Unfashionable: Garment Retailers May Be Liable for Manufacturers' Wage Violations | Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Seyfarth Synopsis: Proposed California legislation, , would hold certain garment retailers known as “brand guarantors” (i.e. those that license their brand or name for manufacturing) responsible for labor violations occurring down the supply chain. We discuss the proposed bill’s provisions below, and its implications for companies operating in this area. “Abe Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery, right? Well, who do you think made the silk stockings and powdered wigs worn by our early leaders? Mugatu!” (Derek Zoolander and J.P. Prewitt in Zoolander) Anchorman (the news industry), El...
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