Nestlé USA, Inc., Petitioner v. John Doe I, et al.

  1. December 21, 2021

    The Biggest Personal Injury Decisions And Verdicts Of 2021

    Massive auto collision verdicts and major court rulings caught the attention of personal injury attorneys in 2021, including a U.S. Supreme Court decision clearing Nestle of child labor allegations and a precedential Third Circuit decision booting a coronavirus wrongful death suit back to state court.

  2. June 30, 2021

    Top Personal Injury, Med Mal News & Rulings: Midyear Report

    A U.S. Supreme Court ruling holding that Nestle and Cargill can't be held liable for alleged child slavery on African cocoa farms and a new legal standard for medical malpractice cases in Massachusetts are among Law360's top personal injury and medical malpractice cases for the first six months of 2021.

  3. June 17, 2021

    Supreme Court Rules For Nestle, Cargill In Child Labor Suit

    The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Nestle and Cargill on Thursday in a lawsuit claiming the chocolate makers aided and abetted child slavery on African cocoa farms, reversing a ruling that allowed the claims to proceed under the Alien Tort Statute.

  4. December 01, 2020

    Justices Wary Of Shielding Companies From Alien Tort Law

    Several U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday balked at the idea that domestic corporations should be exempt from liability under the Alien Tort Statute, throwing cold water on arguments made by Nestlé and Cargill in a lawsuit accusing them of supporting child slavery on cocoa plantations.

  5. November 25, 2020

    Up Next At High Court: Census Fight, Child Slavery Claims

    Kicking off its final oral arguments of the year, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday will hear the Trump administration's efforts to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the population count and a bid by Nestlé and Cargill to escape liability for alleged child slavery.

  6. October 22, 2020

    Nonprofits Tell Justices Nestle, Cargill Liable For Child Slavery

    Law professors, former government officials and nonprofits urged the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that federal courts have authority over claims by residents of Mali that cocoa suppliers for Nestlé and Cargill forced them into slavery, arguing that U.S. companies are liable for overseas human rights abuses.

  7. October 02, 2020

    Supreme Court Cheat Sheet: The Biggest Cases To Watch

    The U.S. Supreme Court comes back into session Monday to take on historic cases, including disputes over LGBTQ rights and the Affordable Care Act, but with only eight members following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and still closed to in-person attendance because of the coronavirus pandemic. 

  8. August 31, 2020

    Nestle, Cargill Deny Liability For Child Slavery At High Court

    Nestlé and Cargill told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that they can't be held liable for claims they aided child slavery on African farms, arguing the alleged atrocities occured completely outside the U.S. with no connection to its jurisdiction.

  9. July 02, 2020

    High Court To Review Nestlé, Cargill Child Slavery Suits

    The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear Nestlé and Cargill's challenges to a Ninth Circuit ruling leaving the companies on the hook for allegations that they benefited from African child labor, teeing up a potential ruling on whether U.S. corporations can be liable for human rights abuses abroad.

  10. May 26, 2020

    Feds Tell High Court Nestle Can't Be Held Liable For Slavery

    The Trump administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to take up Nestle USA Inc.'s fight against claims it aided slavery on Ivory Coast cocoa farms, saying the high court should rule that domestic corporations can't be held liable under the Alien Tort Statute.