent company, MSD Human Health Holding, jointly and severally liable for the payment of the fine.

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JURIST

AUGUST 31, 2023

The Law Society of Kenya, Amnesty International Kenya, Kenya Human Rights Commission and Humanity Activism Knowledge Integrity (HAKI) Africa jointly raised concerns Tuesday over recent statements made by the President of Kenya regarding individuals involved in the legal battle over the ownership of Mumias Sugar Company.

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APRIL 10, 2024

The e-discovery company CS Disco today announced that its board of directors has named Eric Friedrichsen as president and chief executive officer, filling the slot vacated when the company’s cofounder Kiwi Camara stepped down as CEO last September in the wake of allegations that he had groped a female employee.

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JURIST

MARCH 29, 2024

Four of the largest school boards in Ontario sued the social media companies behind Instagram, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok for disrupting their students’ daily education, according to a news release by the districts on Thursday.

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LawSites

MARCH 20, 2024

Fast Company is out with its annual ranking of the world’s most innovative companies , and of the 606 companies that made the list, just four are from legal tech. ” Here are the four legal tech companies that made the list, based on my review. .” If I missed any, please let me know.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 12, 2022

the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to its list of “terrorist and extremist” organizations, Russian news agencies reported. The post Russia adds Facebook parent company Meta to ‘extremists’ list appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

AUGUST 6, 2023

The regulations would also mandate companies to create response plans for data breaches and emergent contingencies. The post China releases draft regulations requiring data protection audits for certain companies appeared first on JURIST - News. These regulations were made pursuant to the PIPL.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 21, 2023

According to the OFAC press release, companies such as Global Liberty d.o.o. The post US imposes sanctions on adult children and associated companies of Bosnian Serb leader appeared first on JURIST - News. Laktasi (Global Liberty), Agro Voce d.o.o. Laktasi (Agro Voce), Agape Gorica Dodik and Ivana Dodik s.p.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 20, 2024

The debtor, a failed asbestos company, claims that it will perform its insurance contracts in full: It will pay all the deductibles it owes, 100 cents on the dollar. But when it came time for Kevin Marshall’s argument for the asbestos company, the justices’ lack of sympathy was quite clear. Kaiser Gypsum Co.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In a press statement by the ECCHR, information has found that companies including Lidl, Aldi, Hugo Boss, and others have “allegedly directly or indirectly abetted and profited from the forced labor of the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang.” This case follows in the footsteps of one filed against France in July.

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JURIST

JUNE 28, 2023

The New Jersey Attorney General and Commissioner of Environmental Protection announced on Wednesday that they reached a settlement with Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC, the US subsidiary of a Belgian company, over the release of so-called “forever chemicals.”

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

sued California on Friday over California Assembly Bill 587 (AB 587), a state law requiring social media companies to publish their content moderation policies, arguing that the law violates the US Constitution’s First Amendment. The law mandates that social media companies publish how they moderate certain content on their platforms.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

UN experts Monday welcomed Armenia’s commitment to combat the use of mercenaries and private security companies. They also focused on the activities of private security companies and their impact on human rights. The Armenian government made the commitment during an eight-day visit by UN experts to the country.

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JURIST

JANUARY 6, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday renewed a lawsuit against twenty-one medical equipment and pharmaceutical companies over allegations that their contracts with Iraq’s health ministry aided in funding terrorism that ultimately led to the death of American soldiers during the Iraq War.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 31, 2023

The two companies now owe 16 families of former workers and one former worker based on the finding. In 2018, the Supreme Court issued two decisions that ordered the Japanese companies of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. The Supreme Court of Korea found on Thursday that shipbuilder Hitachi Zosen Corp.

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JURIST

JULY 6, 2022

US Senate Intelligence Committee members Tuesday called for the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate social media platform TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance for invading the privacy of its users. TikTok has previously faced legal challenges in other countries for sharing user data.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Several Malian individuals have sued seven American chocolate companies for abetting and supporting illegal child labor in Côte D’Ivoire. The defendant companies are Barry Callebaut, Cargill, Hershey, Mars, Mondel?z, The suit also states that the companies have violated the International Labour Organization Convention No.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 31, 2024

The post Boeing Defense Business Narrows Losses As Company Battles MAX Crisis appeared first on Above the Law. The aerospace giant chose to forego overall financial guidance for 2024 as it struggles with safety concerns in its commercial business.

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JURIST

JANUARY 18, 2022

Endo International PLC (Endo) Tuesday agreed to pay $65 million to settle all Florida governmental opioid-related cases and claims, preventing pending claims against the specialty pharmaceutical company from going to trial. Pharmaceutical companies continue to face ongoing backlash through numerous lawsuits stemming from the opioid crisis.

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JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2023

The South Gauteng High Court Tuesday in South Africa continued hearing a case against mining company Anglo American South Africa on allegations of lead poisoning. They informed the court of “international business standards,” and focused on the country’s duty to “regulate the conduct of its companies.”

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JURIST

JULY 14, 2022

Meta, the parent company of sites such as Facebook and Instagram, Thursday released its first human rights report. In addition to identifying the six risks described above, Meta also included steps that the company has undertaken to remedy them. The report specifically covered January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021.

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APRIL 18, 2024

The Internal Revenue Service published updated domestic asset/liability and yields percentages Thursday that foreign life insurance companies as well as foreign property and liability insurance companies need to compute their minimum effectively connected net investment income for tax years starting in 2023.

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JULY 12, 2022

ECCHR pointed out the suit was “noteworthy as they are urging the company to pay compensation for loss and damages already incurred, as well as to finance urgently needed flood protection measures.” ” The post Indonesia island residents sue Swiss company for climate change effects appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

JUNE 13, 2023

The Danish Business Minister, Morten Bodskov, underscored the need for tech companies to take responsibility for the collection of children’s data. The United States is concurrently engaged in formulating an all-encompassing privacy bill , which entails raising the age at which tech companies can gather data from individuals to 16.

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MARCH 12, 2024

The arrival of 2024 brought a new reporting requirement for more than 32 million smaller companies in the United States. One company that is taking the lead on this is Wolters Kluwer. On today’s episode, we’ll dig into this new law and its requirements, and hear about how technology is helping companies comply.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

New York joined the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and a bipartisan coalition of 26 states on Tuesday in filing a federal suit against precious metals company Safeguard Metals LLC and its owner and manager, Jeffrey Santulan, for allegedly deceiving investors across New York and the US.

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JURIST

JANUARY 29, 2022

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Friday took action against three companies accused of forced labor practices. The two forced labor Findings were issued against Malaysian company Sime Darby Plantation Berhad and the Vanuatu-flagged fishing vessel, Da Wang , owned and operated by the Taiwanese company Yong Feng Fishery Ltd.

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