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Transnational Litigation, Mahdev Mohan

Mahdev Mohan

In 2013, the United States Supreme Court held that it had no jurisdiction to hear a case relating to conduct which occurred outside U.S. territory, and that concerned a suit brought against a company based outside the U.S. Today referred to as the ‘Kiobel decision’, it represents a significant shift of the aperture of transnational corporate accountability away from the U.S. – which generally has been the default venue – and towards regional and foreign jurisdictions where violations occur, or where responsible beneficiaries of the wrongdoings reside or conduct their businesses.

Mahdev Mohan, an Assistant Professor of Law at the …