Legal Opinion
A.B. v. MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 22, 2020No. 2:19-cv-05770Unknown
1Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA A.B. : CIVIL ACTION : v. : NO. 19-5770 : MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. : MEMORANDUM KEARNEY, J. April 22, 2020 Approximately twelve years ago, Congress added language to its prohibition on sex trafficking law allowing victims to seek a monetary remedy from a person or legitimate business which knowingly benefitted, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participating in a venture which it knew or should have known engaged in sex trafficking. In the last several months, sex trafficking victims have filed…
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