JD Supra

Foreign corporations cannot be sued under the Alien Tort Statute – Jesner v Arab Bank: the verdict

The plaintiffs, and persons on whose behalf they are claiming, were victims of terrorist attacks in Israel between 1995 and 2005. They alleged that, inter alia, Arab Bank – via its New York branch – ...
JD Supra

Corporate Liability and the Alien Tort Statute: Highlights from the Oral Arguments in Jesner v. Arab Bank

On Wednesday, October 11, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Jesner v. Arab Bank. The case may once and for all determine whether companies are appropriate defendants in cases filed ...
SCOTUSblog

Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC

03/08/2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 24, 2017. 03/27/2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 31, 2017. 04/03/2017 Petition GRANTED. 04/27/2017 The time to file the joint appendix and ...
SCOTUSblog

Symposium: After “universality” – Emphasizing territory and nationality in a world of increasingly competitive sovereign powers

Kenneth Anderson is a professor of law at Washington College of Law, American University. A striking feature of Kiobel II, the Supreme Court’s last excursion into the Alien Tort Statute prior to the ...
Foreign Policy

Shlomo Roiter Jesner

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