9th Circ. Revives Children's Nestle 'Slave Labor' Suit

By Dave Simpson (October 23, 2018, 10:35 PM EDT) -- The Ninth Circuit revived a proposed class action brought by alleged victims of human trafficking who accuse Nestle and Cargill of abetting child slavery on African cocoa farms by paying off slave owners, finding Tuesday that the allegation falls within the scope of the Alien Tort Statute's language on torts committed in violation of the law of nations....

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