Government Statute Tort 
Law 360
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
Cisco rehearing denial allows a new invocation of the Alien Tort Statute to proceed, which could capture the U.S. companies doing business with foreign governments, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray. The Ninth Circuit's Doe v. Supreme Court's attention, and has potentially dramatic consequences for U.S.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
MARCH 18, 2025
These statutes could impose liability on mCDR project proponents who violate the laws by failing to comply with the relevant statutory requirements. Such violations could result in both civil and criminal penalties, with some statutes imposing fines for each day a violation continues. judge-made) law. judge-made) law.
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SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 17, 2021
The plaintiffs relied on the Alien Tort Statute, an 18th-century law that permits foreigners to bring lawsuits in U.S. courts to apply the Alien Tort Statute outside the United States, where U.S. courts for serious violations of international law. laws normally do not apply. That is a good thing,” Gorsuch reasoned.
JURIST
JULY 31, 2023
There is no parliamentary statute, like the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 in the UK and Federal Torts Claims Act 1946 in the USA, that provides citizens the right to pursue tortious remedies against the government, nor is there any clear precedent set by the superior courts of the country that establishes the same.
Day on Torts
MARCH 3, 2023
Where plaintiff’s claims against defendant county were based on intentional torts, a one-year statute of limitations applied. Plaintiff’s initial complaint listed several intentional torts, but his amended complaint removed the referral to any specific torts and instead alleged liability more generally. In Anderson v.
Day on Torts
MARCH 24, 2022
Where plaintiff filed a products liability claim based on a hip replacement device she had received, but her hip replacement occurred more than ten years before her suit was filed, dismissal based on the statute of repose was affirmed. The statute of repose for products liability cases is a hard line with very limited exceptions.
Day on Torts
AUGUST 10, 2022
Where defendant governmental entity did not own the park where plaintiff was injured, and plaintiff was attending a concert in the park when she fell, summary judgment based on both the GTLA and Recreational Use Statute was affirmed. The Court next turned to whether summary judgment was appropriate under the Recreational Use Statutes.
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