William S. Dodge

Guest Author

William S. Dodge (@ProfBillDodge) is Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law and John D. Ayer Chair in Business Law at the University of California, Davis, School of Law. He is a Founding Editor of Transnational Litigation Blog (TLB). Professor Dodge served as Counselor on International Law to the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State from 2011 to 2012 and as Co-Reporter for the American Law Institute’s Restatement (Fourth) of Foreign Relations Law from 2012 to 2018. He is currently a member of the Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Law and an Adviser for the American Law Institute’s Restatement (Third) of Conflict of Laws. Professor Dodge is co-author of Transnational Litigation in a Nutshell (2d ed. 2021), co-author of Transnational Business Problems (6th ed. 2019), and co-editor of International Law in the U.S. Supreme Court: Continuity and Change (2010).

Articles by this author:

Why Terrorism Exceptions to State Immunity Do Not Violate International Law

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Aug 10th, 2023

Is MBS Entitled to Head of State Immunity?

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Aug 18th, 2022

NSO v. WhatsApp: Should the Solicitor General Recommend Allowing Foreign Corporations to Claim Immunity?

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Jun 9th, 2022

Answering the Supreme Court’s Call for Guidance on the Alien Tort Statute

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Jun 3rd, 2022

NSO Group Loses Immunity Claim at the Ninth Circuit

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Nov 9th, 2021

Mexico v. Smith & Wesson: Does US Immunity for Gun Manufacturers Apply Extraterritorially?

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Aug 19th, 2021

The Surprisingly Broad Implications of Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe for Human Rights Litigation and Extraterritoriality

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Jun 18th, 2021

The Meaning of the Supreme Court’s Ruling in Germany v. Philipp

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Feb 8th, 2021

Trump Administration Reverses Position on Corporate Liability Under Alien Tort Statute

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Jun 1st, 2020

Supreme Court of Canada Recognizes Corporate Liability for Human Rights Violations

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Mar 26th, 2020

Second Circuit Gets Civil Forfeiture under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Wrong

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Aug 23rd, 2019

Jesner v. Arab Bank: The Supreme Court Preserves the Possibility of Human Rights Suits Against U.S. Corporations

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Apr 26th, 2018

United States v. Microsoft: Why the Government Should Win the Statutory Interpretation Argument

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Feb 19th, 2018

Introducing Just Security’s Symposium on United States v. Microsoft

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Feb 15th, 2018

The Original Meaning of the Alien Tort Statute

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Oct 26th, 2017

Oral Arguments in Jesner v. Arab Bank: Supreme Court May Favor Two Steps to Corporate Liability for Human Rights Violations

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Oct 12th, 2017

Corporate Liability for Human Rights Violations: A Preview of Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC

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Sep 29th, 2017

The UK Supreme Court’s Landmark Judgment Belhaj v. Straw: A View From the United States

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Jan 19th, 2017

Does JASTA Violate International Law?

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Sep 30th, 2016

JASTA and Reciprocity

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Jun 9th, 2016

Would JASTA Violate International Law?

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Apr 26th, 2016

Will Filartiga Survive?

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Sep 15th, 2015

Supreme Court Denies Cert in Samantar v. Yousuf

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Mar 12th, 2015

International Comity Run Amok

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Feb 3rd, 2015

Samantar v. Yousuf: What Happens Next?

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Oct 23rd, 2014

Rosenberg vs. Pasha: Distinguishing Two Questions of Foreign Official Immunity

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Sep 2nd, 2014

Official Act Immunity and the Singh Case

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Aug 25th, 2014