Huffington Post: "Kiobel does nothing to deter the trend described above. On the contrary, the Second Circuit guides plaintiffs to their new -- yet very old and once familiar -- targets of choice: individual directors, officers, managers, and employees of those same corporations. Corporate executives and general counsel must institute proactive policies based on a detailed understanding of the ATS and relevant precedent in order to keep their companies far from suspicion while doing business abroad -- and thereby keeping themselves from being named as individual defendants in lengthy cases with devastating costs."
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