On February 10, Associates Susanna D. Evarts and Ben Alter joined the Yale Law School National Security Group (NSG) for a conversation about national security and international human rights litigation. They discussed the complex landscape of international laws, norms, and policy that a law firm’s clients may face, whether they are international businesses, individuals, or NGOs. They also provided an overview of the high impact work being done by Jenner & Block’s National Security, Sanctions, and Export Controls Practice and our Human Rights and Global Strategy Practice, including matters concerning human rights, foreign relations, international law, state secrets, and claims against foreign states. Learn more. Organizations operating around the world rely on Jenner & Block’s National Security, Sanctions, and Export Controls Practice to guide them through the complex and ever-evolving landscape of international laws, norms, and policy. From high-profile, precedent-setting litigation involving state-sponsored terrorism or cyber-attacks, state secrets, and political suppression, to sanctions, export controls, foreign investment reviews, and more, our lawyers bring a global perspective and unmatched experience. They work collaboratively with our Human Rights and Global Strategy Practice which helps clients act as change agents while addressing a wide range of human rights issues involving corruption and rule of law, freedom of expression, supply chain standards, human trafficking and modern slavery, environmental justice, stakeholder engagement, and indigenous persons’ rights. Our leading litigation strategies, moreover, advance justice and vindicate the rights of the vulnerable and abused around the world. Our team includes former US Ambassadors and high-ranking lawyers and officials within the White House, National Security Council, the US Department of State, the Central Intelligence Agency, the US Department of Justice, the UK Serious Fraud Office, and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs Office, as well as the former Minority investigative counsel in the Senate’s bipartisan investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 US elections.
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