The bill would reduce disparities between victims injured by private actors and those harmed by government negligence.
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 ...
The Florida House once again this year is charging ahead with sweeping changes to laws governing lawsuits, notwithstanding in ...
Galette and Colt force the Court to confront a basic question about modern federalism: whether constitutional immunity ...
U.S. courts are piercing sovereign immunity, reshaping FSIA protections and exposing state assets to seizure. What Petty’s ...
In light of the recent tragedy in Minneapolis, the issue of governmental immunity, and its breadth, has received renewed ...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court’s denial of foreign sovereign immunity to a Chinese company accused of stealing trade secrets related to the production of ...
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 ...
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 ...
Arizona woman faces felony charges including arson in Cheboygan fire, $2 million bond CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A 22-year-old woman from Arizona, Hailey Flanigan, is facing multiple ...
“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 ...