Litigation

January 12, 2026

IN LITIGATION
Case

Cisco Systems v. Doe I

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On January 9, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a Ninth Circuit decision that would allow activists to impose liability on U.S. entities for aiding and abetting a third-party’s alleged human rights violations overseas. The decision was a victory for WLF, which contended in its brief urging review that the Ninth Circuit decision disregarded both the Constitution’s and the Supreme Court’s crucial limits on a federal court’s ability to imply a new cause of action under a federal statute. As WLF’s brief shows, whether the ATS or TVPA implicitly supply a remedy for aiding and abetting is a decision best left to Congress, not the Judiciary.

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