California's New Forced Labor Disclosure Law: Empowering Consumers While Burdening Supply Chain

State’s slavery and human trafficking law affects more than mega-retailers and major manufacturers


 [1] The full text of the law is available at http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0651-0700/sb_657_bill_20100930_chaptered.html

[2] Or, if the company does not maintain a web presence, it must provide consumers with a copy of its disclosure upon request (within 30 days).

 Eric Eastham and Mitch Danzig are San Diego-based attorneys with Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.. Attorneys Ben Tymann and Cynthia Larose, who are based in Mintz Cohn's Boston office, also contributed to this article.