California Gov. Gray Davis signed into law a bill enabling survivors of Nazi- era slave and forced labor to seek restitution in state courts. The law allows the victims or their heirs to sue companies doing business in California that exploited their labor under the Third Reich. The move comes as lawyers representing former slave laborers and officials of some 16 German firms were slated to meet in Washington to negotiate a compensation fund for the laborers. The firms are seeking assurances that they will not be subject to lawsuits after they agree to set up the fund.
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