Legal developments in the field of business and human rights continued to be dynamic and expanding in 2018, through national legislation, common law and transnational tort suits, new soft law instruments and drafting exercises, institutional innovation, and a treaty drafting exercise at the UN.
While potential corporate exposure was narrowed in the United States by the Supreme Court ruling in Jesner v. Arab Bank, elsewhere norms were tightened and the risk of liability for non-compliance may have risen. Companies operating in multiple national jurisdictions are well advised to keep abreast of these trends.
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