April 17, 2026
Agnieszka Fryszman, chair of Cohen Milstein’s Human Rights practice, will speak at New York University School of Law on April 17, 2026, at 1 pm.
Her panel on “Can US Courts Provide Remedies for Forced Labor in Asia?” will discuss recent cases brought under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) concerning forced labor camps across Asia. Survivors of human trafficking and forced labor have used TVPRA since 2003 to sue companies that participated in or profited from their exploitation. Over the past two decades, labor advocates have used this provision to bring lawsuits against U.S. companies connected to forced labor both domestically and abroad—including abuses involving Chinese migrant workers, Cambodian shrimp peelers in Thailand, Indonesian fishermen, and goods produced in Chinese prisons.
Agnieszka and three experts will discuss ongoing legal cases in U.S. federal courts about whether the law’s civil liability provisions can extend to misconduct occurring outside the United States.
Speakers:
- Agnieszka Fryszman, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, Washington D.C.
- William S. Dodge, George Washington University Law School, Washington D.C.
- Aaron Halegua, Aaron Halegua PLLC, New York NY
Register for the panel discussion at NYU Law.