William S. Dodge
Guest Author
William S. Dodge (@ProfBillDodge) is Lobingier Professor of Comparative Law and Jurisprudence at the George Washington University Law School. He 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 Reporter for the second phase of the Restatement (Fourth), an Adviser for the Restatement (Third) of Conflict of Laws, and a member of the Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Law. Professor Dodge is the co-author of Transnational Business Problems (7th ed. 2024) and Transnational Litigation in a Nutshell (2d ed. 2021). His articles on international law and transnational litigation have appeared in journals such as the Columbia Law Review, the Harvard Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal. He is also on LinkedIn.
Articles by this author:
NSO v. WhatsApp: Should the Solicitor General Recommend Allowing Foreign Corporations to Claim Immunity?
Jun 9th, 2022
Answering the Supreme Court’s Call for Guidance on the Alien Tort Statute
by William S. Dodge and Oona A. Hathaway
Jun 3rd, 2022
Mexico v. Smith & Wesson: Does US Immunity for Gun Manufacturers Apply Extraterritorially?
by William S. Dodge and Ingrid (Wuerth) Brunk
Aug 19th, 2021
The Surprisingly Broad Implications of Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe for Human Rights Litigation and Extraterritoriality
Jun 18th, 2021
Trump Administration Reverses Position on Corporate Liability Under Alien Tort Statute
Jun 1st, 2020
Second Circuit Gets Civil Forfeiture under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Wrong
by William S. Dodge and Ingrid (Wuerth) Brunk
Aug 23rd, 2019
Jesner v. Arab Bank: The Supreme Court Preserves the Possibility of Human Rights Suits Against U.S. Corporations
Apr 26th, 2018
United States v. Microsoft: Why the Government Should Win the Statutory Interpretation Argument
Feb 19th, 2018
Introducing Just Security’s Symposium on United States v. Microsoft
by William S. Dodge and Kristen Eichensehr
Feb 15th, 2018
Oral Arguments in Jesner v. Arab Bank: Supreme Court May Favor Two Steps to Corporate Liability for Human Rights Violations
Oct 12th, 2017
Corporate Liability for Human Rights Violations: A Preview of Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC
Sep 29th, 2017
The UK Supreme Court’s Landmark Judgment Belhaj v. Straw: A View From the United States
Jan 19th, 2017