RECENT RULINGS

by the United States Supreme Court


Foreign Sovereign Immunity

  • HUNGARY V. SIMON

    (decided February 21, 2025) The federal Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act generally immunizes foreign countries, and their agents, from private lawsuits brought in the United States, except when the foreign country has illegally obtained property within the United States, or when its agent is using such property in its commercial activities within the United States. “Property”… Continue reading