In recent years, we have seen increasing efforts to hold multinational companies legally responsible for acts conducted abroad, particularly in emerging market jurisdictions, either by their own group companies, or by third parties in their supply chains. This is an increasing trend both in the English courts and in the US courts.
Our New York office has published a bulletin which outlines two recent cases that illustrate this trend in the US courts, and considers the implications for multinational businesses. Click here to download a copy.
This trend was also discussed from a UK perspective at our recent conference "The Board’s responsibility to manage risk: Key legal and compliance issues – A disputes perspective" under the heading "The changing face of disputes risk in emerging markets" – click here for a summary.
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