Legal Backgrounders

August 8, 2003

Legal Backgrounders

Judicial Opinion Exposes Flaws In Suits Under Alien Tort Statute

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By <a href="http://www.weil.com/weil/pd_frames.html" target="_blank"Konrad L. Cailteux, a partner in the New York office of the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Mangers LLP and <a href="http://www.weil.com/weil/pd_frames.html" target="_blank"Nina Nagler, an associate with the firm.

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