Further to my earlier analysis here, there was one other remarkable detail in the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Kiobel. Although, the opinion in Kiobel was devoted to the applicatio...
Cross-posted at opiniojuris.org The majority opinion in Kiobel precludes Alien Tort Statute claims for foreign conduct against foreign victims, leaving a small door for potential future claims th...
https://piracy-law.com/2013/04/23/piracy-not-just-kiobels-analogy/
We have been following a number of piracy cases in the U.S. two of which had resulted in convictions and looked like they might be heading to the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS). The issue in U.S. ...
https://piracy-law.com/2013/01/26/scotus-denies-hearing-of-piracy-cases/
There has been a long discussion concerning if and how to regulate private security contractors hired to protect merchant vessels against pirates. See e.g. here and here. Only last week, the Secu...
https://piracy-law.com/2012/11/25/private-security-liability-under-the-alien-tort-statute/
As I previously mentioned here, the US Supreme Court may soon take up the issue of piracy in US courts. This could have importance not only for the piracy prosecutions taking place in the US but ...
https://piracy-law.com/2012/10/19/united-states-supreme-court-gets-its-chance/
The Supreme Court opened up its October term with a healthy dose of international law in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Shell. The petitioner, Esther Kiobel, is bringing suit against Royal Dutch Shell (Sh...
https://piracy-law.com/2012/10/03/kiobel-oral-argument-piracy-may-spell-trouble-for-shell/
As we previously discussed here and here, Mohammad Saaili Shibin has been convicted for his role as a pirate negotiator in two separate incidents. During the trial, there was evidence that the h...
https://piracy-law.com/2012/08/15/negotiator-sentenced-to-multiple-life-terms-scotus-on-the-horizon/