Nine companies, with a total of 1.8 million employees, are the first to test out a new set of labor and human rights standards in their global supply chains. The standards will let investors assess a company’s commitment to compliance monitoring and access to grievance procedures, among other points.

The 9th Circuit has revived a human rights suit against mining company Rio Tinto and held the Alien Tort Statute doesn’t shield corporations from liability for violations of international law. One dissenting judge blasted the majority for giving the 9th Circuit jurisdiction “over all the Earth.”

Ruling in favor of Chevron for the third time in four months, a D.C.

Saying Patton Boggs’ effort to amend its original action is “a day late and a dollar short,” a federal judge has shot down a motion to tack on additional allegations in a suit against Chevron that is rooted in human rights litigation in Ecuador.

A federal judge has rejected Chiquita Brands International’s efforts to throw out a lawsuit over the corporation’s alleged involvement in human rights abuses.