The next Citizens United, in the view of some of that decision's most vigorous critics, may have nothing to do with campaign finance or the First Amendment. Instead, corporations in a case the ...
In 1990, residents of the Ogoni region of Nigeria launched a peaceful resistance movement against the foreign oil companies operating in the region. A lawsuit claims that in response, the oil ...
The Alien Tort Statute gives federal courts jurisdiction to hear certain civil actions filed by aliens. Today’s ruling by the Court in Nestle v. Doe arises from a complaint filed by six individuals ...
On Friday, attorneys for victims of human rights violations are filing briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, a civil lawsuit that brought under one of the country's oldest ...
"This victory is a shining light for everyone who has been oppressed and a strong warning to any company or contractor practicing different forms of torture and abuse," said one of the Iraqi ...
The Cisco logo appears on a screen at the Nasdaq MarketSite on Oct. 3, 2018, in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) PASADENA, Calif. (CN) — A divided Ninth Circuit panel on Friday ...
(Reuters) - The 33-word Alien Tort Statute, at the centre of a case before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, was enacted by the First Congress in 1789. It reads: "The district courts shall have ...
The US Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a ruling that allowed several individuals to sue food corporations Nestlé USA and Cargill over child slavery claims, limiting corporate liability under the ...
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