Regulation & Compliance

Teva Recalls U.S.-Made Drugs Following Contamination Fears

October 4, 2021

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has paused drug production at its Irvine, California, facility and is reviewing the concerns raised by the FDA.

Can a VMT Tax Solve the Infrastructure Funding Dilemma?

October 4, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

When to comes to figuring out how to pay for repairing, building and maintaining the nation’s transportation infrastructure, “taxes” has become something of a dirty word.

Vaccine Mandates Hit Amid Historic Health-Care Staff Shortage

October 4, 2021

Bloomberg

What some are calling the worst U.S. health-care labor crisis in memory is sharpening concerns about attrition from resistance to vaccine mandates.

How to Procure PPE Amid Covid, Climate Strains

October 4, 2021

Christina Dorsey, SCB Contributor

Between rising COVID-19 cases and a worse-than-usual hurricane season, the personal protective equipment (PPE) pipeline is more strained than it’s been since the peak of the pandemic.

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Watch: Ensuring Ethical Labor Practices in Extended Supply Chains

October 1, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Marcus Haggard, associate in the law firm of Perkins Coie, offers advice to companies on how to ensure compliance by their suppliers with ethical labor standards.

U.S., EU Vow Cooperation on Trade, Technology in Diplomatic First

September 30, 2021

Bloomberg

The U.S. and the European Union agreed to work together to shape the rules and standards around crucial technologies and coordinate their approaches to key trade issues at an inaugural meeting of a new cooperation body.

An Obscure Chinese Mining Law Is Hobbling Global Energy Security

September 30, 2021

Bloomberg

China’s current energy crisis can be traced back in part to a legal amendment targeting miners that garnered little notice when it went into effect in March.

Johnson Burned Bridges With EU Truckers He Now Wants Back

September 28, 2021

Bloomberg

The U.K. wants to issue visas for truckers to ease a shortage that’s led to gasoline stations running dry and hit food supply chains. The hard part could be persuading drivers from eastern Europe, the biggest pool of labor in recent years, to come back.

Fuel Shortages Pile Pressure on Johnson as U.K. Crisis Escalates

September 27, 2021

Bloomberg

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under increasing pressure to do more to ease a supply chain crisis in Britain after pumps ran dry at some gasoline stations because of panic buying.

White House Weighs Invoking Defense Law to Get Chip Data

September 23, 2021

Bloomberg

The Biden administration is considering invoking a Cold War-era national security law to force companies in the semiconductor supply chain to provide information on inventory and sales of chips.