Decisions Discussed in This Issue
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Court of Appeals Holds That Corporations May be Sued Under ATS and TVPA
[Editors’ Note: The decisions discussed below preceded the U.S. Supreme Court’s January 2014 decision in Daimler AG v. Bauman, which should be consulted with respect to questions of personal jurisdiction over foreign parent corporations whose subsidiaries do business in the U.S. The Daimler AG case was the subject of a special edition of The World in U.S. Courts, which may be accessed from this website.]
District Court Rejects Personal Jurisdiction Over Swedish Parent Corporation