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 …

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‘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 …

Rhaman v. J C Penney Corp

Facts: On April 23, 2013, cracks were noticed in Rana Plaza, an eight-story commercial building in Savar, Bangladesh. The building was evacuated. An engineer declared Rana Plaza unsafe and requested a …

The Enduring Ambiguities of Antitrust Liability for Worker Collective

This Article examines the regulation, by antitrust law, of collective action by low-wage workers who are classified as independent contractors, and who therefore presumptively do not receive the benefit of …

Dana v. Hershey Co., 180 F. Supp. 3d 652 (N.D. Cal. 2016)

Facts Plaintiffs claimed that Hershey violated CA’s Unfair Competition Law, Consumers Legal Remedies Act, and False Advertising Law by failing to disclose that the cocoa in some of its chocolate …

McCoy v. Nestle USA, Inc., 173 F. Supp. 3d 954, 956 (N.D. Cal. 2016)

Issue: whether California law requires corporations to inform customers of supply chains involving slavery and child labor on their product packaging and point of sale advertising (no). Facts: Putative class …

Hodsdon v. Mars, Inc., 162 F.Supp.3d 1016, No. 15–CV–04450–RS, 2016 WL 627383 (N.D.Cal. Feb. 17, 2016)

Facts “Consumer brought putative class action against manufacturer of chocolate products, alleging that manufacturer’s failure to disclose on its product labels that its suppliers used forced and child labor violated …

USA: Filipino teachers celebrate court victory in forced labour case

This is a press release reporting that a U.S. district court ordered a Los Angeles recruitment company to pay USD 4.5 million to 350 Filipino teachers for forced exploitive contracts. …

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