Shell Blocks Employee Access to Activist Website

Murder is Bad, Even in Nigeria

(Blog Post) Early Monday morning, 71,010 Shell employees received an email from the company's "Grassroots Employee Empowerment Division" providing information on Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, a pivotal human rights case being argued in the U.S. Supreme Court. The email contained links to news stories, as well as a tool to help employees tweet their feelings about the case at key US news anchors (and Oprah Winfrey).

The only thing is, Shell has no ... Full Story »

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by Randy Morrow - Oct. 3, 2012

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“Shell’s lawyers are arguing that their corporation is not subject to the ATS because it is not a person.”

But Shell, Mitten and Citizen’s United says you are—of course they only want that when it is an advantage to them.

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