Articles Tagged with international law

Google to Face EU Legal Action Over Failing to Let Users Opt Out of Privacy Changes: Report October 15, 2012 Updated: October 15, 2012 by Joel Zand

The European Union (EU) is expected to announce legal action against Google for allegedly violating EU law by failing to give users a choice to opt out its new privacy policy, according to The Guardian. The French data commissioner, known as the 'CNIL' or Article 29 Working Party that has…

Supreme Court Begins New Term, Considers Scope of Alien Tort Statute October 1, 2012 Updated: October 1, 2012 by David Kemp

The U.S. Supreme Court started its term today, hearing oral arguments for Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum. The case involves the interpretation of a federal statute enacted by the first Congress as part of the Judiciary Act of 1879—the Alien Tort Statute. The Alien Tort Statute (ATS) provides that “[t]he…