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District Court Dismisses ATS Claim Where None of the Plaintiffs, Defendants, or Activities Were Linked to the U.S.

June.29.2016

Comparelli v. República Bolivariana De Venezuela, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, September 23, 2016 The plaintiffs, ...

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District Court Upholds Antitrust Jury Verdict Against Non-U.S. Manufacturers of Price-Fixed Components even though Sales to U.S. Customers Were Made by Independent Importers

June.29.2016

Costco Wholesale Corp. v. AU Optronics Corp., U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, March 3, 2016 Plaintiff Costco prevailed ...

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District Court Finds Claim Alleging Torture by a US CIA Contractor Not Barred by the “Political Question” Doctrine or Based on Improper Extraterritorial Application of the ATS

June.29.2016

Salim v. Mitchell, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, April 28, 2016 The plaintiffs, citizens of non-U.S. countries, ...

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Court of Appeals Affirms RICO Convictions Where Murder in Mexico Affected Commerce in the U.S.

June.29.2016

U.S. v. Leija-Sanchez, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, May 2, 2016 The defendants in this criminal case were convicted of a RICO ...

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U.S. Supreme Court Concludes that Extraterritorial Application of RICO Depends on Extraterritorial Reach of Underlying Criminal Violations, but that Private Plaintiff Must Show U.S. Injury

June.29.2016

RJR Nabisco Inc. v. European Community, U.S. Supreme Court, June 20, 2016 In resolving a three-way split among the U.S. courts of appeals, the U.S. ...

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District Court Dismisses Copyright Infringement Claim Directed To Thousands of Non-U.S. Websites Where No Targeting or Sales to Forum Shown

June.29.2016

American Bridal & Prom Industry Association, Inc. v. Multiple defendants, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, June 29, ...

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District Court Refuses to Assert Personal Jurisdiction Over Defendants in Declaratory Judgment Action Where Neither Took Steps to Enforce or Defend Its Patents in the Forum

June.29.2016

Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited v. Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., U.S. District Court for the Northern district of Illinois, July 25, 2016 Three drug ...

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District Court Refuses to Enforce Third-Party Subpoenas Against Branches of Non-US Banks that would Require Them to Search for Records Worldwide

June.29.2016

Leibovitch v. Islamic Republic of Iran, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, May 19, 2016 This action, brought under the ATS, ...

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District Court Dismisses Case Where Ship Owner’s Only Significant Contact with the U.S. was the Maintenance of an Office

June.29.2016

In re M/V MSC Flaminia, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, April 27, 2016 A crew member was killed in an explosion aboard a ...

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District Court Leaves For Trial Question whether Ex-U.S. Profits of Stairway to Heaven may be Recovered in U.S. Copyright Action

June.29.2016

Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, April 8, 2016 This copyright infringement suit involves ...

District Court Dismisses RICO Claim Where the Plaintiff’s Business was Injured in Brazil, and It did not Relinquish Possession of its Property in the U.S.

June.29.2016

Elsevier v. Grossman, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, August 4, 2016 As relevant here, Elsevier, a leading publisher of ...