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Doe v. Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

The article discusses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit's ruling in the 2017 case Doe v. Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Ethiopia) which deals with American foreign relations law, a sovereign immunity doctrine, and the claim that the Ethiopian government hacked...

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Published in:Harvard Law Review Vol. 131; no. 4; pp. 1179 - 1187
Format: Article
Published: Harvard Law Review Association Feb2018
Subjects:
Government liability
Computer hacking > Lawsuits & claims
International relations > Law & legislation
Spyware (Computer software)
Ethiopians
United States. Court of Appeals (District of Columbia Circuit)
Foreign relations of the United States, 1989-
Actions & defenses (Law)
International relations
Ethiopia
United States
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Summary:The article discusses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit's ruling in the 2017 case Doe v. Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Ethiopia) which deals with American foreign relations law, a sovereign immunity doctrine, and the claim that the Ethiopian government hacked into a former Ethiopian citizen's computer in Maryland and monitored his activities using a spyware software program. The U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 is addressed.