International: Tort Tourism & Cross Border Issues

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Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

April 22, 2022

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging U.S. Supreme Court to review the proper level of deference to a foreign government’s interpretation of its own law.

Midwest Air Traffic Control Service, Inc. v. Badilla

January 10, 2022

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to review and reverse Second Circuit’s extraterritorial application of state tort law.

Atchley v. AstraZeneca UK Ltd.

January 4, 2022

D.C. Circuit reverses and remands dismissal of Anti-Terrorism Act suit, concluding that plaintiffs adequately pleaded claims for secondary liability. The U.S. Chamber filed a coalition amicus...

Taamneh v. Twitter, Inc.

December 27, 2021

Ninth Circuit denies petition for rehearing and for rehearing en banc. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief opposing this result.

Taamneh v. Twitter, Inc.

August 13, 2021

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief supporting petition for rehearing en banc, which seeks to overturn a panel decision that reversed a district court’s ruling that plaintiffs had failed to state a...

European Union Merger Control Regulation Referral Mechanism

July 22, 2021

U.S. Chamber submits letter to European Commission supporting suspension and reconsideration of the EC’s new approach to the application of the referral mechanism in Article 22 of the EU Merger...

Atchley v. AstraZeneca UK Ltd.

March 19, 2021

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging D.C. Circuit to enforce limitations on Anti-Terrorism Act suits.

Ford Motor Co. v. United States

June 29, 2020

Supreme Court denies cert. petition challenging a Federal Circuit decision departing from settled principles of tariff classification. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting the cert....

GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS, Corp. v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC

June 1, 2020

Supreme Court reverses Eleventh Circuit, holding that the New York Convention governing international arbitration does not conflict with domestic contract-law doctrines permitting nonsignatories...

Freeman v. HSBC Holdings PLC

May 26, 2020

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Second Circuit to affirm district court's judgment granting motion to dismiss Anti-Terrorism Act claims brought against several international banks...