Noriega died in 2017 after nearly three decades in prison, first in the U.S., then France, and finally Panama. In his first trial, his lawyers argued that his arrest as a result of a U.S. invasion was ...

Galette and Colt force the Court to confront a basic question about modern federalism: whether constitutional immunity ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Maduro’s 2026 SDNY arraignment tests head-of-state immunity against U.S. narco-terror, cocaine conspiracy and abduction claims, shaping global prosecution precedent.

The North Fork Stillaguamish River in Washington, the namesake of the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians. (Walter Siegmund/Wikimedia Commons via Courthouse News) (CN) — The Washington Supreme Court on ...

The state of Maryland has waived sovereign immunity for claims by a Baltimore check-cashing business seeking payment on “substitute” checks issued by the state, the Maryland Supreme Court held Friday.

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

The current makeup of the court is well-known for its stark division between liberals and conservatives, but attorney Matthew Haverstick thinks that dynamic won't play out in the New Jersey Transit ...

In Dissent is a recurring series by Anastasia Boden on Supreme Court dissents that have shaped (or reshaped) our country. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official ...

IAMI (AP) — When deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro makes his first appearance in a New York courtroom Monday to face U.S. drug charges, he will likely follow the path taken by another Latin ...