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Wiwa v. Shell: The $15.5 Million Settlement
... serve to highlight several uncertainties surrounding the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), the primary statute under which the litigation was brought. ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo Requests the World Court to Order Belgium to Annul an Arrest Warrant issued against the Congo's Foreign Minister
... and related issues, please see the previous ASIL Insights, "Alien Tort Claims Act Proceeding Against Robert Mugabe," Sept. 2000; "Possible ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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D.C. Circuit Upholds Constitutionality of Military Commissions Act Withdrawal of Federal Habeas Jurisdiction for Guantanamo Detainees
... even those not adjudicated to be enemy combatants or alien enemies, if the aliens have always been outside the sovereign territory ... from litigating claims under international law or the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), 28 U.S.C. § 1350. [11] In the 2004 case Rasul ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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Google, China, and Search
... an action that led to a lawsuit against Yahoo! under the Alien Tort Statute. Google was criticized for google.cn âs search filtering. ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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Partial Victory for Zimbabwe President Mugabe in U.S. Litigation Alleging Human Rights Violations
... of property...." [2] Plaintiffs based their claims on the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA), the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA), the general ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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Foreign Officials and Sovereign Immunity in U.S. Courts
... Yousuf , a group of Somali citizens brought suit under the Alien Tort Statute and the Torture Victim Protection Act against a former ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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Supreme Court Holds That Alien Tort Statute Does Not Apply to Conduct in Foreign Countries
... has held that claims will generally not be allowed under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) if they concern conduct occurring in the territory of a ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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French Court Proceedings against Muammar Qadhafi
... issued against the Congo's Foreign Minister," Oct. 2000; "Alien Tort Claims Act Proceeding Against Robert Mugabe," Sept. 2000; "Possible ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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Morrison v. Nat’l Australia Bank Ltd.: The Supreme Court Rejects Extraterritoriality
... year whether its approach in Morrison applies to the Alien Tort Statute, which the lower courts have embraced as a means for addressing ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
... Foreign plaintiffs can also sue under the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, for any wrong in violation of ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am