The 1789 Alien Tort Statute and Human Rights Abuses Today

The Orange County Lawyers Chapter

Speakers:

  • Anton Metlitsky, Counsel, O'Melveny & Myers
  • Donald Kochan, Associate Professor of Law, Chapman University School of Law
  • Michael J. Bazyler, Professor of Law and The "1939" Club Law Scholar in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies, Chapman University School of Law in Orange, California

Speakers:

  • Anton Metlitsky, Counsel, O'Melveny & Myers
  • Donald Kochan, Associate Professor of Law, Chapman University School of Law
  • Michael J. Bazyler, Professor of Law and The "1939" Club Law Scholar in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies, Chapman University School of Law in Orange, California

The Supreme Court has asked for expanded briefs and reargument in the Kiobel vs. Royal Dutch Petroleum case. At issue is the right to sue in U.S. courts for human rights abuses — including torture — carried out in other countries under the 1789 Alien Tort Statute (28 U.S.C. § 1350). This case has implications for corporations, including multi-national firms, as well as for political organizations, that are accused of violating the rights of individuals under international or U.S. law. Also, potentially at issue is whether a party that is being sued can be challenged not for directly engaging in human rights abuses, but for “aiding and abetting” someone else who did so.

Cost: $35 for lunch and 1 hour of MCLE credit. (The Federalist Society is a California State Bar approved provider of MCLE)

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