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Corporate Social Responsibility and the Alien Tort Statute: Supreme Court Bound

11 Jul 2011, 5:00 am by J Robert Brown Jr.

Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 621 F.3d 111 (2d Cir. 2010). [read post]

The Race to the Bottom - http://www.theracetothebottom.org/home/

Human Rights Laws and Corporations - Trial Court Remands Doe v Exxon

9 Jul 2011, 5:05 am by Linda Friedman Ramirez

Royal Dutch Petroleum Co, 2nd Circuit September 17, 2010 affirmed a trial court dismissal of a case against Oil. [read post]

Extradition and Cross Border Criminal Defense News - http://obtainingforeignevidence.blogspot.com/

Major new corporate case at Court

7 Jun 2011, 7:28 pm by Lyle Denniston

” The three companies involved in the case — Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., Shell Transport and Trading Co., and Shell Petroleum Development Co. of Nigeria Ltd. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Chiquita Bananas - Something's Rotten in the Fridge

7 Jun 2011, 6:26 am by Joe Consumer

On September 17, 2010, a two-judge majority of the Second Circuit held in Kiobel v. [read post]

The Pop Tort - http://www.thepoptort.com/

Chiquita Bananas - Something's Rotten in the Fridge

7 Jun 2011, 6:26 am by Joe Consumer

On September 17, 2010, a two-judge majority of the Second Circuit held in Kiobel v. [read post]

ThePopTort - http://www.thepoptort.com/

Alien Tort & U.S. common law

11 May 2011, 1:30 am

Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., in which, as IntLawGrrls have discussed in posts available here, a panel of the U.S. [read post]

IntLawGrrls - http://intlawgrrls.blogspot.com/

A Second Circuit Panel Follows Kiobel, Dismisses ATS Claim

10 May 2011, 11:42 am by Russell Jackson

Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 621 F.3d 111 (2d Cir. 2010), pet. for reh'g en banc denied, 2011 WL 338151 (2d Cir. [read post]

Jackson on Consumer Class Actions and Mass Torts Blawg - http://www.consumerclassactionsmasstorts.com/

Kiobel Gets a Kissing Cousin: DC Circuit Holds TVPA Does Not Apply To Non-Natural Persons

22 Mar 2011, 8:34 am by Russell Jackson

Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 621 F.3d 111, 120 (2d Cir. 2010) that corporations cannot be sued for alleged violations of customary international law under the Alien Tort Statute. [read post]

Jackson on Consumer Class Actions and Mass Torts Blawg - http://www.consumerclassactionsmasstorts.com/

Dismissal of Claims Against Old GM Shows How Kiobel Should Be Applied to Alien Tort Statute Claims Against Corporations

9 Feb 2011, 7:53 am by Russell Jackson

Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 621 F.3d 111, 149 (2d Cir. 2010) that corporate liability cannot form the basis of a suit under the ATS? [read post]

Jackson on Consumer Class Actions and Mass Torts Blawg - http://www.consumerclassactionsmasstorts.com/

Next test of corporations’ liability?

5 Feb 2011, 5:42 am by Lyle Denniston

Royal Dutch Petroleum, et al. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Go On! AALS hot topic: "Cutting Edge of Extraterritoriality," featuring 2 IntLawGrrls

5 Jan 2011, 3:00 am

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Kiobel v. [read post]

IntLawGrrls - http://intlawgrrls.blogspot.com/

Active Human Rights Clinic Files Yet Another Amicus Curiae Brief

26 Oct 2010, 11:42 am by J.D. Admissions

Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., et al. [read post]

Harvard JD Admissions - http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/admissions

Second Circuit Holds That Corporations Cannot Be Held Liable For Claims Brought Under The Alien Tort Statute

30 Sep 2010, 7:28 am

Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., Nos. 06-4800-CV, 06-4876-CV, 2010 WL 3611392 (2d Cir. [read post]

Corporate Securities Law Blog - http://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/

Companies can’t be subject to US lawsuits by foreigners seeking damages for human rights violations

29 Sep 2010, 8:41 am by Arocho Law Office

Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. that companies can not be subject to U.S. lawsuits by foreigners seeking damages for human rights violations under the U.S. [read post]

Arocho Law Office's Business Microblog - http://yourcompanylawyer.blogspot.com/

A Few Thoughts on Kiobel

29 Sep 2010, 4:21 am by Russell Jackson

Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 2010 WL 3611392 (2d Cir. [read post]

Jackson on Consumer Class Actions and Mass Torts Blawg - http://www.consumerclassactionsmasstorts.com/

Second Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Alien Tort Statute Claim Against Corporate Defendants

27 Sep 2010, 5:10 am by Sean Wajert

Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. et al., No. 06-cv-4800 (2d Cir., Sept. 17, 2010). [read post]

Mass Tort Defense - http://www.masstortdefense.com/

Judge Kimba Wood Dismisses Defendant from Alien Tort Statute Class Action for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction

25 Jun 2010, 6:33 am by Russell Jackson

Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 02 Civ. 7618 (KMW) (HBP), Slip op. [read post]