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Retailers, manufacturers must disclose efforts to combat slavery, human trafficking as of Jan. 1

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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  • USA
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  • October 4 2011

Beginning January 1, 2012, California Civil Code Section 1714.43 will require retail sellers and manufacturers doing business in California to disclose their efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from their direct supply chains for tangible goods offered for sale

6th Circuit: State's plan to claim abandoned checks sooner doesn't violate due process

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 18 2011

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in American Express Travel Related Serv. Co., Inc., v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, et al., held that an amendment to Kentucky's unclaimed property law that shortened the presumptive abandonment period for traveler's checks from 15 years to 7 does not violate the Due Process Clause

California bill would require manufacturers and retailers to combat human trafficking

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 16 2010

Senate Bill 657 proposes that, except for those having less than $2 million in annual sales, "every retail seller and manufacturer doing business in this state shall develop, maintain, and implement a policy setting forth its efforts to comply with federal and state law regarding the eradication of slavery and human trafficking from its supply chain."