Stephen M. Nickelsburg

International Trade

Stephen M. Nickelsburg, Erin Louise Palmer | Clifford Chance

Introduction For the last thirty years, courts have struggled to interpret and apply the Alien Tort Claims Act ("ATCA"), a statute that permits non-U.S. citizens to bring civil lawsuits in U.S. courts for violations of the law of nations, as defined by customary international law....

Anti-Corruption

Stephen M. Nickelsburg, Adam T. Klauder, Simone M. Peek | Clifford Chance

Medical device companies that do business in emerging markets face the prospect of great reward as well as great risk. Increasingly, one of the major risks is exposure to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") and similar international anti-bribery laws and regulations. A key...