A top Senate Republican said Tuesday that he hopes the House and Senate can come together in what’e left of the 2026 session ...

UK Supreme Court rules Spain cannot rely on sovereign immunity to block enforcement of a €101M ICSID arbitration award in ...

Opinion: A recent Supreme Court decision shows how constitutional doctrine can turn on the legal structure governments choose. The ruling may prompt states to more carefully examine the tradeoffs in ...

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that New Jersey Transit is not an “arm of the state” and doesn’t share New Jersey’s sovereign immunity from ...

Legislation to increase the caps on payments to those injured due to negligence by state or local governments passed through ...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) is not an 'arm of the State' of New Jersey, and it cannot claim sovereign immunity against personal injury ...

The Republican-led Senate is targeting local governments that do not cooperate with federal immigration officials. Sovereign immunity protects local governments from lawsuits. Senate Democrats oppose ...

The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed appeals brought by Spain and Zimbabwe, holding that both states, by ratifying the ICSID Convention, submitted to the adjudicative jurisdiction of English ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Galette v. New Jersey Transit Corporation that the transit authority is not entitled to interstate sovereign immunity.

On October 9, 2025, the Washington Supreme Court held that tribal sovereign immunity cannot be abrogated through in rem jurisdiction over tribally owned non-reservation lands to vest the court with ...