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Closing The Gaps: Managing Operational Risk In The Consumer Products Industry
K&L Gates LLP are most popular: within Immigration, Law Practice Management and Transport topic(s) The most consequential risks facing consumer goods manufacturers rarely originate in the legal department. Instead, they arise upstream in the gaps between what the regulatory team believes state and federal laws require, what procurement actually sources, and what the commercial team ultimately represents on the label.
Closing the Gaps: Managing Operational Risk in the Consumer Products Industry
The most consequential risks facing consumer goods manufacturers rarely originate in the legal department. Instead, they arise upstream in the gaps between what the regulatory team believes state and federal laws require, what procurement actually sources, and what the commercial team ultimately represents on the label. Plaintiffs’ firms have become highly sophisticated at identifying and exploiting these gaps.
Emerging Chemical Contaminants
Emerging contaminants (ECs), including those reportedly finding their way into consumer products, are traditionally thought of as newly discovered chemicals (synthetic or natural), which have not yet been monitored or assessed from a health or risk perspective.
Tooey Analysis Extended to Occupational Disease Act
In Herold v. University of Pittsburgh, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court affirmed a Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County decision, holding that: (1) common law claims for occupational diseases occurring four years after the employee’s last workplace exposure are not precluded under the Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act (ODA), and (2) claimants need not first proceed through the workers’ compensation administrative process and be rejected before filing an ODA civil claim.
Litigation Minute: Has the Supreme Court Left ESG Class Actions a Leg to Stand On? (ESG in Litigation Series: Part Four of Eight) | JD Supra
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS One of the earliest modern environmental, social, and governance (ESG) cases decided by the Supreme Court, Massachusetts v.
Litigation Minute: Has The Supreme Cour Left ESG Class Actions A Leg To Stand On?
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS One of the earliest modern environmental, social, and governance (ESG) cases decided by the Supreme Court, Massachusetts v.
Litigation Minute: The "G": Governance Issues Keep the Board From Getting Bored | JD Supra
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS Class actions alleging the board of directors breached its fiduciary duties have become increasingly prevalent, as shareholders seek to hold companies liable for operations management, even across multiple corporate layers. These cases implicate governance factors, the “G” in “ESG,” which are focused on executive compensation, shareholder rights, and how a company is managed and holds itself accountable, such as through audits and internal controls.
Litigation Minute: The "G": Governance Issues Keep the Board from Getting Bored
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Litigation Minute: The "S": Suits Based on What a Company Says and Does | JD Supra
June 16, 2022 Craig Leen, Wesley Prichard, Melissa Tea K&L Gates LLP + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS Social factors, the “S” in “ESG,” consider how a business handles its relationships with suppliers, contractors, employees, and communities.
Registered Funds and The New ESG Rule Proposals: Everything You Wanted to Know (But Were Afraid to Ask)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On 25 May 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a series of amendments (the Proposed Amendments) to rules and reporting forms, which purport to provide investors with additional information about registered funds that incorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into their investment selection processes.
Litigation Minute: The "E": Environmental Regulation and Ethos | JD Supra
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS Class-action plaintiffs’ lawyers increasingly are using changing environmental regulations, new reporting requirements, and companies’ voluntary disclosures as the alleged basis for a legal duty when filing wide-ranging putative class actions.
Vale's ESG Disclosures Lead to Regulatory and Shareholder Litigation | JD Supra
On 28 April 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed suit against Vale S.A. (Vale), a publicly traded Brazilian mining company and one of the world’s largest iron ore producers, alleging that Vale had made false and misleading claims about the safety of its dams prior to the January 2019 collapse of its Brumadinho dam.1 The collapse killed 270 people, caused immeasurable environmental and social harm, and resulted in losses of more than US$4 billion in Vale’s market...
TSCA NCC Submits Comments On EPA’s New Chemicals Collaborative Research Program
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Not-So-Free Shipping: Yeezy Brand to Pay US$950,000 Over Late Shipping Under California Consumer Protection Laws | JD Supra
Supply chain disruptions, coupled with a surge in online shopping, have led to overstretched companies and impatient customers. The supply chain crisis1 continues to cause shipping delays across the nation as companies struggle to work around pandemic-related constraints.
Not-So-Free Shipping: Yeezy Brand to Pay Us$950,000 Over Late Shipping Under California Consumer Protection Laws
Friday, November 12, 2021 Supply chain disruptions, coupled with a surge in online shopping, have led to overstretched companies and impatient customers. The supply chain crisis1 continues to cause shipping delays across the nation as companies struggle to work around pandemic-related constraints.
No Supplies in the Chain | JD Supra
The world’s supply chains are crumbling. Manufacturing companies are struggling to catch up with surging demand as the global economy begins to recover from the pandemic-related impacts on production across all industries. Prices for resources such as magnesium, silicon, and iron ore and other industrial raw materials are skyrocketing as a result of depleting inventories. Shipping container rates have increased fourfold. Ports are congested, trucks are without drivers, and warehouses are empty.
How to Deal with the Current State of the Supply Chain
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 The world’s supply chains are crumbling. Manufacturing companies are struggling to catch up with surging demand as the global economy begins to recover from the pandemic-related impacts on production across all industries. Prices for resources such as magnesium, silicon, and iron ore and other industrial raw materials are skyrocketing as a result of depleting inventories. Shipping container rates have increased fourfold.
A Snap Chat: Removal Jurisdiction | JD Supra
[co-author: Nadia Brooks] You and Company X have been sued in Pennsylvania state court. You are a Pennsylvania citizen and Company X has its principal place of business and place of incorporation in Delaware. After noticing that you have not yet been served with the lawsuit, you quickly file a notice of removal to federal court before service can be made.
Removing Civil Action to Federal Court
Friday, September 25, 2020 You and Company X have been sued in Pennsylvania state court. You are a Pennsylvania citizen and Company X has its principal place of business and place of incorporation in Delaware. After noticing that you have not yet been served with the lawsuit, you quickly file a notice of removal to federal court before service can be made.
Proposed Amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(B)(6) Introduce a Meet-and-Confer Obligation in Advance of Corporate Depositions | JD Supra
Introduction Unless Congress intervenes, the first-ever substantive amendment to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(6) will take effect on 1 December 2020.[1] Governing oral depositions of party and nonparty organizations, Rule 30(b)(6)’s original purpose, when it was introduced in 1970, was to ensure a fair and even playing field so organizations would not receive special advantages during the discovery process.[2] To achieve this purpose, the Rule, in its current form, has two...
Proposed Amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
Friday, July 10, 2020 Introduction Unless Congress intervenes, the first-ever substantive amendment to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(6) will take effect on 1 December 2020.[1] Governing oral depositions of party and nonparty organizations, Rule 30(b)(6)’s original purpose, when it was introduced in 1970, was to ensure a fair and even playing field so organizations would not receive special advantages during the discovery process.[2] To achieve this purpose, the Rule, in its current...
COVID-19: Defending Class Action Litigation in Pennsylvania | JD Supra
Introduction As Pennsylvania heads into its seventh week of quarantine due to the disease caused by the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”), [1] businesses from all sectors continue to be severely impacted by the commercial shut down. The effects of COVID-19 have devastated local economies throughout the state. And while Governor Wolf recently announced his plan for reopening, [2] the road to recovery will be anything but short.
COVID-19: Defending Class Action Litigation in Pennsylvania
Thursday, April 30, 2020 Introduction As Pennsylvania heads into its seventh week of quarantine due to the disease caused by the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”), [1] businesses from all sectors continue to be severely impacted by the commercial shut down. The effects of COVID-19 have devastated local economies throughout the state. And while Governor Wolf recently announced his plan for reopening, [2] the road to recovery will be anything but short.
New Jersey Supreme Court Affirms Pro-Policyholder Rulings in Honeywell | JD Supra
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