In April, legislation was introduced into the US House of Representatives that would ban the sale in the US of goods made in so-called sweatshops.

The “Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act” would not only ban the importing of some goods but would also allow US retailers and their investors to sue competitors that imported or sold such goods.

Retailers participating in joint initiatives may then have to consider whether the information they were sharing could be used by a competitor to sue them, says Michael Levine, a partner with the law firm Epstein, Becker & Green.

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