Today the Supreme Court weighs for the 2nd time whether corporations can be liable for human rights claims under Alien Tort Statute
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Court could have ruled on this issue in Kiobel v. Shell case but instead curbed reach of law. Ruling story:http://reut.rs/11dfbWR
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Justices appear closely divided on corporate liability, with Roberts & Alito questioning foreign policy repercussions of allowing such suits
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STORY: U.S. justices question Arab Bank liability in militant attackshttps://reut.rs/2xyMQnb
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Here is a report on the decline of ATS cases that plaintiffs' lawyer cited during argument today: http://www.instituteforlegalreform.com/uploads/sites/1/Kiobel_v6.pdf …
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An earlier Reuters story on post-Kiobel landscape: U.S. corporations winning fight over human rights lawsuitshttp://reut.rs/13f7q8K
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