Proximate Causation Lacking In Twitter Terror-Aiding Suit, 9th Circuit Rules

(February 12, 2018, 11:16 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Affirming a trial court’s dismissal of two terror victim’s families’ Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) claims against Twitter Inc., a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Jan. 31 found that the plaintiffs failed to establish that their injuries were caused “by reason of” Twitter’s purported provision of resources to terrorists (Tamara Fields, et al. v. Twitter Inc., No. 16-17165, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 2445)....