As previous client alerts have set out, momentum is building across a range of jurisdictions toward legalizing companies’ obligations to respect human rights and promote ESG issues generally. While in Europe, this has...more
The United Kingdom Supreme Court (UKSC) today released its much anticipated judgment in Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell Plc, unanimously overturning the Court of Appeal’s previous finding that the English courts did not have...more
Last week the UK’s Supreme Court delivered its judgment in R (on the application of KBR, Inc) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2021] UKSC 2. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court rejected the SFO’s argument that...more