Mohler Comments On Hotels' Trafficking Liability

"What is happening is the civil cases against managers and owners are getting past the motion to dismiss phase and into discovery, and where they go from there is still a story to be told," said Bryan Mohler, a member of Pryor Cashman LLP's real estate, hotel and hospitality, and litigation groups, noting many cases have settled privately.

"The general rule ... is that you have to show that they knew or should have known, [such as] via continued business relationships between a hotel and trafficker, but that's been a very easy bar for litigants to get past."