In this article Perkins Coie’s Markus Funk and U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall discuss how the “Magnolia City’’ has squarely perched itself on the compliance world’s cutting edge. It, as a city, has taken a significant, innovative step to rid its many supply chains for goods and services of human trafficking and other forms of forced and coerced labor. And the impact of this proactive decision—particularly if emulated by others—is certain to be felt well beyond the city limits. Click here to read the entire “Houston at the Compliance Vanguard: ‘Zero Tolerance’ For Human Trafficking in City-Purchased Goods and Services” article.