Blog Posts from Business Law Professors
Welcome to the 3rd in a series of 5 guest blogs discussing the work that I have done as a reporter for the ULC study committee on coercive labor practices in supply chains. In this blog, I want to provide a deeper dive into another regulatory options the study committee is reviewing: the use of labor procurement laws.
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Since 1892, the Uniform Law Commission has deeply affected the practice of law – especially business law. Uniform Acts like the Revised Uniform Partnership Act (RUPA) and the Uniform LLC Act are typical examples of the types of frameworks that the ULC typically develops. They are laws that serve as a guide to private transactions and civil liability. Perhaps the most famous example of this has been the Uniform Commercial Code.
More recently however, the ULC has begun to study, draft, and approve laws that, if adopted, would expand its traditional scope – providing more regulatory and criminal oversight of various issues rather than more commercial transactions.
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Have you ever wanted to learn the basics about blockchain? Do you think it's all hype and a passing fad? Whatever your view, take a look at my new article, Beyond Bitcoin: Leveraging Blockchain to Benefit Business and Society, co-authored with Rachel Epstein, counsel at Hedera Hashgraph. I became interested in blockchain a year ago because I immediately saw potential use cases in supply chain, compliance, and corporate governance. I met Rachel at a Humanitarian Blockchain Summit and although I had already started the article, her practical experience in the field added balance, perspective, and nuance.
The abstract is below:
Although many people equate blockchain with bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and smart contracts, the technology also has the potential to transform the way companies look at governance and enterprise risk management, and to assist governments and businesses in mitigating human rights impacts. This Article will discuss how state and non-state actors use the technology outside of the realm of cryptocurrency. Part I will provide an overview of blockchain technology. Part II will briefly describe how public and private actors use blockchain today to track food, address land grabs, protect refugee identity rights, combat bribery and corruption, eliminate voter fraud…
