On January 5,  the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida denied a motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The Republican-led Senate is targeting local governments that do not cooperate with federal immigration officials. Sovereign ...

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 ...

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 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 ...