Susan A. Maslow, founding partner of the law firm of Antheil Maslow & MacMinn, LLP (AMM Law) and Senior Advisor to the Responsible Contracting Project joined Patrick Miller and Olivia Windham Stewart in a recent podcast entitled “Supply Chain Contracts Are Protecting Human Rights”.

The podcast explains how Model Contract Clauses can Protect Human Rights in Supply Chains and can be a valuable tool in helping businesses fulfill obligations under growing legislation requiring that they tackle the challenge of identifying, addressing and preventing human rights abuses in operations. This podcast is of interest to business owners with concerns regarding Withhold Release Orders from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, how to act on the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and proposed EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) or looking to embed the UNGPs and OECD Guidelines into their contracts.

Susan Maslow can be reached at smaslow@ammlaw.com or 215.230.7500 ext. 119.
Antheil Maslow & MacMinn, LLP is a full-service law firm located in Doylestown, PA. At AMM, we pride ourselves on developing deep relationships with our clients by taking time to understand their goals in order to provide responsive, practical legal advice and aggressive advocacy.

Susan A. Maslow, founding partner of the law firm of Antheil Maslow & MacMinn, LLP (AMM Law) and chair of the Corporate Social Responsibility Law Committee of the ABA Business Law Section will participate in an online panel discussion hosted by the American Bar Association International Law Section: “Rule of Law Webathon on Thursday May 18th from 11:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m. EDT. The program is part of the ABA’s Rule of Law Webathon, to register, visit www.americanbar.org/intlaw.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is celebrated as the first legal document protecting universal human rights, the Declaration underpins international human rights law, international humanitarian law, international criminal law, international refugee law, and many other areas of international law. Human rights law standards based on the Declaration have now entered the private sphere. Soft law requirements, such as the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, are being transformed into hard law regulatory and legislative obligations for businesses. Alongside ESG (environmental, social, and governance) and sustainability, these developments are fostering profound changes in the risks to and responsibilities of businesses. The panel of experts will explain this evolving area and explore the implications for lawyers.

Susan Maslow can be reached at smaslow@ammlaw.com or 215.230.7500 ext. 119.
Antheil Maslow & MacMinn, LLP is a full-service law firm located in Doylestown, PA. At AMM, we pride ourselves on developing deep relationships with our clients by taking time to understand their goals in order to provide responsive, practical legal advice and aggressive advocacy.

Patricia Collins, Esquire will join a panel discussion at the Bucks County Bar Association’s 5th Annual Business Law Institute on May 9, 2023. This continuing legal education program entitled “Negotiating C-Suite Employment, Severance, and Transition Agreements” will be held at the BCBA Offices in Doylestown. Collins is a partner in the Doylestown law firm of Antheil Maslow & MacMinn, LLP [AMM Law], practicing Employment Law and Commercial Litigation.

Collins joins Michael Romeo, a transactional attorney on a panel discussion focused on the key trends and considerations related to negotiating employment agreements, severance agreements, and transition agreements for C-suite employees. The program will be moderated by Travis Nelson, Esquire, and will examine ways that both executives and companies can reach agreeable terms for compensation packages, including severance provisions, tax indemnification provisions, and early termination protection.  The program offers  CLE credit. To register, visit the Bucks County Bar Association registration page.

To learn more about employment law services at AMM Law or Patricia Collins, visit out Employment Law  practice page.   Patricia Collins can be reached at pcollins@ammlaw.com or 215.230.7500 ext. 126

Reprinted from the April 2023 edition of Business Law Today. Further duplication without permission is prohibited.

By Susan A. Maslow

In the late 2010s and early 2020s, ESG—a wide-capturing acronym standing for “environmental, social and governance”—roared into action, emerging both domestically and abroad as one of the defining trends in investing, regulation, finance, and corporate governance.

ESG’s proponents have long sought a unified framework through which to describe interrelated standards of environmental sustainability and human rights, and bring them into greater alignment with the private sector’s traditional profit-seeking goals. This change in approach arguably gained in prominence after the Business Roundtable’s 2019 declaration on the purpose of the corporation, endorsing a vision of corporations being led for the benefit of all stakeholders, not just shareholders. Though many question the sincerity and commitment of the Roundtable, the ESG movement was super-charged, and it achieved mainstream status during the 2020 protests for racial justice, which spurred companies to integrate new goals for diversity, equity, inclusion, and racial justice into their broader ESG policies. Over the course of the last eighteen months, public company boards have been sued for breaches of fiduciary duty based on alleged failures to react to ESG factor “red flags.”