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37 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 121 (2014)
ATS Liability for Rogue Banking in a Post-Kiobel World

handle is hein.journals/hasint37 and id is 133 raw text is: ATS Liability for Rogue Banking in a Post-Kiobel World By JOEL SLAWOTSKY* Table of Contents I. Introduction ............................................122 II. The Current Status of the Alien Tort Statute .. .............126 A. The Second Circuit Kiobel Ruling on Corporate Liability ...................... ......... 127 B. The Reaction to the Second Circuit Ruling and the Ensuing Federal Circuit Split ...... .........129 C. The Supreme Court's Kiobel Ruling....... ..............132 III. Does Rogue Banking Meet The Supreme Court's Kiobel Test? ........................................... 136 A. The Pervasive Partnering of Financial Institutions and International Law Violators........ .............137 B. Conduct That Touches and Concerns the United States and/or Adversely Affects Important American Interests ..................... ....... 143 1. Rogue States Threatening Global Stability and American Interests ............................145 2. Failed and Failing Nations: Dangers to Global Peace and Security ............. .......147 3. Narcotics Trafficking ........................150 4. Terrorism................................ 151 5. Looting Of National Treasures ........... .....152 6. Global Development Impaired ......... .......155 IV. Conclusion........................ ...............157 * Joel Slawotsky is a former law clerk to the Hon. Charles H. Tenney (U.S.D.J., S.D.N.Y.) and AV peer-review rated attorney at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal (now Dentons). He has taught at the IDC Radzyner Law School (Herzilya, Israel); Academic Center for Law and Business (Ramat Gan, Israel); Colman Business School MBA program and the Haim Striks Law School (Rishon L'Tzion, Israel). 121