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28 Feb 2012, 3:10 am by Max Kennerly, Esq.
” The ATS is, literally, one of the first laws ever passed in the United States. [read post]
27 Feb 2012, 8:10 pm by Marco Simons
Congress easily could have expressly stated that the ATS applied only in diversity cases, or stated that suits under the ATS could only be brought against U.S. citizens. [read post]
27 Feb 2012, 3:49 pm by Lovechilde
  On the contrary, one of the main obligations it imposes on states is to protect against human rights abuses committed by non-state actors, including corporations. [read post]
26 Feb 2012, 2:28 pm by Kurt T. Koehler
  The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a corporation could be held liable under the ATS in Sinaltrainal v. [read post]
25 Feb 2012, 3:51 pm by LindaMBeale
  The case is Kiobel v Royal Dutch Petroleum (2d Cir. 2010), in which Nigerian plaintiffs seek to hold Royal Dutch/Shell liable for violating the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”), 28 U.S.C. [read post]
17 Feb 2012, 5:17 am by Nicholas J. Wagoner
The ATS provides that “district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States. [read post]
12 Feb 2012, 3:20 am by INFORRM
He said: “The key would be to make the cards available only to members of print newsgathering organisations or magazines who have signed up the new body and its code… The public at large would know journalists carrying such cards are bone fide operators committed to a set of standards and a body to who complaints can be made…I think the beauty of the system, the attraction of the system, is it will be the newspaper industry registering and disciplining journalists, not the… [read post]