On January 16, 2025, Foley Hoag filed two amicus briefs on behalf of leading U.S. and international jurists on foreign sovereign immunity before ...

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 ...

House members overwhelmingly approved a bill that would raise the amount people can recover in lawsuits against cities, ...

Galette and Colt force the Court to confront a basic question about modern federalism: whether constitutional immunity ...

I have not been shy about criticizing Donald Trump, but disagreement at home does not require moral blindness abroad.

“The mere fact that a foreign state owns and controls a corporation is not sufficient to bring the corporation within the ambit of § 66(g).” – Ninth Circuit A group of Chinese companies struck out for ...

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 ...

U.S. courts are piercing sovereign immunity, reshaping FSIA protections and exposing state assets to seizure. What Petty’s ...

The Florida House once again this year is charging ahead with sweeping changes to laws governing lawsuits, notwithstanding in ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — In several recent lawsuits against Texas, attorneys for the state argued for dismissal due to “sovereign immunity.” But what does that mean for Texans? The legal doctrine holds that a ...

The Minneapolis ICE shooting of U.S. citizen Renee Nicole Macklin Good raises Fourth Amendment scrutiny and FTCA liability, ...