June 5, 2025 The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. §§1330, 1602-1611, authorizes federal trial courts to try certain cases brought against foreign governments, and against certain instrumentalities of foreign governments. To obtain jurisdiction over those foreign entities, the Act requires a specialized service of process on the foreign defendant. 28 U.S.C. §§1330(b), 1608.  Different Continue reading