Chelsea Nichols

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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
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