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The Supreme Court ruled that the FSIA does not apply to criminal cases and remanded common law arguments to the Second Circuit.
The Supreme Court remanded Halkbank, and the lower court must now consider whether the common law provides immunity from prosecution to foreign state-owned enterprises.
The Court released its 7-2 ruling on Wednesday morning.
The district court’s dismissal of the State of Missouri’s billion-dollar lawsuit against China over its COVID response bodes ill for similar remaining coronavirus-related suits.
The relationship between foreign sovereign immunity and sanctions against central banks is important but often mischaracterized.
On Monday, Nov. 8, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against NSO Group Technologies, an Israeli company.
Two recent Supreme Court rulings could be consequential for the interpretation of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
Does the “expropriation exception” of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) afford U.S. courts jurisdiction to resolve claims brought by German citizens against the German government?
Can courts abstain from hearing suits against foreign sovereigns for reasons of international comity, even when the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) has provided the court jurisdiction over the suit by stripping the foreign sovereign of immunity?
A preliminary analysis of the legal questions likely to be raised in the lawsuits against the Saudi crown prince.