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Tag Archives: Alien
The Cyberlaw Podcast: Executive Orders and Alien Abductions
The backlash against Big Tech dominates this episode, with new regulatory initiatives in the U.S., EU, Israel, Russia and China. The misbegotten link tax and upload filter provisions of the EU copyright directive have survived the convoluted EU legislative gantlet. … Continue reading
Posted in International Law
Tagged Abductions, Alien, Cyberlaw, Executive, Orders, Podcast
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Bezemek on The Alien and the State
Christopher Bezemek, University of Graz, Faculty of Law, Institute of Law and Political Science, is publishihng Stranger in a Strange Land: The Alien and the State in the Indonesian Journal of International & Comparative Law (2018). Here is the abstract.The … Continue reading
Supreme Court Slams Door on Corporate Liability under the Alien Tort Statute
I previously wrote about the case of Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC, which asked whether corporations can be liable under the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”), 28 U.S.C. §1350. Victims of human rights violations in foreign nations (including terrorism) had made … Continue reading
United States Supreme Court Holds that Foreign Corporations May Not Be Held Liable Under the Alien Tort Statute
In Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC, 584 U.S. ___, 2018 WL 1914663 (U.S. Apr. 24, 2018) (Kennedy, J.), the Supreme Court of the United States held that foreign corporations may not be sued under the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”), 28 … Continue reading
U.S. Supreme Court Rules 5-4 that the Alien Tort Statute Cannot Be Used To Sue Foreign Corporations
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the Alien Tort Statute cannot be used to sue foreign corporations. With Justice Kennedy writing for the majority, the Court affirmed the Second Circuit’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit … Continue reading
Posted in Administrative law
Tagged Alien, Cannot, Corporations, Court, Foreign, Rules, Statute, Supreme, Tort, U.S., used
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