by Brittany Prelogar, Laura Ardito and Jeanne Cook Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. is before the U.S. Supreme Court. At issue is whether corporations can be held liable under the Alien Tort Statute which permits aliens to file suit in U.S.... Read More

In this Emerging Issues commentary, Jonathan Drimmer, a partner at Steptoe & Johnson LLP in Washington, D.C., discusses a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 621 F.3d 111 (2d Cir. 2010)... Read More

Two recent cases, Abecassis v. Wyatt , 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32731, and Lev v. Arab Bank , PLC, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16887, highlight the enduring enigmatic nature of the "purpose" standard for proving an ATS violation set forth in Presbyterian... Read More