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DRC Issue dated 08/06/2020

Celebrity attorney Theodore Boutrous to defend Dell in class action suit over child labour in cobalt mines

Having taken on Donald Trump and Harvey Weinstein in the courts and defended Playboy against the White House, the American lawyer Theodore Boutrous has now been retained by the computer maker Dell in a case involving alleged forced labour in Congolese mines. [...] (274 words)

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DRC 18/01/2021

Google may be added to class action over child labour in mines

Terry Collingsworth, representing plaintiffs who accuse US tech firms of faciltiating child labour in mines, has accepted the arguments of Hogan Lovells, the law firm representing Alphabet, which state that as it is simply Google's parent company, it is not directly responsible for the activities of its subsidiary. [...]

Trafigura has entered into an agreement with the Entreprise Générale de Cobalt (EGC) in the DRC.

DRC 27/11/2020

Trafigura slow and steady on path to marketing Gécamines' cobalt production

Trading company Trafigura has just signed a contract with state-run subsidiary Gécamines to market cobalt. It intends to begin trading in the next three months but only on a select few sites to ensure traceability. [...]

ANGOLA 23/06/2020

General Electric brings in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher to defend it against Portugal's Aenergy

In early June, US firm General Electric appointed Orin Snyder and Anne Champion (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher), to defend it in the action brought against Aenergy. [...]

Artisanal miners work at the Tilwizembe outside of Kolwezi.

Focus DRC 20/04/2020

Cobalt: activist lawyer Terry Collingsworth forces Apple, Tesla & co to answer child labour charges

To respond to lawyer Terry Collingsworth's claims that they have been complicit in the use of forced child labour in the DRC, US West Coast tech giants Apple, Google, Microsoft and Tesla are mobilising America's top legal brains. [...]

DRC 14/01/2020

IRA takes on tech giants and slams PACT's competence

In its class action in which it accuses five American groups of benefiting from the use of forced child labour on DRC cobalt mines, International Rights Advocates also criticises NGO PACT for its lack of efficiency. [...]

AFRICA UNITED STATES 12/06/2018

Traceability: American majors getting in on the act

Although President Donald Trump's administration has dispensed US-registered or listed companies from having to guarantee their mineral supply chains the [...]

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