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Supreme Court Appears Divided on Whether to Grant Corporations Immunity From Human Rights Suits

Katie Redford | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Alien Tort Statute, Human Rights, Alien Tort Claims Act, Mitt Romney Corporations, Supreme Court Corporations Ruling, Supreme Court Corporations, Corporations as People, Politics News
Katie Redford

Several news stories and blog posts suggest that the Supreme Court is prepared to grant corporations immunity from human rights lawsuits. That was not a conclusion I thought could be easily drawn after the hearing.

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Mike Sacks

9th Circuit Widens Court Split Over Suing Corporations

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights Violations, Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Alien Tort Statute, Rio Tinto, Alien Tort Claims Act, Corporate Liability, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Papua New Guinea, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Corporations can be held liable in U.S. courts for human rights violations committed abroad, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circu...

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How Big Oil Always Wins

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Court, Texaco, Bp, Donzinger, Alien Tort Claims Act, Ecuador, British Petroleum, Pollution, Chevron Ecuador, Amazon, Oil Spill, Oil, Federal Court, Chevron, Bilateral Investment Treaty, Arbitration, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

There is another case of oil pollution with over fifteen years of "experience" that might make us nervous about any attempt to hold BP accountable in the courts.

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Coca-Cola Co. Denies Involvement in Murder and Rape, Blames "U.S. Judicial System"

Eric Michael Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alien Tort Statute, Coca-Cola, Labor, Human Rights, Charles Taylor, Alien Tort Claims Act, Burma, Unocal Corp, Chuckie Taylor, Guatemala, Yahoo!, Coke, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Unions, Chinese Censorship, Shell Oil, Politics News
Eric Michael Johnson

Coca-Cola has long marketed itself as synonymous with American values. But after recent allegations that it covered up acts of murder and rape at a Guatemalan subsidiary, Coca Cola may face up to justice.

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150 Years

Robert Weissman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corporate Crime, Bhopal, Alien Tort Claims Act, Exxon, Bernard Madoff, Madoff Victims, Climate Change, Big Tobacco, Exxon Valdez, Business News
Robert Weissman

The 150-year sentence is headline grabbing, but what should surprise us is not that Madoff got such a long sentence, but that other corporate criminals escape with no criminal prosecution at all.

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The Free Market's Marked Men, From The Niger Delta To The Amazon

Amy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Niger Delta, Alien Tort Claims Act, Wiwa v. Shell, Lima, World, World News, Environment, Politics News, Oil Spills, Peru, Peruvian Jungle Interethnic Development Association, Shareholders, Corporate Crime, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Amazon, Human Rights, Alberto Pizango, U.S./Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, Chevron, Africa, Royal Dutch Shell, Oil, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Pollution, Shell Oil, Center for Constitutional Rights, Rainforests, Ken Wiwa, Alan Garcia, Ecuador, Oil Companies, Genocide, Green News, Breaking Politics News, Ogoni, Ptpa, Aidesep, World News
Amy Goodman

Ken Saro-Wiwa's family and others just won a landmark settlement in U.S. federal court, ending a 13-year battle with Shell Oil. Alberto Pizango's ordeal is just beginning.

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Bowoto v. Chevron: Approaching the Arguments

Scott Gilmore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alien Tort Statute, Multinational Corporations, Oil Industry, Human Rights, Alien Tort Claims Act, Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Shell, Bowoto vs. Chevron, Bowoto v. Chevron, Nigeria, Legal Reasoning, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Dictators, Chevron Human Rights, Big Oil, Politics News
Scott Gilmore

Why do police negotiators generally refuse to pay ransom for hostages? To do so would actually encourage more kidnappings by providing an incentive to would-be kidnappers.

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