Alien Tort Statute
Doe I v. Nestle, S.A.
Ninth Circuit Denies Rehearing En Banc of Case Permitting Domestic Corporate Liability Claim.
Recent Cases
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Fourth Amendment
United States v. Huskisson
Seventh Circuit Holds that Evidence Gathered Through an Unlawful Search of a Home May Be Admissible Under the Independent Source Doctrine Even if Tainted Evidence Is Described in the Warrant Application.
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Arbitration Clauses
Bigger v. Facebook, Inc.
Seventh Circuit Holds that Arbitration-Bound Employees Cannot Be Given Notice of Collective Action Proceeding Under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Civil Rights
Kollaritsch v. Michigan State University Board of Trustees
Sixth Circuit Requires Further Harassment in Deliberate Indifference Claims.
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Criminal Procedure
United States v. Cano
Ninth Circuit Limits the Scope of Warrantless Cell Phone Searches at the Border.
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Statutory Interpretation
In re: Application to Obtain Discovery for Use in Foreign Proceedings
Sixth Circuit Holds that Private Commercial Arbitration Is a Foreign or International Tribunal.
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First Amendment
NLRB v. International Ass’n of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, & Reinforcing Iron Workers, Local 229
Ninth Circuit Holds that First Amendment Does Not Protect Encouraging Secondary Boycotts.
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Criminalization of Poverty
Fowler v. Benson
Sixth Circuit Upholds Michigan’s Driver’s License Suspension Law for Indigent Drivers Under Fourteenth Amendment.
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Constitutional Law
United States v. Hill
Fourth Circuit Upholds Conviction in As-Applied Commerce Clause Challenge.
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Criminal Law
State v. VanBuren
Vermont Supreme Court Holds that Privacy Expectations Depend on the Context of Relationships.