EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
S. Supreme Court decided 6–3 on Tuesday that foreign plaintiffs cannot use federal human rights statutes to sue American corporations for allegedly aiding...
S. Supreme Court decided 6–3 on Tuesday that foreign plaintiffs cannot use federal human rights statutes to sue American corporations for allegedly aiding and abetting abuses committed on foreign soil. The decision in Cisco Systems, Inc. v.
Doe substantially insulates multinational technology firms and defense contractors from domestic civil liability stemming from their commercial ties, hardware shipments, and software deployments to repressive foreign regimes.