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Owen Pell

Owen Pell

White & Case LLP


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Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum: Beyond the Alien Tort Statute—Broadly Extending the Presumption Against the Extraterritorial...

Since the Second Circuit decided Filártiga v. Pena-Irala in 1980, plaintiffs have deployed the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”) to great effect against multinational corporations. The statute — which had lain dormant since 1789 —...more

4/26/2013 - Alien Tort Statute Extraterritoriality Rules Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. Royal Dutch Petroleum

Raising the Bar: HUD Issues New Rule Imposing More Demanding Standard for Defending Against Discrimination Claims Under the Fair...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently issued a new rule to formalize a national standard for determining whether a housing practice violates the Fair Housing Act (FHA) as the result of a...more

3/7/2013 - Burden-Shifting Discrimination Discriminatory Effects Rule FHA HUD Land Developers Lenders

Statute of Limitations for Government Enforcement Actions Seeking Civil Penalties Starts When Conduct Occurs, Not When Discovered

In Gabelli v. SEC, 568 US ___ (2013), a unanimous Supreme Court reversed the Second Circuit and held that the five-year statute of limitations for Government civil penalty enforcement actions under 28 U.S.C. §2642 begins to...more

3/6/2013 - Discovery Rule Fraud Gabelli v SEC SCOTUS SEC Statute of Limitations

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