Alien Tort Ruling Hurts Plaintiffs Who Need It Most

By Greg Ryan (April 17, 2013, 9:10 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in favor of Royal Dutch Shell PLC in an Alien Tort Statute case isn't the knockout companies had hoped for, experts say, but the ruling appears to render the law all but useless to the group that relies on it most — plaintiffs suing companies over foreign-based torts....

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