Mark Finsterwald

Supreme Court Clarifies FSIA's Expropriation Exception In Republic Of Hungary v. Simon

Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument In Hungary v. Simon—The Court's Anticipated Decision Could Clarify Important Aspects Of The FSIA's Expropriation Exception

Second Circuit Holds Common-Law Foreign Sovereign Immunity Does Not Save Halkbank From Criminal Prosecution

Supreme Court To Interpret Key Language In The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's Expropriation Exception And Consider The Pleading Standard For Invoking Exceptions To Sovereign Immunity

D.C. Circuit Looks To Contract Terms To Determine Whether Breach Outside The United States Has "Direct Effect" Inside The United States Under The Commercial Activity Exception To Sovereign Immunity

SCOTUS Resolves Circuit Split On How To Assess Domestic Injury Under RICO

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Art Exhibitions Get Complicated: When An American Museum Borrows Art From Abroad, Can A Putative Owner Sue In U.S. Court To Claim The Piece?

Oral Argument In Supreme Court Case Involving U.S. Prosecution Of State-Owned Entity Shows Justices May Remand To Have Lower Court Consider Common Law Immunity

Comity Or Condemnation: Supreme Court To Decide Whether State-Owned Bank Is Immune From Criminal Prosecution Under The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act