Copyrighted Image? DMCA | Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the "mother of all corporate immunity cases," by all accounts it did not go well.
The case involves whether Royal Dutch Shell can be held accountable in American courts for allegedly working with the Nigerian government to torture, execute and detain members of an ethnic group under a law holding the most atrocious human rights violators accountable to international norms. To be clear, there are some legitimate reasons why the Supreme Court should be wary of this case -- Shell is a foreign corporation, and its alleged actions occurred on foreign soil, so it is not entirely certain that American courts can reach Shell's actions. There are worrying signs, however, that the Court's conservatives are prepared to simply declare all corporations, both foreign and domestic, immune from international legal norms... |
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At thinkprogress.org
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