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This is the Fall 2016 Supplement for Donald Earl Childress III, Michael D. Ramsey & Christopher A. Whytock, Transnational Law and Practice (2015). Highlights include excerpts of the Supreme Court’s decision in RJR Nabisco Inc. v. European Community involving extraterritorial application of the RICO statute; discussion of new Supreme Court and appellate court decisions on foreign sovereign immunity; new developments regarding Alien Tort Statute litigation; and an update on the ongoing dispute involving claims against Chevron, Inc. by Ecuadorian plaintiffs. Instructors using the Childress, Ramsey & Whytock casebook are authorized to distribute this supplement to their students for classroom use.

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