Supreme Court Reins In Activist Lawsuits, Major Win for U.S. Businesses

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered a landmark victory for American companies and constitutional limits on judicial power.

The nation’s highest court ruled 6-3 in Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe

(24-856) that neither the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) nor the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA) allows private plaintiffs to sue for aiding and abetting alleged continue reading …