Entries by Heather Davis

No Federal MDL for Hotel Industry Sex Trafficking Litigation

On February 5, the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued an order denying the transfer of a number of sex trafficking lawsuits, shutting down the possibility of a nation-wide Hotel Industry Sex Trafficking Litigation MDL. The panel concluded that the distinct factual differences each case presents render centralization ineffective and inconvenient. Each case […]