I wrote last week about a spate new lawsuits seeking to hold hotel chains liable for sex trafficking on their premises.

But I didn’t realize that a trial was actually underway in Massachusetts federal court—the culmination of a four-year pro bono effort by Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr on behalf of trafficking victim Lisa Ricchio against the Shangri-La Motel in Seekonk, Massachusetts.