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News & Analysis as of May 18, 2013

Recent Development on Corporate Liability in U.S. Courts for Conduct Outside the United States

by Bob Loeb, James Stengel, Laurie Strauch Weiss | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/22/2013

This week the U.S. Supreme Court issued its much-awaited decision in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., which addressed the question of whether a federal court may recognize a cause of action under the Alien Tort Statute...more

Supreme Court Ruling Limits Extraterritorial Application Of Alien Tort Statute

by Joseph Mamounas, Rafael R. Ribeiro, Marty Steinberg | Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP on 4/22/2013

U.S. companies with, or that were seeking to acquire, foreign operations often fretted over the possibility that plaintiffs in the foreign jurisdiction would seek to invoke the Alien Tort Statute ("ATS"), 28 U.S.C. § 1350,...more

The Final Breaths of the Alien Tort Statute

by Philip Berkowitz, Michael G. Congiu, John Kloosterman, Morgan Julia Matson, Eric A. Savage | Littler on 4/22/2013

On April 17, 2013, the Supreme Court decided Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum. For all intents and purposes, the decision eliminates use of the federal Alien Tort Statute ("ATS") as an employment law weapon to be used against...more

A woman's injury during sex seen as legit work injury by judge

by Johnston, Moore & Thompson, Huntsville... on 4/20/2012

We don't often write about international workers' compensation cases, but a recent ruling in an Australian case is notable enough to share on this Alabama blog. If you were on a work trip and got hurt during a sexual "tryst"...more

U.S. Court Has Jurisdiction Over Argentinian Employees' Claims Against Mercedes-Benz Argentina

by Proskauer - California Employment Law on 7/1/2011

Bauman v. Daimler Chrysler Corp., 2011 WL 1879210 (9th Cir. 2011) In this case, 22 Argentinian residents (including a Chilean national) sued DaimlerChrysler Aktiengesellschaft (“DCAG”) in federal court in California,...more

U.S. Employee Files Lawsuit Against Infosys Claiming the Indian Outsourcing Giant Is Committing Fraud by Using Incorrect Visas

by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 3/2/2011

A U.S. employee of Infosys Technologies, one of India’s largest IT outsourcing providers, has filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming that Infosys has been circumventing U.S. visa laws to send Indian individuals to work...more

New System to Prevent Construction Site Trench & Soil Collapses

by Johnston, Moore & Thompson, Huntsville... on 10/25/2010

Geotechnical engineers at Loughborough University in England are working on a new way to prevent catastrophic soil collapses on construction sites as well as landslides that occur naturally but without warning. The sound...more

Cross-Border Whistleblower Protection by Tom Hakemi

by Lang Michener LLP on 4/21/2008

The fraud scandals that rocked the U.S. economy at the beginning of this decade have led governments to re-examine legislation to protect whistleblowers. In the last issue of this newsletter, Karl Gustafson discussed Canada's...more