A Midyear Look at Antiterrorism Act Jurisprudence and Policy

The landscape of civil litigation against corporations under the Antiterrorism Act continues to be shaped both by U.S. courts and developments abroad. Partners Margaret Krawiec and Michael McIntosh and counsel Christopher Herlihy discuss two significant new lawsuits, important decisions that further refine the standard of aiding-and-abetting liability under the statute, and various geopolitical developments across the globe that have the potential to shape the focus of future ATA lawsuits.