International
Apr. 1, 2008
Attorneys Use 1789 Law to Hold Companies Accountable
The one-sentence Alien Tort Statute is becoming a mighty tool of plaintiffs' attorneys trying to hold American-based companies accountable for alleged overseas human rights violations.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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SAN FRANCISCO - It's been ignored for most of its 219-year history - a legal relic of a time when the United States was emerging in a flurry of founding laws and first asserting itself as a global force.
Now the one-sentence Alien Tort Statute is finding new life in federal courts. No longer...
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