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Litigation

Sep. 2, 2015

Complaints targeting companies for slave labor use may be start of a trend

Lawsuits alleging slave labor in the supply chains of Costco Wholesale Corp. and Nestle USA Inc. are the first of what attorneys suggest will be a cascade of actions designed to shame major corporations.


By Phil Johnson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Lawsuits alleging slave labor in the supply chains of Costco Wholesale Corp. and Nestle
USA Inc. are the first of what attorneys suggest will be a cascade of actions designed
to shame major corporations.


Filed late last month, both lawsuits invoke the California Transparency Supply Chains
Act of 2010, which requires...

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