Africa
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Nestlé and Cargill told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that they can’t be held liable for claims they aided child slavery on African farms, arguing the alleged atrocities occured completely outside the U.S. with no connection to its jurisdiction… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Trump administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to take up Nestle USA Inc.’s fight against claims it aided slavery on Ivory Coast cocoa farms, saying the high court should rule that domestic corporations can’t be held liable under the Alien Tort Statute… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A gay man who fled Ghana after he was outed and violently attacked will get a new chance to seek asylum in the United States, with the Third Circuit ruling that immigration judges bungled their analysis of whether the man faced persecution that qualifies for protection… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce announced Tuesday that it has opened a probe in response to petitions from U.S.-based metal producers that alleged potentially unfair practices in the aluminum trade involving 18 countries from across the globe… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Canada’s Banro Corp. won’t face a suit in New York federal court alleging the mining company lied to investors about its operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo after a judge ruled Thursday that those claims were resolved last year in bankruptcy proceedings in Canada… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 