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Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update – Issue 50, September 2024: The Case for Mandatory Regulation: Jurisprudence Showcases the Need to Move On from Self-Regulation in Tech
This Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update looks at the most significant developments in corporate legal accountability for human rights abuses in the last quarter and includes:
- A Highlight on the need for mandatory regulation for tech companies.
- A new lawsuit profile against: Amazon.com lawsuit (re gender discrimination and retaliation, filed in the US), BNP Paribas lawsuit (re fossil fuel investment, filed in France), Booking.com lawsuit (re allegedly profiting from war crimes, filed in the Netherlands),Cognyte Software lawsuit (re allegedly aiding and abetting crimes against humanity in Myanmar, filed in Israel), Danone lawsuit (re plastic use and pollution, filed in France) and Meta lawsuit (re failing to protect children’s mental health, filed in the US).
- Updates to lawsuit profiles, including the BHP & Vale lawsuit (re dam collapse in Brazil, filed in Brazil), Chiquita lawsuits (re Colombia, filed in USA by Colombian nationals) and NSO Group lawsuit (re hacking WhatsApp users
- And more legal updates and key resources on corporate legal accountability.
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