Congress hasn’t expressly waived the federal government’s sovereign immunity for retaliation claims under the False Claims ...

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

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

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

On March 26, 2025, the Supreme Court held in an 8‑to‑1 decision authored by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson that Section 106(a) of the Bankruptcy Code waives the federal government’s sovereign immunity ...

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 ...

In their International Litigation column, the authors look at the recent Hulley Enterprises decision in which the D.C. Circuit held that a U.S. court must independently determine whether an ...

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

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 ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — What started as a routine brain surgery left one Jacksonville mother fighting for her life and her family fighting for change. Kathy Zeppenfield went into the hospital in August ...

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