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GAVC Law
Cisco systems. SCOTUS closes the cause of action door to “judicially created” Alien Tort Statute liability. Holds aiding-and-abetting liability does not exist under the ATS for almost all torts.
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Inside Class Actions
Supreme Court Curtails ATS and TVPA Class Action Lawsuits
In Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe, the Supreme Court held that federal courts cannot create new causes of action under the Alien Tort Statute for violations of international law and…
Religion Clause
Supreme Court Rejects Suit Against Cisco for Aiding Persecution of Falun Gong
Yesterday, in Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe, (Sup. Ct., June 23, 2026), the U.S. Supreme Court rejected claims by practitioners of Falun Gong, that Cisco Systems violated the Alien Tort…
Religion Clause
Supreme Court Hears Arguments Today in Falun Gong Practitioners’ Alien Tort Statute Suit
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this morning in Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe I. In the case, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that Falun Gong victims…
Class Action Countermeasures
Eleventh Circuit Concludes that Foreign Country’s Equitable Tolling Standards Can Apply in Federal Class Action
By Michael A. Brody, Andrew Gann, Brian D. Schmalzbach
In a recent case addressing the novel issue of whether foreign law trumped United States law for purposes of class action tolling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Event: 8/24 WFLS From John Jay to John Roberts: The Law of Nations in U.S. Courts
The Washington Foreign Law Society (WFLS) will present an online free event on Tuesday August 24, 2021, from 5:30-6:30pm ET, discussing and critiquing the U.S. Supreme Court decision Nestle v…
TortsProf Blog
Nestle v. Doe
The USSC just issued its most-recent opinion on the Alien Tort Statute in Nestle v. Doe. At JD Supra, Dechert's Andrew Boutros & Jay Schleppenbach review the decision. The highlights:In…
Gravel2Gavel
A Court-Side Seat: SCOTUS Further Clarifies Alien Tort Statute; Revisiting WOTUS
by Anthony B. Cavender What follows is a brief account of some of the notable U.S. environmental and administrative law cases recently decided. THE U.S. SUPREME COURT Article II, Section…
Agricultural Law Weekly Review
Agricultural Law Weekly Review – Week Ending June 18, 2021
Agricultural Labor: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Tort Suit Against Cocoa Purchasers for Contributing to Child SlaveryOn June 17, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an opinion reversing…
Supreme Court Update
California v. Texas (No. 19-840), Fulton v. City of Philadelphia (No. 19-123), Nestle USA v. Doe (No. 19-416), Borden v. United States (No. 19-5410), Greer v. United States (No. 19-8709), Terry v. United States (No. 20-5904)
By Tadhg Dooley, David R. Roth
Some big decisions this week as The Nine turn into the final stretch. Yesterday, the Court issued hotly anticipated decisions in California v. Texas (No. 19-840), dismissing the latest challenge…