Human Rights, SCOTUS, Jurisdiction

BHR 360: Business and Human Rights Newsletter

Hogan Lovells on 10/24/2018

Welcome to the second edition of BHR 360, our bi-annual Business and Human Rights newsletter. In the last edition, we looked at key BHR trends and what to watch out for in 2018. In this edition, we look back on a year full of...more

U.S. Supreme Court Forecloses the Liability of Foreign Corporations Under the Alien Tort Statute

Littler on 5/11/2018

On April 24, 2018, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that foreign corporations cannot be sued in the United States under the Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1350 ("ATS"). ...more

United States Supreme Court Holds that Foreign Corporations May Not Be Held Liable Under the Alien Tort Statute

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/3/2018

In Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC, 584 U.S. ___, 2018 WL 1914663 (U.S. Apr. 24, 2018) (Kennedy, J.), the Supreme Court of the United States held that foreign corporations may not be sued under the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”), 28...more

SCOTUS Holds Alien Tort Statute Cannot Be Used to Sue Foreign Corporations

Dechert LLP on 4/30/2018

Resolving a circuit split, the U.S. Supreme Court held Tuesday that common law liability under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) does not extend to foreign corporations. Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC, No. 16-499, 2018 WL 1914663...more

Foreign corporations cannot be sued under the Alien Tort Statute – Jesner v Arab Bank: the verdict

Hogan Lovells on 4/27/2018

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has ruled in the case of Jesner v Arab Bank. On a 5:4 majority, the court ruled that foreign corporations are excluded from the scope of the Alien Tort Statute (ATS). ...more

Daimler AG v. Bauman: Court Again Rejects a “Sprawling View of General Jurisdiction”

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/22/2014

On January 14, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court in Daimler AG v. Bauman held that Argentinian plaintiffs could not sue a German car manufacturer in California for human rights violations allegedly committed in Argentina. The...more

The U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Extraterritorial Lawsuit Against Shell Oil

Baker Donelson on 5/13/2013

The United States Supreme Court, in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, recently restricted the scope of the Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1350 (“ATS”), a 224-year-old law often used to invoke jurisdiction in suing...more

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