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UN Draft Treaty on Transnational Business Enterprises and Human Rights in the Making: Raising the Global Bar in Corporate Litigation

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The Draft Treaty complements soft law in the same area, namely the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. This holds for tort law (liability), criminal law, and administrative law. One aim of the Draft Treaty is to clarify the obligations incumbent upon business enterprises concerning human rights.

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Women of Legal Tech: Julie Saltman

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Julie Saltman is the CEO and co-founder of Standd, an AI-native due diligence and deal review platform, which eliminates friction and creates clarity throughout the deal process, so everyone around the table can focus on building the relationships that are critical to success. Department of Justice.

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Report: Summer School on the new Foreign Relations Law, MPIL Heidelberg, June 8-10, 2022

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Summer School on the new Foreign Relations Law. The Summer School, which brought together 20 young scholars, was also the first step in a large-scale research project that Karen Knop will lead in the coming years as one of the first Max Planck Law Fellows. Foreign Relations Law as a law in between. Report on the.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 1 to May 5, 2023

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NAB thus urges the FCC to lighten this burden by clarifying that the foreign sponsorship identification diligence requirements do not apply to advertisements for commercial products and/or services of any length or format or to leases involving religious programming or locally produced and distributed programming.

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Short Term License Issued to Radio Stations Because of Violations of RF Radiation Rules - Showing the FCC's Options for Penalties at License Renewal Time

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But, in the case of serious violations, the FCC can “ designate a case for hearing ”, meaning that they send the renewal application to an administrative law judge (a judge who is part of the FCC) to hold a trial-type hearing to determine if the license should be revoked. When is that most serious option pursued?

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. The cities also have filed a motion to amend their complaints to withdraw federal common law public nuisance claims that they added after the district court denied remand.

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