Bloomberg Law
Oct. 11, 2017, 7:11 PM UTC

Top U.S. Court May Shield Companies From Human-Rights Suits

Greg Stohr

By Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News

U.S. Supreme Court justices suggested they may bar victims of overseas atrocities from using a centuries- old law to sue corporations for complicity, as the court weighed a case stemming from Middle Eastern terrorism.

Hearing arguments Wednesday in Washington, the court’s conservative wing questioned whether the 1789 Alien Tort Statute, a favorite tool of human-rights activists in recent decades, permits suits against corporations in U.S. courts.

Victims of attacks in Israel and the Palestinian territories are seeking to sue Amman, Jordan-based Arab Bank Plc for allegedly using its New York branch to distribute millions of ...

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