Speakers
Paul Hoffman, Partner
Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris Hoffman & Harrison, LLP
Lead Plaintiffs' Counsel in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum
Kristin Linsley Myles, Partner
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Chimène Keitner, Professor of Law
UC Hastings College of the Law
Elizabeth Wydra, Chief Counsel
Constitutional Accountability Center
Moderator
Neil Popovic
Board Co-Chair, EarthRights International
Topics
• The Supreme Court's decision in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum held that the Alien Tort Statue (ATS) cannot be applied extraterritorially.
• How does the decision fit into the Court's jurisprudence?
• How and where will plaintiffs continue to prosecute human rights claims? Foreign or international tribunals? U.S. courts?
• What types of claims "touch and concern" the United States with "sufficient force" to overcome the presumption against extraterritoriality?