In a ruling that some argue means corporations may act abroad with impunity, the court held that the alleged violations are not covered by applicable law because they occurred abroad.
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A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Ford Motor and IBM aided South Africa's former apartheid government in abuses by making products for that government’s security forces. So Reuters reports.
In a ruling that some argue means corporations may act abroad with impunity, the court held that the alleged violations are not covered by applicable law because they occurred abroad.