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U.S. apparel cos. lawsuit (re Saipan)

U.S. Retailers See Big Risk in Safety Plan for Factories in Bangladesh

[PDF] Missing the Point: A response to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce report “Think Globally, Sue Locally”

[PDF] Think globally, sue locally: Out-of-court tactics employed by plaintiffs, their lawyers, and their advocates in transnational tort cases

A Win for Wiwa, a Win for Shell, a Win for Corporate Human Rights

The Law, Slaves and Jack Abramoff

The ethical revolution sweeping through the world's sweatshops

[PDF] executive summary: "Business and International Crimes: Assessing the Liability of Business Entities for Grave Violations of International Law"

[DOC] Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility -- What’s That Lawyer Doing Here?

Co-op America's Retailer Scorecard

[PDF] Corporate Social Responsibility - What Every In-House Counsel Should Know

Saipan Sweatshop Lawsuit Ends with Important Gains for Workers and Lessons for Activists

Saipan garment industry under close scrutiny [Northern Mariana Islands, USA]

Politically correct down to a T: the rise of ethical chic

Levi Opts Out of Sweatshop Settlement

comments by advocates for plaintiffs: "Global economy: Saipan"

comments by Gap Inc.: "Saipan"

USA: Levis is Lone Hold Out in Saipan Suit

[PDF] Legal Issues in Corporate Citizenship

Outcome in Saipan labor case welcomed

For anti-sweatshop activists, recent settlement [by apparel companies in lawsuit over labour rights in Saipan] is only tip of iceberg

Gap Settles Garment Workers Lawsuit

Seven More Retailers Settle Lawsuits Involving Workers in Saipan

U.S. Clothing Retailers on Saipan Settle Landmark Workers' Rights Lawsuit

Statement From Lead Attorney for Workers in Saipan Human Rights Case in Response to Target's Dispute of Lawsuit Allegations

A Long Way to Find Justice: What Are Burmese Villagers Doing in a California Court?

Internationally Binding Legislation and Litigation for the Enforcement of Labour Rights

U.S. firms face suits for overseas acts

U.S. clothing giants suffer blow from Saipan case rulings

Garment workers granted class action status in sweatshop suit [USA-Saipan]

Saipan judge certifies suit as class action: Ruling in dispute over garment factories a rebuff to Gap, Levi

Sweatshops Under the American Flag

Litigation Update: A Summary of Recent Developments in U.S. Cases Brought Under the Alien Tort Claims Act and Torture Protection Act

Saipan workers' class action lawsuit will proceed to trial

Sweatshop Case May Grow - Courts [Saipan]

Summary of the Saipan Sweatshop Litigation

Liability of Multinational Corporations under International Law

Unocal lawsuit (re Myanmar)

Commentary: The Legal Case Map, a key resource for firms' human rights & modern slavery risk management

[PDF] The Third Pillar: Access to Judicial Remedies for Human Rights Violations by Transnational Business

New Report Examines Evolution and Future of Human Rights Litigation in U.S. Courts

Modern-Day Slavery and Human Trafficking: Is Business Ready to Face Up to It?

Alien Tort Backup Plan

[PDF] Investor Statement for Human Rights and in Support of the U.S. Alien Tort Statute

[PDF] Submission on Oil & Gas sector discussion paper

Another Supreme Court boost for corporate unaccountability?

Cuando el gran dinero choca con los derechos humanos [USA]

When big business and human rights collide

Corporate Accountability Now

[PDF] Corporate Liability of Energy/Natural Resources Companies at National Law for Breach of International Human Rights Norms

Free Burma: Transnational Legal Action and Corporate Accountability [book]

Better Safe than Sorry

Trial trails: An American court blocks human-rights suits against businesses

Shortening the Long Arm of the Law [USA]

[PDF] Think globally, sue locally: Out-of-court tactics employed by plaintiffs, their lawyers, and their advocates in transnational tort cases

ERI Submits Reports to the U.N. on U.S. Corporate Accountability and Human Rights Litigation

[PDF] Stakeholder Submission on United States Obligations to Respect, Protect and Remedy Human Rights in the Context of Business Activities

[PDF] Universal Periodic Review – United States of America Submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

[PDF] Human Rights Due Diligence: Is It Too Risky? [scroll to p. 6]

[audio] Globalising justice

[PDF] Special event: Martyn Day & Paul Hoffman speaking on “Human rights lawsuits against companies – our experiences with victims, their families and businesspeople” (London, 3 Dec 2009)

[PDF] Getting it Wrong: Flawed "Corporate Social Responsibility" and Misrepresentations Surrounding Total and Chevron's Yadana Gas Pipeline in Military-Ruled Burma (Myanmar)

[PDF] Total Impact: The Human Rights, Environmental, and Financial Impacts of Total and Chevron's Yadana Gas Project in Military-Ruled Burma (Myanmar)

Human rights abuses: How complicit are oil companies?

Lawsuits target oil company operations overseas

Old law exhumed by fighters for human rights [USA]

Oil Industry Braces for Trial on Rights Abuses

ERI Speaks to Oil Industry: New Investment in Military-Ruled Burma Poses Huge Risks to Companies

[PDF] Obstacles to Justice and Redress for Victims of Corporate Human Rights Abuse

[PDF] Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Abuses

Open Wounds - Big Oil and Big Mining face a host of allegations that they helped commit human rights abuses

Bad Business: Why Companies Shouldn't Trade with Abusive Regimes

Watchdog group says Chevron complicit in Myanmar

Report: Chevron financing, profiting from and liable for human rights abuses in Burma (Myanmar)

Corporate Operations in Burma Fuel Human Rights Abuses, Say Shareowner Activists

Analysis: Gas, oil get Myanmar off hook

United States: Corporate Liability For Human Rights Abuses Goes On Trial