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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Google, China, and Search

    ... an action that led to a lawsuit against Yahoo! under the Alien Tort Statute. Google was criticized for google.cn ’s search filtering. ...

    10/15/2014 - 11:50am

  5. 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