Legal History

Empowering the Victim: Developments in Human Trafficking Seminar
EMPOWERING THE VICTIM: DEVELOPMENTS IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) offices of the Canadian Embassy to the United States of America, together with the locally-based Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE) and the National Center for Women and Policing (NCWP) invite you to a day-long seminar [...

Sex-trafficking ringleader gets 13 years in prison
Houston Chronicle: "The mastermind of a human trafficking ring that smuggled women from Central America to work in Houston cantinas as virtual sex slaves was sentenced Monday to 13 years in federal prison...

Motorist Injured in Spokane after Collision with Deer
A woman was injured in a Spokane car accident after her vehicles struck a deer on U.S. Highway 2 near Bear Lake, The Spokesman-Review reports. Washington State Patrol officials said the accident occurred at Westwood Avenue after the woman who was driving on the highway hit a deer...

Trafficking in Persons Report 2009
"The ninth annual Trafficking in Persons Report sheds light on the faces of modern-day slavery and on new facets of this global problem. The human trafficking phenomenon affects virtually every country, including the United States...

McCain Vows to Push Religious Freedom and Target Trafficking
He pledged to "make religious freedom a subject of great importance for the United States in our relations with foreign nations," and to establish a federal inter-agency task force on human trafficking in an attempt to reduce the number of women and children who are sold into bondage as sex slaves nationwide.

Four Recommendations for Implementing the Trafficking Victim Protection Act to Better Protect Victims of Human Trafficking in the United States
Nevertheless, there remain crucial problems in the non-implementation of the otherwise good laws that exist to protect victims of human trafficking.

Recall of TYLENOL 8 Hour Caplets 50 Count Sold in The United States and Puerto Rico
TYLENOL 8 Hour Caplets 50 Count One Lot Recalled in US and Puerto Rico

United Airlines Discriminates Against Blind Passengers
United Airlines Discriminates Against Blind Passengers

Lipitor
Review of Studies Show No Significant Benefit in Women

Deer Poaching
Carbondale to pay $50,000 settlement in employment lawsuit.

Native American Farmers, Ranchers and USDA Reach Historic Settlement
Native American Farmers, Ranchers and USDA Reach Historic Settlement

Kamehameha Schools
$7 million non-native Hawaiian racial discrimination settlement.