January 23, 2026 - The Supreme Court will now decide if state mass transit agencies are immune from lawsuits brought in ...
Congress hasn’t expressly waived the federal government’s sovereign immunity for retaliation claims under the False Claims ...
Rep. Fiona McFarland debating her sovereign immunity bill on April 8, 2025, in the House Judiciary Committee. (Photo via the Florida Channel) A highly contentious battle over how much money people ...
On January 16, 2025, Foley Hoag filed two amicus briefs on behalf of leading U.S. and international jurists on foreign sovereign immunity before ...
House members overwhelmingly approved a bill that would raise the amount people can recover in lawsuits against cities, ...
Bankruptcy trustees and chapter 11 debtors-in-possession ("DIPs") frequently seek to avoid fraudulent transfers and obligations under section 544(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and state fraudulent ...
The Republican-led Senate is targeting local governments that do not cooperate with federal immigration officials. Sovereign ...
Galette and Colt force the Court to confront a basic question about modern federalism: whether constitutional immunity doctrines should evolve alongside the governmental forms they regulate, or ...
U.S. courts are piercing sovereign immunity, reshaping FSIA protections and exposing state assets to seizure. What Petty’s ...
Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro faces U.S. federal indictments for narcoterrorism and drug trafficking. The author argues that sovereign immunity does not protect leaders who use state power for ...