9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Oct. 24, 2018
9th Circuit revives international law litigation claiming major cocoa producers encouraged use of child slave labor
American corporations may be sued for aiding and abetting international human rights abuses, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
American corporations may be sued for aiding and abetting international human rights abuses, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
A three-judge panel of the court said a group of former child slaves from Africa could use the Alien Tort Statute to pursue claims against a number of American manufacturers, purchasers, processors and retail sellers of cacao they say perpetuated a system of forced child labor on the Ivory ...
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