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Multinational Corporate Responsibility and the Alien Tort Statute — Overseas Torture & U.S. Courts.

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Stuart Malawer

Under the Alien Tort Statute should foreign plaintiffs be allowed to sue foreign corporations in American courts for torture when that action is done abroad in cooperation with a foreign government? Should the multinationals, unlike private individuals, be allowed to … Continue reading →

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Russia’s WTO Membership — Good for Trade? — Yes.

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Stuart Malawer

The 8th Ministerial Conference of the WTO meeting this week in Geneva is expected to accept Russia as a WTO Member. Interestingly, this follows close on the heels of China’s 10th anniversary of  joining the WTO. China’s accession to the WTO … Continue reading →

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The Fight over International Taxation of Multinational Corporations is Just Starting.

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Stuart Malawer

The I.R.S. is increasingly targeting cross-border bank transactions worth billions of dollars. The I.R.S. has increasingly denied foreign tax credits to U.S. multinational firms. These developments need to be assessed within the context of the global financial crisis of 2008, … Continue reading →

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Multinational Tax Proposals — From Global to Territorial?

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Stuart Malawer

The need to reform the global taxation of U.S. multinationals corporations by the I.R.S. is obvious. The need to repatriate overseas earnings and put them to use in the U.S. to create jobs is long overdue. Most trading countries have a … Continue reading →

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