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20 Jul 2012, 9:49 am by Oona Hathaway
  As the first brief of the United States in Kiobel emphasized, “international law . . . establishes the substantive standards of conduct and generally leaves the means of enforcing those substantive standards to each state. [read post]
18 Jul 2012, 10:12 am by Michael Ramsey
Alvarez-Machain, which involved the extraterritorial actions of a non-citizen agent of the U.S. government – again, that is well within the purposes of the ATS and entirely distinct from corporations with only tenuous connections to the United States. [read post]
11 Jul 2012, 12:11 pm by Ingrid Wuerth
Although many of the briefs filed in the Kiobel litigation take the “binary approach,” the briefs of the United States did not. [read post]
10 Jul 2012, 1:55 pm by Beth Stephens
And a nearly contemporaneous 1795 opinion of Attorney General William Bradford states that the statute would apply to a claim arising in the territory of Sierra Leone, a sovereign state. [read post]
7 Jul 2012, 1:41 am by tekEditor
BALLON - #141819 [email] HEATHER MEEKER - #172148 [email] GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP [email] [address] [phone] [fax] Attorneys for Defendant GOOGLE INC. ________________ UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION ORACLE AMERICA, INC., Plaintiff, v. [read post]
14 Jun 2012, 12:40 pm by Trey Childress
Royal Dutch Petroleum are facing today. [read post]
13 Jun 2012, 7:05 pm by Lyle Denniston
Royal Dutch Petroleum (docket 10-1491). [read post]
23 Apr 2012, 8:41 am by Amy Howe
  Unlike Kiobel, there is no real dispute that the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA), the law on which the plaintiffs in Mohamad were seeking to rely, applies to conduct that occurred outside the United States. [read post]
27 Mar 2012, 11:57 am by Paul Karlsgodt
Courts to adjudicate human rights disputes that have nothing to do with the United States. [read post]
15 Mar 2012, 10:00 pm by Nietzer
There’s no connection to the United States whatsoever. [read post]
9 Mar 2012, 5:00 am by Bexis
Royal Dutch Petroleum, 10-1491, we figured we owe our readers an update about a significant status change.As we mentioned before, the Court accepted the appeal in Kiobel to answer a rather general question that nonetheless could affect drug/device companies caught up in Alien Tort litigation – whether the Act could be applied to corporations, as opposed to individuals.Well, that’s been changed. [read post]