9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sep. 16, 2019
9th Circuit skeptical law makes US company liable for foreign workplace harms
With the Supreme Court growing less amenable to human rights suits brought by foreign plaintiffs under the Alien Tort Statute, a collection of humanitarian groups is hoping to invoke a similar but lesser-known statute -- the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, or TVPRA -- to combat alleged abuses in global supply chains.
With the Supreme Court growing less amenable to human rights suits brought by foreign plaintiffs under the Alien Tort Statute, a collection of humanitarian groups is hoping to invoke a similar but lesser-known statute -- the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, or TVPRA -- to combat alleged abuses in global supply chains.
In an appeal considering a matter of first impression, counsel for a group of Cambodian plaintiff...
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