Introduction Since the “rediscovery” of the U.S. Alien Tort Statute (ATS) in 1980, and the subsequent growth of ATS litigation seeking...
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By David Livshiz, Emily Holland and Justin Simeone “When one door closes, another opens,” so goes the saying. And so it is with human...
By David Livshiz and Emily Holland Can a corporation be held liable in the United States under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) for...
The 2013 Supreme Court opinion in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum radically altered the playing field for plaintiffs using the Alien Tort...
This week marks the three-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Kiobel vs. Royal Dutch Petroleum, the ruling that...