Entries by Trey Childress

Kiobel Supplemental Briefs

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For those interested in summer beach reading, I wanted to note that all briefs in the Kiobel case, including the supplemental briefs on the extraterritoriality question, are being compiled by SCOTUSBlog and can be accessed

Kiobel–The Plot Thickens

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What does a plaintiff do when the United States Government originally supports your case and then, after the Supreme Court requests further briefing, comes out against you?  That is the question that the plaintiffs in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum are facing today.  As previously reported

Conference Announcement: Collective Redress in Cross-Border Context

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Conference on Collective Redress in the Cross-Border Context In the framework of the Henry G. Schermers Fellowship Programme<http://www.hiil.org/henry-g-schermers-fellowship>, held this year by Professor S.I. Strong, the Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (HiiL) and the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS)<http://www.nias.nl/Pages/NIA/2/764.bGFuZz1FTkc.html> announce a workshop on the theme ‘Collective Redress in the Cross-Border Context: Arbitration, […]

Call for Papers

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ASIL-ESIL International Legal Theory Workshop Call for Papers ASIL’s International Legal Theory Interest Group, in partnership with the European Society of International Law (ESIL) Interest Group on International Legal Theory, will hold a joint works-in-progress workshop at the University of Cambridge’s Lauterpacht Centre for International Law September 27–28, 2012. The workshop’s theme is “Transatlantic Debates […]

Call for Proposals

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Please see below for a call for proposals for a conference to be held 20-22 June 2012 ———————————— Call for Proposals – Collective Redress in the Cross-Border Context Large-scale international legal injuries are becoming increasingly prevalent in today’s globalized economy, whether they arise in the context of consumer, commercial, contract, tort or securities law, and countries […]