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Município de Mariana v BHP Group: the English High Court casts its jurisdictional net wider in the Fundão Dam class action...

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In the High Court’s recent judgment in Município de Mariana & Ors v BHP Group (UK) Limited & Anor the Court found that England was “clearly the appropriate forum” to determine whether Vale SA, a Brazilian company, should...more

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Battling Over Battlegrounds: Climate Torts Return to the Supreme Court

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The brawl over climate tort liability has returned, again, to the U.S. Supreme Court. In its first skirmish in 2011, the Court in Connecticut v. American Electric Power swept the board by declaring that the federal Clean Air...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Climate change litigation remains in state courts (for now)

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Over the past decade or more, plaintiffs have sought to “hold companies accountable” for their supposed contributions to climate change. Having been rebuffed from bringing claims in federal court under federal common law,...more

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Parent company may owe a duty of care to employees of African subsidiary

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This case is the latest in a line of cases before the English courts about parent company liability, specifically the duty of care owed for activities of their subsidiaries. ...more

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