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The Surprising Ways Your Company Can Be Liable for Human Trafficking – And 4 Steps to Minimize Dangers

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The phrase alone – human trafficking – is enough to stir outrage, discomfort, or disbelief. What many employers may not realize, however, is that you do not have to be a “trafficker” to be held liable for trafficking....more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

California Expands Hotel Liability for Knowledge of Human Trafficking

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California law already requires hotels to provide training to their staff on how to recognize human trafficking and how to report suspected trafficking to either law enforcement or the National Human Trafficking Hotline....more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Banks – What Should You Know? Civil Liability for Failure to Detect Human Trafficking

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In 2020, we wrote about the increased regulatory attention on financial institutions’ obligations to detect and respond to human trafficking. In 2021, we wrote about how anti-human trafficking programs fit squarely in banks’...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Prosecuting Corporations that Benefit Financially from Human Trafficking

As forced labor and sex trafficking prosecutions steadily increase, corporations may be exposed to criminal and civil corporate liability. The U.S. Department of Justice and state law enforcement are expected to...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

You Should Know - May 2018

Hope for Millions of Men, Women and Children - When courageous people step forward and seek accountability through our system of civil justice, good things happen. Manufacturers make safer products. Health care providers...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Bill Expands Corporate Liability for Human Trafficking to Social Media Companies

By removing immunity for illegal content, the recently passed bill emphasizes the need for anti-human trafficking compliance and online account monitoring. The recently passed bill creates civil liability for social media...more

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