Jurisdiction, Multinationals, Human Rights

Key U.S. Litigation Risks from Overseas Operations in the Energy and Natural Resources Sector

Womble Bond Dickinson on 7/31/2025

Energy and natural resources businesses in the United States continue to face legal risk in the United States from the human rights and environmental impacts of their operations abroad. However, these legal risks have...more

The World Is Your Oyster? Supreme Court Confirms UK Jurisdictional Gateway For Parent Company Liability

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 2/23/2021

On 12 February 2021, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the high profile case of Okpabi v Shell, in which it allowed a jurisdictional appeal relating to group claims brought by claimants against a UK domiciled parent...more

A Multinational Maze: Navigating Human Rights Regimes Across Multiple Jurisdictions

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 12/4/2020

Human rights are increasingly the subject of a range of requirements under both “hard” law — such as the mandatory obligations promulgated by governments regarding conflict mineral restrictions, forced labor prohibitions, and...more

Vedanta: UK Supreme Court takes the “straitjacket” off claims against parent companies in the English Courts

Hogan Lovells on 4/11/2019

On 10 April 2019, the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Vedanta Resources PLC and anor. v Lungowe and others [2019] UKSC 20; a long awaited decision on parent company liability and the jurisdiction of English...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

Mining Company Asks Supreme Court to Hear Its Challenge to Allegations of Human Rights Abuses in Eritrea

Bennett Jones LLP on 1/31/2018

Nevsun Resources, a British Columbia mining company, has asked the Supreme Court to hear its appeal from a recent B.C. ruling that would send the human rights claims of a group of Eritrean plaintiffs towards trial....more

Forum non-conveniens and access to remedy in transnational business and human rights litigation: an update from Brexit Britain and...

Hogan Lovells on 12/27/2017

What is forum non-conveniens? According to the principle of “forum non-conveniens” (or inconvenient forum), a court has the power to dismiss a civil action where an appropriate and more convenient alternative forum exists. ...more

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