Until the end of June, multinational companies faced a significant litigation risk: suits in U.S. federal courts alleging that they aided-and-abetted human rights abuses committed by foreign governments—even when the alleged conduct occurred entirely overseas—under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) and the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA). These cases are costly to defend and can […]

Source: Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance

Published: 2026-08-20T11:30:58Z