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Forced Labor
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SmarTrade
DHS Updates UFLPA Entity List with Three Companies Engaged in Genetics Testing
By Scott E. Diamond**, Francesca M.S. Guerrero, Samir D. Varma
On October 28, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the addition of three Chinese companies to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List. Effective October 29,…
Legal History Blog
Kelly on Liberian Legal History
By Dan Ernst
Ezekiel Kelly, a Lecturer at Censil University, has posted two papers on the legal history of Liberia. The first is Sovereignty on Trial: Liberian Law, Forced Labour and the League…
Steptoe News
Forward Law Review Interviews Jonathan Drimmer on Human Rights Compliance
By Steptoe
OverviewSteptoe partner Jonathan Drimmer was interviewed by Forward Law Review to discuss how business and human rights issues are becoming core compliance concerns, driven by expanding forced-labor import restrictions, sustainability…
SmarTrade
CBP Issues Withhold Release Orders on Two Indonesian Palm Oil Producers
By Scott E. Diamond**, Samir D. Varma, Francesca M.S. Guerrero
On September 29, 2026, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued two Withhold Release Orders (WROs) against palm oil and its derivative products produced by Mitra Aneka Rezeki (MAR) and Hardaya…
Antitrust, Competition and Trade
Are the Section 301 Tariffs Actually About Forced Labor, or Are They Just a New Trade Weapon?
By Roth Soy
Daniel N. Anziska and Ryan Last, attorneys in Troutman Pepper Locke’s Tariff + Trade Task Force Practice Group, authored “Forced …
Religion Clause
Dance Company’s "Ministerial Exception" Defense to Trafficking Claims Rejected at Pleading Stage
Chun-Ko Chang v. Shen Yun Performing Arts, Inc., (SD NY, Aug. 18, 2026), is a class action suit brought by students who also are performers in a Chinese dance company based…
JURIST
Corporate human rights watchdog finds forced labor persists on Dominican Republic plantations
By Renee Ferguson | U. Ottawa Faculty Of Law, CA
The human rights watchdog Corporate Accountability Lab (CAL) released a report on Tuesday finding that forced labor persists on sugarcane plantations in the Dominican Republic (DR). CAL called for the…
Global Policy Watch
DHS Expands UFLPA Entity List Amid Intensifying Enforcement Landscape
By Shara Aranoff, Tom Plotkin, Mary Mikhaeel, Alexander Chinoy, Daniel Feldman, Don Ridings, Emma Sawatzky, Hannah Edmonds-Camara, Paul Mertenskötter
Executive Summary Last week, the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (“FLETF”) added 43 entities to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (“UFLPA”) Entity List and made technical name updates to…
Sanctions & Export Controls Update
US Government Expands Cuba Sanctions Program with New Designations and General Licenses
By Alison J. Stafford Powell (US), Michael Amberg (UK), Jasmine Elmasry (US)
On July 23, 2026, the US Department of State designated multiple entities and individuals in Cuba, and the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued…
Agricultural Law & Rural Practice | Solo Small Firm & General Practice Section
Trump Administration Imposes New Section 301 Forced Labor Tariffs onImports From 60 Countries
U.S. importers should prepare for substantial new tariff exposure following the Trump administration’s imposition of Section 301 forced labor tariffs on imports from 60 countries. The measures affect approximately…