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Mr. Mallory Goes to Washington?

Maron Marvel on 5/13/2022

It would not be surprising to find Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. become mandatory class material across law schools in the future. The case presents a thought-provoking discussion of specific and general...more

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

Foreign Companies Dragged into U.S. Courts Get Reprieve as U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies Limits on General Jurisdiction

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 2/19/2014

In Daimler AG v. Bauman, 571 U. S. ____ (Jan. 14, 2014), the U.S. Supreme Court reiterated that general or “all-purpose” jurisdiction can be exercised over foreign corporations only “when their affiliations with the State...more

Are You “At Home” in the State In Which You Must Defend Against a Lawsuit? The Implications of Daimler AG v. Bauman

Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/11/2014

The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a much anticipated decision in Daimler AG v. Bauman that will not only reverberate through the legal world, but the auto world as well. Large corporations that do business across a wide...more

United States Supreme Court Holds That Non-U.S. Corporations Are Subject to General Personal Jurisdiction in U.S. States Only in...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/29/2014

In Daimler AG v. Bauman, No. 11-965, 2014 U.S. LEXIS 644 (U.S. Jan. 14, 2014) (Ginsburg, J.), the Supreme Court of the United States held that a court may not exercise general personal jurisdiction over a non-U.S. corporation...more

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Mr. Mallory Goes to Washington?

BHR 360: Business and Human Rights Newsletter

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

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

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

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

Foreign Companies Dragged into U.S. Courts Get Reprieve as U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies Limits on General Jurisdiction

Are You “At Home” in the State In Which You Must Defend Against a Lawsuit? The Implications of Daimler AG v. Bauman

United States Supreme Court Holds That Non-U.S. Corporations Are Subject to General Personal Jurisdiction in U.S. States Only in...

"US Supreme Court Further Limits Jurisdictional Reach of the US Courts Over Foreign Torts"

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

The Supreme Court: Cases to Watch in the October 2013 Term

The Second Circuit Speaks: The Presumption Against Extraterritoriality Applies to Criminal Prosecutions

U.S. Supreme Court Curbs Extraterritorial Reach of the Alien Tort Statute

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