When Donald Trump boasts about being above the law, he is speaking to a broader, more dangerous trend. Among America’s corporate class, immunity from the law—both from civil lawsuits and criminal [...]
The World Bank Group was created to lift people out of poverty. But what happens when its investments harm the very people it was created to help? That question is at the heart of our clients’ [...]
The Supreme Court ruled this morning that foreign corporations cannot be sued in U.S. courts under the U.S. Alien Tort Statute (ATS). The ATS only allows suits for the worst violations of [...]
International law and human rights law experts are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear our clients’ case, Jam v. International Finance Corporation challenging the immunity of the International [...]
The most recent episode of RadioLab’s “More Perfect,” entitled “Enemy of Mankind,” highlights the Alien Tort Statute (ATS). More Perfect, which focuses on the U.S. Supreme Court, is a great show. [...]
Is it Okay for Corporations to Profit at the Expense of Human Life? The U.S. Supreme Court Will Decide.
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Last week we supported the plaintiffs and counsel in a Supreme Court case that is revisiting the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), Jesner v. Arab Bank. We submitted an amicus brief (along with many other [...]
Here We Go Again: Corporate Liability for International Law Violations Returns to the Supreme Court
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It’s like 2012 all over again. A well-reviewed D.C. comics movie is ruling the box office, the Washington Nationals are atop the NL East standings, and the U.S. Supreme Court is considering [...]
For nearly three decades, Ecuadorian communities have tried to hold Texaco (now Chevron) accountable for the company’s legacy of oil pollution in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The saga has stretched [...]
ERI has joined a number of environmental organizations expressing concerns about the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. We agree that Judge Gorsuch’s record “shows [...]
Five years after filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request about the role played by certain lawyers in the U.S. Government’s amicus brief in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum (Shell), we [...]