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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
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Accountability of Private Security Contractors under International and Domestic Law
... PSCs may also be held legally accountable for abuses through tort and contract claims brought in domestic courts, including claims based on ... States, plaintiffs could bring claims against PSCs under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), which confers jurisdiction on the federal courts to ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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The Reargument Order in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum and Its Potential Implications for Transnational Human Rights Cases
... whether the question of corporate civil liability under the Alien Tort Statute (âATSâ) is a merits question or a question of subject ...
10/15/2014 - 11:50am
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Customary International Law: What is its Role in the U.S. Legal System?
... of contexts in U.S. courts, including civil suits under the Alien Tort Statute, the review of military commission proceedings in the "war on ...
10/23/2013 - 1:27pm