By Adrianne Appel2025-07-31T16:44:00
Kentucky took aim at Chinese company Temu, alleging in a lawsuit that it counterfeited popular Kentucky-designed merchandise and violated customers’ privacy.
Temu, owned by multibillion-dollar Chinese company PDD Holdings, is an online clothes and shopping app that, despite high-profile warnings about its poor privacy controls and links to the Chinese communist government, has quickly become one of the top downloaded apps in the United States.
In Kentucky, Temu has stolen intellectual property, according to a lawsuit filed by the office of the attorney general.
2025-07-29T18:30:00Z By Ian Sherr
Chip design software and hardware maker Cadence Design Systems agreed to plead guilty to unlawfully exporting semiconductor design tools to a restricted Chinese military university, the Department of Justice said in a statement. The California firm will pay over $140 million in criminal and civil pines and forfeitures, marking the ...
2025-06-03T14:35:00Z By Adrianne Appel
An increasing number of regulations worldwide regarding human rights due diligence, especially concerning forced labor and child labor, are relevant for any company that is serious about running an ethical business supply chain, experts say.
2024-04-17T16:32:00Z By Jeff Dale
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is calling on the Biden administration to investigate and ban Chinese e-commerce company Temu over forced labor and data privacy violation concerns.
2025-07-31T18:47:00Z By Adrianne Appel
More than 50 people and 50 ships connected to a top Iranian official were added to the U.S. Treasury’s sanctions list on Wednesday, according to the Office of Foreign Assets Control.
2025-07-30T17:56:00Z By Aly McDevitt
The Department of Labor is using poultry processing company Mar-Jac Poultry as an example of what will happen when companies repeatedly employ underage workers in hazardous conditions. Hint: Companies can’t pin the blame on staffing agencies.
2025-07-29T17:34:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The Department of Justice fired two officials who were part of its antitrust division on Monday. The move, reported by CBS News, marks the latest effort from the Trump administration to ease regulations for companies and rollback of antitrust enforcement.
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