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Cisco Human Rights Litigation

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. · 2026-09-10 · Importance 26 · Surprise 24

Cisco remains involved in human-rights litigation on remand to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The proceedings address whether state-law and foreign-law tort claims may proceed under the Alien Tort Statute after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Cisco Systems Inc. v. Doe rejected implied federal causes of action. The litigation could affect Cisco’s exposure to claims concerning alleged overseas conduct, but the digest provides no quantified liability or settlement amount.

Key facts

• The Transnational Litigation Blog reports that the Supreme Court's Cisco Systems Inc. v. Doe decision resulted in Cisco being remanded to the Ninth Circuit. source