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Supreme Court Puts New Curbs on Human-Rights Suits in Cisco Win

Supreme Court Puts New Curbs on Human-Rights Suits in Cisco Win
Bloomberg Technology Tuesday 23 June 2026, 14:02 UTC By Greg Stohr 1 min read
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Supreme Court Puts New Curbs on Human-Rights Suits in Cisco Win The US Supreme Court put new limits on lawsuits against companies over atrocities abroad, rejecting a suit accusing Cisco Systems Inc. of complicity in China’s torture of Falun Gong adherents. The ruling is the latest in a line of Supreme Court decisions to narrow the Alien Tort Statute, a 1789 law that human-rights advocates for years have tried to wield against multinational corporations.

Supreme Court Puts New Curbs on Human-Rights Suits in Cisco Win The US Supreme Court put new limits on lawsuits against companies over atrocities abroad, rejecting a suit accusing Cisco Systems Inc. of complicity in China’s torture of Falun Gong adherents. The ruling is the latest in a line of Supreme Court decisions to narrow the Alien Tort Statute, a 1789 law that human-rights advocates for years have tried to wield against multinational corporations.
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