Legal Backgrounders

February 12, 2010

Legal Backgrounders

Is Second Circuit Ruling A “Talisman” Against Alien Tort Statute Suits?

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By Jonathan C. Drimmer, a partner in the Washington office of the law firm Steptoe & Johnson LLP who focuses on the extraterritorial application of U.S. laws.

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