The Supreme Court to Examine the Scope of the Alien Tort Statute in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum
The Supreme Court is set to review the contemporary breadth of the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) in the case of Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, which is scheduled for oral argument on Tuesday. The central issue before the Court is whether to limit the statute’s modern application, which has historically been invoked to establish U.S. […]