Alien Tort Statute Act News

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admin — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:17:30 +0000

(but you probably already knew that)

admin — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:13:14 +0000

Sexual Minorities Uganda v. Lively is scheduled for Monday morning at a Massachusetts federal court.
As previously reported here, the case involves Scott Lively, an American evangelist who stands accused of crimes against humanity in connection with his support of Uganda’s proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill.

Contesting Adjudication: The Partisan Divide over Alien Tort Statute Litigation

admin — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:03:29 +0000

A new paper from Jide Nzelibe. Available on SSRN.

New Article on Sarei

admin — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:24:30 +0000

“Sarei v. Rio Tinto: How an Exhaustion Requirement for the Alien Tort Statute Will Further Exhaust Remedies for Environmental Injuries,” by Cheryl Cortemeglia of the University of Maryland School of Law. Abstract and article here.

10th Circuit affirms tossing Rwanda suit

admin — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:44:37 +0000

Sometimes, the whole “head of state immunity” thing gets in the way.

ABC News coverage.

Findlaw coverage.

Here’s the opinion in Habyarimana v. Kagame.

ATS Update 10/11/12

admin — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:15:45 +0000

Duke’s Curtis Bradley contributes to the Opinio Juris Kiobel roundtable.

The inevitable comparison to the Citizens United conception of corporate personhood.

The piracy angle.

Mother Jones has some background on the circumstances behind Kiobel.

The Wall Street Journal has good articles, but the comments are uniquely terrible.

The Washington Post urges congressional action.

A summary of the oral argument.

A “gut reaction.”

Kiobel and Turkcell.

Alien Tort Claims Act Update, 10/2/2012

admin — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:29:00 +0000

- A spoof anti-ATS site,Untie Our Hands, is the funniest stuff I’ve ever seen on the topic. Though that doesn’t say a whole lot.

- An interesting angle on Kiobel: How one lawyer, John Bellinger of Arnold and Porter, brought the ATS opposition together.

- Cambridge Professor Jodie A. Kirshner defends the statute as good for the U.S.

Enter, Stage Right

admin — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:35:10 +0000

National Review’s Bench Memos on Kiobel.

IntLawGrrls

admin — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:22:16 +0000

On “The Path from Kiobel I to Kiobel II.“ Read it if you have some time (which I don’t).

admin — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:59:22 +0000

Vivek Kanwar of O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) has released a paper entitled “Friends, Enemies, and the Fog of Foreign Relations: How ‘Political Question’ Doctrines Thwart the Development of a Principled Alien Tort Jurisprudence.” It’s an interesting perspective on ATS and includes some discussion of Corrie v. Caterpillar.