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Human Trafficking & Slave Labor › Class Action

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Hard to imagine that human trafficking and slavery still exists today, and yet they do. Here's a look legal developments in the important fight against what President Barack Obama has described as "one... more +

Supreme Court to Hear Case on Detainee Labor and Sovereign Immunity

Carr Maloney P.C. on 6/6/2025

On October 22, 2014, a class action lawsuit was filed by over 60,000 detainees of GEO Group’s Processing Immigration Center against GEO Group Inc. for violating the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and unjustly enriching...more

K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - May 2025 #4

Kaufman & Canoles on 5/28/2025

The former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. has pushed back against efforts to force him to hand over documents relating to his alleged sexual misconduct and hush money payments in a class action over the company’s...more

Behind the Bio: Attorney and Activist, Aarthi Manohar

Legal Internet Solutions Inc. on 3/8/2023

Attorney and activist, Aarthi Manohar, joins host Julie Owsik Ackerman, writer/storyteller/lawyer, for this month’s episode of our new series, Behind the Bio. Each month, Julie interviews a different lawyer to explore the...more

Annual Report on EEOC Developments – Fiscal Year 2016

Littler on 2/27/2017

This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2016 (hereafter “Report”), our sixth annual Report, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant EEOC developments over the past fiscal year. The Report does not...more

Top 10 Litigation Risks and Trends for Retailers

Perkins Coie on 12/16/2016

With the 2016 holiday shopping season in full swing, the risk of litigation heightens for retailers. We created our own version of a “holiday list” to identify the top-10 risk areas where retailers may be vulnerable to claims...more

Another California Dismissal of Proposed Class Action Regarding Disclosure of Forced Labor in the Supply Chain

Mintz - Consumer Product Safety Viewpoints on 3/8/2016

We recently blogged about a new wave of class action litigation related to California’s Transparency in Supply Chains Act. In December, Nestlé USA won the dismissal of a complaint against it alleging that the company was...more

When Transparency Is Not Enough: Class Action Litigation Under California’s Transparency in Supply Chains Act

Mintz - Consumer Product Safety Viewpoints on 11/13/2015

Passed in 2010, the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act has a worthy aim: requiring retailers and manufacturers doing big business in California to disclose what measures, if any, they are taking to ensure their...more

California Laws Are Being Used to Advance Human Rights Claims Based on Global Supply Chain Activities

Littler on 10/15/2015

Recent class actions have claimed that companies have violated California consumer fraud and unfair competition laws resulting from alleged forced labor in their global supply chains. These state law claims argue that...more

Five on Friday: Five Recent Developments that We’ve Been Watching Closely

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 9/11/2015

There continue to be regular developments in the business and human rights field that warrant attention from both companies and their stakeholders. New legislation and regulation, shifting policy positions, and developments...more

Blog: Class Action Charges Misrepresentation In Policies And Disclosures Regarding Slave Labor In Supply Chain

Cooley LLP on 8/25/2015

As discussed in this Bloomberg article, Costco and some of its suppliers are facing class action litigation alleging that Costco misled consumers about the use of slave labor and human trafficking in its supply chain for the...more

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