Global Lawsuits
- Hershey lawsuit (re child labour in Côte d’Ivoire, filed in Massachusetts)on November 25, 2020
In 2015 and 2018, American consumers filed two separate class action lawsuits against The Hershey Company (Hershey’s), in California and Massachusetts U.S. […]
- Hershey lawsuit (re child labour in Côte d’Ivoire, filed in California)on November 25, 2020
In 2015 and 2018, American consumers filed two separate class action lawsuits against The Hershey Company (Hershey’s), in California and Massachusetts U.S. […]
- BHP & Vale lawsuit (re dam collapse in Brazil, filed in the US)on November 24, 2020
In 2015, two mining dams operated by Samarco Mineração SA, a joint venture of Vale and BHP, collapsed in Brazil. This led to multiple lawsuits being filed in […]
- BHP & Vale lawsuit (re dam collapse in Brazil, filed in the UK)on November 24, 2020
In 2015, two mining dams operated by Samarco Mineração SA, a joint venture of Vale and BHP, collapsed in Brazil. This led to multiple lawsuits being filed in […]
- BHP & Vale lawsuit (re dam collapse in Brazil, filed in Australia)on November 24, 2020
In 2015, two mining dams operated by Samarco Mineração SA, a joint venture of Vale and BHP, collapsed in Brazil. This led to multiple lawsuits being filed in […]
- BHP & Vale lawsuit (re dam collapse in Brazil, filed in Brazil)on November 24, 2020
In 2015, two mining dams operated by Samarco Mineração SA, a joint venture of Vale and BHP, collapsed in Brazil. This led to multiple lawsuits being filed in […]
- Chiquita lawsuits (re payments to paramilitary groups, filed in Colombia)on November 20, 2020
Several lawsuits have been filed as a result of a 2007 admission by Chiquita that it made payments from 1997 to 2004 to a paramilitary organization that the US […]
- Gun industry lawsuit (re Sandy Hook shooting in USA)on November 20, 2020
In February 2014, relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook shooting filed a lawsuit in the US against the gun manufacturer Bushmaster Firearms (part of Remington […]
- FIFA lawsuit (re migrant workers, Qatar)on November 20, 2020
In December 2016, two trade union organizations, and a Bangladeshi worker filed a lawsuit in Switzerland against FIFA. They allege FIFA’s complicity in the […]
- NSO Group lawsuit (re hacking WhatsApp users)on November 20, 2020
In 2019, WhatsApp filed suit in California state court against NSO Group, an Israeli-based spyware firm, alleging illegal hacking. They request an injunction […]
- Class action lawsuit against Anglo American South Africa Ltd (re lead poisoning, Zambia)on November 20, 2020
A class action lawsuit filed against Anglo American South Africa Ltd in South Africa on behalf of communities living near the Kabwe lead mine in Zambia, […]
- Lawsuit against Apple, Google, Tesla, and others (re child labour, DRC)on November 16, 2020
In 2019, IRAdvocates, a US-based NGO filed a class action lawsuit against Apple, Google, Tesla, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Dell alleging the corporations […]