Jessica Mitchell Wicha, Author at Global Supply Chain Compliance

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New EPA PFAS Reporting Rule Requires Supply Chain Diligence for Article Importers and Chemical Manufacturers Looking Back to 2011

February 26, 2024 by Jessica Mitchell Wicha 4 Mins Read

In October 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a final rule imposing a one-time reporting requirement that will require certain companies to assess their supply chain to determine if they have manufactured or imported per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) or imported any articles containing PFAS dating back to 2011. This PFAS Reporting Rule is just the latest regulatory development related to PFAS, which are a group of thousands of synthetic chemicals that have…

In Compliance

Does the Ninth Circuit Give New Life to the Alien Tort Statute?

February 4, 2020 by David P. Hackett, Reagan R. Demas, Ijeamaka Obasi and Jessica Mitchell Wicha 1 Min Read

More evidence that U.S. courts are continuing to shift towards greater accountability for corporations (and associated individuals) for social harm in their supply chains. Although it is too early to declare the ATS raised from the dead, a slew of other statutes on the books and in the legislative pipeline impose growing obligations on companies to both report and prevent forced labor, trafficking and other human rights abuses in supply chains. Bottom line: companies with…