Appeals, Jurisdiction, Corporate Liability

Texas Court Upholds Summary Judgment in Silica Case

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/10/2025

The Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals upheld summary judgment for Exxon Mobil corporation in Stanley Cole v. Exxon Mobil Corp. (No. 14-22-00756-CV), a premises liability case involving alleged exposure to olivine dust. The...more

Nevada Supreme Court Finds Want Of Personal Jurisdiction Over LLC Members

Allen Matkins on 1/30/2025

In a recent post, I questioned why personal jurisdiction was unquestioned. Personal jurisdiction is, of course, unquestionably fundamental, as evidenced by the Nevada Supreme Court's recent order in Rich v. Eighth Jud. Dist....more

English Court of Appeal Sets the Way Forward in Significant Environmental Damages Group Litigation

Mayer Brown on 1/23/2025

In Alame and others v Shell Plc and another, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales has overturned a High Court judgment concerning the approach to causation in a significant environmental damages group action, finding that...more

Dropping Anchor: Parent company liability and the English Courts

Bracewell LLP on 5/23/2019

Since 2015, three cases have gradually been making their way through the English appeal courts: Lungowe v Vedanta Resources Plc; Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell; and AAA & Ors v Unilever. To quote the Court of Appeal in...more

Update on the responsibility to respect human rights and parent company liability: what the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Okpabi...

Hogan Lovells on 2/19/2018

In the last four months, the Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in two important cases relating to parent company liability and jurisdiction over extra-territorial human rights impacts. ...more

Jurisdiction and parent company liability – Court of Appeal keeps door ajar for extra-territorial human rights related claims

Hogan Lovells on 10/16/2017

The Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment in a landmark case on jurisdiction and parent company liability (Lungowe and Ors. v Vedanta Resources Plc and Konkola Copper Mines Plc [2017] EWCA Civ 1528). The judgment...more

Sixth Circuit Expands Air Carrier Liability Under the Montreal Convention: How Should Air Carriers Respond?

Benesch on 9/21/2017

In Doe v. Etihad Airways, No. 16-1042 (6th Cir. Aug. 30, 2017), the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit radically altered the scope of an air carrier’s liability under the Montreal Convention, the...more

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