Palm oil is found in everything from potato chips and pills to pet food, and also ends up in the supply chains of some of the biggest names in the $530 billion beauty business, including L’Oréal, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Avon and Johnson & Johnson, helping women around the world feel pampered and beautiful. The … More Rape, abuses in palm oil fields linked to top beauty brands
Robert Teel has been appointed by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California as class co-counsel for a first of its kind nationwide forced labor class action case. The Court found that Mr. Teel and his co-counsel “will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the class” and “are well qualified, have … More Private Immigration Prison Must Face Forced Labor Claims as Class Action Against CoreCivic Certified
DeVry University is one of the nation’s largest for-profit colleges with nearly $2 billion dollars a year in revenue and over $1 billion dollars in market capitalization. Now, the government is accusing the school of deceiving consumers about the likelihood of finding a job. The Federal Trade Commission is suing DeVry for misleading consumers about the employment and … More Possible Debt Relief for Victims of For-Proft College False Advertising
Much of the chocolate that consumers buy originate and are obtained from sources in the Cote D’Ivoire (“Ivory Coast”) in West Africa. The cocoa used to make this chocolate is harvested by slave laborers, many of whom are children not even 10 years old. Some are abducted and kidnapped, others are sold by its family … More Child Slavery: Chocolate’s Dark Side
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