Matt Slovin
Matt Slovin is an Ohio municipal attorney. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts in 2014 and from Harvard Law School in 2019. Before becoming a lawyer, he was a sports reporter for The (Nashville) Tennessean.
Supreme Court Closes the Door on the Alien Tort Statute
Editor’s Note: This article also appears in Just Security. Earlier this week, June 23, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe. Writing for a six-member majority, Justice Amy Coney Barrett held that federal courts may not hear human rights claims under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), effectively overruling…
Continue ReadingEletson v. Levona: SDNY Vacates Arbitral Award but Declines to Issue Anti-Enforcement Injunction
An arbitral award that has been vacated by a court at the seat of arbitration can almost never be enforced in other states. But the authority to determine post-vacatur enforceability rests with courts in states where enforcement is sought, not with the vacating court. In a cogent and well-reasoned opinion issued last week, Judge Lewis…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court Decides Cisco and Cimex
Earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down decisions in two significant transnational litigation cases. In Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe, the Court held that federal courts may not recognize any new causes of action under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), “clos[ing] the door” on human rights litigation under the ATS and effectively overruling Sosa…
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