Debra D. O'Gorman

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

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

4/30/2018  /  Alien Tort Statute , Corporate Liability , Extraterritoriality Rules , Foreign Corporations , Human Rights , International Litigation , Jesner et al. v. Arab Bank , Jurisdiction , SCOTUS

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

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., No. 10-1491 pertaining to the reach of the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”). This decision states that the ATS does not apply to conduct...more

4/25/2013  /  Alien Tort Statute , Extraterritoriality Rules , Foreign Corporations , Jurisdiction , Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. , SCOTUS
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