Thursday, February 2, 2012

Asia Times - Asia's most knowledgable news source

US courts should throttle OPEC By Sean O'Donnell - Asia Times - Asia's most knowledgable news source

"For example, in 1990, the US Supreme Court ruled in W S Kirkpatrick & Co Inc vs Environmental Tectonics that courts must hear a case concerning a US contractor who bribed Nigerian government officials, even though the conduct occurred overseas and involved a foreign sovereign. Similarly, in 1993, the Supreme Court decided that a British insurer was subject to antitrust liability in US courts because its overseas conduct "produc[ed] a substantial intended effect in the United States"."

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