Royal Dutch Petroleum News

Stephen Greenhouse on how American retailers like Wal-Mart and Gap are opposing proposed regulatory plans for factory conditions that produce clothing precisely because they might be legally binding and thus mean something.

The Board of Royal Dutch Shell plc today announced the Reference Share Price in respect of the first quarter interim dividend of 2013, which was announced on May 2nd, 2013 at $0.45 per A ordinary share and B ordinary share and $0.90 per American Depository Share .

The United States Supreme Court, in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum , recently restricted the scope of the Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. 1350 , a 224-year-old law often used to invoke jurisdiction in suing corporations over human rights violations committed overseas.

Royal Dutch Shell plc today announces a final investment decision in the Stones ultra-deepwater project, a Gulf of Mexico oil and gas development expected to host the deepest production facility in the world.

The Supreme Court decision on Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. seemed to deal a blow to foreign victims of foreign human rights abusers who wished to the Alien Tort Statute to sue their abusers in U.S. courts.

For further details please see below. It is expected that cash dividends on the B Shares will be paid via the Dividend Access Mechanism from UK-sourced income of the Shell Group.

The Supreme Court recently sharply narrowed the potential application of the Alien Tort Statute , which allows foreign plaintiffs to bring civil actions in U.S. district courts for torts committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States.

In Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co ., No. 10-1491, 2013 WL 1628935 , the Supreme Court of the United States addressed the circuit split that arose following the 2010 decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co ., 621 F.3d 111 .

In Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co ., No. 10-1491, 2013 WL 1628935 , the Supreme Court of the United States addressed the circuit split that arose following the 2010 decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co ., 621 F.3d 111 .