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23 Mar 2014, 9:44 pm by Don Cruse
WEBRE, JR., INDIVIDUALLY AND DERIVATIVELY ON BEHALF OF TEXAS UNITED CORPORATION AND UNITED SALT CORPORATION, No. 12-0045 : This petition raises several questions about shareholder suits in closely held corporations. [read post]
3 Jul 2013, 10:18 am by Rodger Citron
In Kiobel, the Supreme Court unanimously affirmed a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit dismissing a complaint filed under the ATS. [read post]
14 May 2013, 7:19 am by Cormac Early
United States, a challenge to the constitutionality of court-martial jurisdiction over a civilian contractor. [read post]
23 Apr 2013, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Royal Dutch Petroleum, the United States Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit by Nigerian plaintiffs who were suing foreign corporations for allegedly aiding and abetting human rights violations in Nigeria. [read post]
19 Apr 2013, 6:54 am by Rachel Sachs
On Monday, the Court also heard argument in United States v. [read post]
18 Apr 2013, 10:05 am by Bexis
The same general principle also prohibits states from imposing punitive damages on conduct that took place solely in other states. [read post]
17 Apr 2013, 10:20 am by Howard Friedman
 However, Justice Roberts held that this does not generally apply to conduct that took place outside the United States:even where the claims touch and concern the territory of the United States, they must do so with sufficient force to displace the presumption against extraterritorial application.In the case before the Court, plaintiffs alleged that various multi-national corporations aided the Nigerian government in its human rights abuses in… [read post]
22 Oct 2012, 9:01 pm by Rodger Citron
Solicitor General Don Verrilli, Jr. argued on behalf of the United States and capably defended the government’s nuanced approach to interpreting the ATS.  [read post]
14 Oct 2012, 6:04 pm by Leland E. Beck
Katherine McCoy, of Liskow & Lewis, reports that DOJ, for the EPA, has sought a rehearing en banc, not a panel rehearing with a suggestion of rehearing en banc, of the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit invalidating the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule in EME Homer City Generating v. [read post]
30 Aug 2012, 6:49 pm by Record on Appeal
Royal Dutch Petroleum – an Alien Tort Statute case involving a violation of the law of nations and whether a corporation can be a defendant in an Alien Tort Statute action;  United States v. [read post]
27 Aug 2012, 7:50 am by Lisa R. Pruitt
  That's what Aussies call the natural gas released by fracking, and Aussies are beginning to debate the practice as hotly as we are in the United States. [read post]