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
For Immediate Release: On February 5, 2019, attorney Robert Teel and the law firms Edelson P.C. and Tousley Brain Stephens PLLC sued five corporations that designed, produced, and distributed a firefighting foam called Aqueous Film Forming Foam (or AFFF) allegedly used at the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island and the Naval Outlying Landing Field Coupeville … More Class action lawsuit seeks to clean up the water and compensate Islanders
The Law Office of Robert L. Teel, Law Offices of Ronald A. Marron, APLC, and Foley & Lardner, LLP Appointed Co-lead Class Counsel November 21, 2018, San Diego, CA — A federal court has granted class certification in part to Plaintiffs whose phone calls were recorded by Securus Technologies, Inc. (“Securus”) in a case involving alleged California … More Court Grants Class Certification in Part for Plaintiffs in Securus Recording Case
Fighting the scourge of forced labour November 2016 | FEATURE | LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT Financier Worldwide Magazine Few topics raise the hackles among the global populace as that of forced labour – a reality that essentially represents a scourge on humanity. A contentious issue, forced labour – especially child labour – has been on … More According to Robert Teel, a lawyer with a strong focus on forced labour and anti-human trafficking issues, the top five countries with the most enslaved people are India, China, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Russia. “India, with the second largest population in the world, is by far the worst offender with the largest absolute number of modern-day slaves estimated at 14.3 million people,” says Mr Teel.
Corinthian Colleges Unfair Student Loan Debt Collection Class Action Investigation The Feds found widespread fraud at Corinthian Colleges. So why are students still paying the price? According to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, nearly 80,000 students of Corinthian Colleges are facing some form of debt collection, even though the Department of Education unearthed enough evidence of fraud … More Contact Us About Our Corinthian Colleges Unfair Student Loan Debt Collection Class Action Investigation
Click on this source to sign the petition: The Hershey Company: Say No To Another Generation of Child Slavery In Your Chocolate Imagine if your 11-16 year old child was stolen, enslaved, and forced to do hard manual labor 80 to 100 hours a week. This is the plight of over 1 million children working … More Sign This Petition to The Hershey Company: Say No To Another Generation of Child Slavery In Your Chocolate
Some for-profit schools have misrepresented what they truly offer their students and have engaged in high-pressure sales tactics to encourage enrollment in their programs. While most schools follow the rules, many have been investigated for aggressive recruiting practices, misuse of federal student aid, and high student loan default rates. For-profit schools often use high-pressure sales … More Getting Federal Student Loan Relief for College Fraud
According to New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, it is critical work to force coal and other fossil fuel companies to start being honest about the damage they are doing to our planet. Schneiderman is out to prove that big oil and other fossil fuel businesses are no longer invincible when it comes to the … More Peabody Coal: Time to Come Clean
Prison and jail communications is a $1.2 billion a year business. Securus Technologies, Inc. is leading provider of phone services inside the country’s prisons and jails serving approximately 2,000 correctional facilities and more than 850,000 inmates in 45 states. The company processes over one million calls per day. Securus’ website claims that its database contains … More The Recording of Prisoner Phone Calls: Privacy and the U.S. Constitution
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