The SCOTUS blog recently held a symposium on Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum. Kiobel is one of the most important cases that will be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in the new term that begins October 1, 2012. Kiobel was filed under the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”), and alleges that subsidiaries of the corporate defendant planned, conspired and facilitated extrajudicial … [Read more...]