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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A federal judge has ordered the city of McKinney to pay almost $60,000 plus interest to 81-year-old Vicki Baker. Thanks to Jeff Bezos, you can now become a landlord for as little as $100 — and no, you ...

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

High Court Says State Retains Quasi-Judicial Immunity Defense "The plain language of § 4-160 unambiguously puts the state in the same position as a private person once sovereign immunity is waived, ...