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• The World Gets a Little Smaller; International Employers May Find Themselves Sued in the U.S. for Egregious Overseas Labor Practices ( September 2004 )
  Kenneth J. Rose of Littler Mendelson, P.C.

  Over the past 25 years, a number of federal courts found that the Alien Tort Claims Act ("ATCA") permitted foreign victims to sue for such violations of international law as summary executions, genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment. Some of those lawsuits were brought against U.S.-headquartered multinational corporations for their alleged involvement in improper and abusive labor practices in developing countries that were said to comprise human rights violations.

• The Infamous IR-35: A Tax Change for the IT Sector ( May 2000 )
  Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

  This alert summarizes England's new regulation, IR35 and provides a brief overview of how this law applies in the IT Sector.

• UNCITRAL: A Legislative Guide to Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects ( October 1999 )
  Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

  In September, 1999, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) - the core legal body of th.