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Senate Proposes New Anti-Money Laundering Legislation To Regulate Art Market

In July, the U.S. Senate introduced the Art Market Integrity Act (AMIA), legislation that would require art dealers and auction houses to comply...

Worldwide Government

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

In That Case: CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd. V. Antrix Corp. Ltd. (Podcast)

In the Public Interest is excited to continue In That Case, its third annual miniseries examining notable decisions recently issued by the US Supreme Court.

United States Litigation

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WilmerHale

In That Case: CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd. v. Antrix Corp. Ltd. (Video)

In the Public Interest is excited to continue In That Case, its third annual miniseries examining notable decisions recently issued by the US Supreme Court.

United States Litigation

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WilmerHale

Making The Case For Tribal Forestry Breach Of Trust Claims

The United States Bureau of Indian Affairs has mismanaged Tribal forests in the Pacific Northwest for decades, but Tribes are fighting back.

United States Litigation

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Galanda Broadman

Supreme Court Stays District Court Order Vacating NIH Grant Terminations, But Leaves Guidance Vacatur Intact

United States Litigation

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Whether Parties Agreed To Arbitrate Is Jurisdictional And Requires Independent Analysis By A U.S. Court In A Recognition Proceeding

United States Litigation

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Foley & Lardner

U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies Personal Jurisdiction In Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Arbitration Enforcement Cases

Worldwide Litigation

Aceris Law

U.S. Supreme Court To Weigh Sovereign Immunity Defense For "State-Created Entities" Sued In Foreign States

United States Litigation

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Forum TBD: 30 Days For Removal To Federal Court, NJ Transit Immunity From Lawsuits In NY And PA – Two Issues The U.S. Supreme Court Will Decide

United States Litigation

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Moore & Van Allen

Sovereign Immunity And Younger Abstention Doctrine Don't Protect States From Antidiscrimination Provisions

United States Insolvency

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

Treatment Of Sovereign Immunity Under The Laws Of Hong Kong And Mainland China

Worldwide Litigation

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

SCOTUS On Personal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Sovereigns, Solicitor General Input, And Big Case Updates

United States Commercial

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Steptoe LLP

If The Shoe Doesn't Fit: Supreme Court Rejects "Minimum Contacts" For Personal Jurisdiction Under FSIA

United States Litigation

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

US Supreme Court Rejects "Minimum Contacts" Requirement Under Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act In Action To Enforce An Arbitration Award

United States Litigation

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Mayer Brown

One Size Doesn't Fit All: Customizing Dispute Resolution For Commercial Contracts

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Fifth Circuit Hears Challenge To DOE's Conventional Cooking Products Efficiency Rule Amid Broader Regulatory Crosscurrents

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

Fair Use In AI Training: What Is Considered "Transformative?" (Podcast)

United States Technology

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Greenwashing Legislation Trends: Key Takeaways For Businesses

Worldwide Commercial

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Speaking Sustainability - Legal & Regulatory Updates | August 2025

United States Commercial

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Holds That FSIA Does Not Require Plaintiffs To Prove Minimum Contacts To Establish Personal Jurisdiction Over A Foreign State Defendant

On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a unanimous decision in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd. v. Antrix Corp...

Worldwide Litigation

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WilmerHale

Importers Who Paid IEEPA Tariffs That Were Later Ruled Unlawful Seek Refunds

Markets plunged earlier this year upon President Trump's announcement of steep tariffs on imports to the U.S. from its trading partners...

United States International

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

More About Defining Parentheticals!!

Let's talk some more about using defining parentheticals. *Yay!* Last week's column suggested that defining parentheticals are usually unnecessary because the reader doesn't need help figuring out...

United States Litigation

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Markowitz Herbold PC

U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Bankruptcy Code Provides Only Limited Abrogation Of Sovereign Immunity To Avoidance Actions

Bankruptcy trustees and chapter 11 debtors-in-possession ("DIPs") frequently seek to avoid fraudulent transfers and obligations under section 544(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and state fraudulent transfer...

United States Insolvency

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Jones Day

In Newport News School Board V. Z.M. The Supreme Court Of Virginia Leaves No Doubt That Sovereign Immunity Is "Alive And Well" For School Boards Across The Commonwealth Of Virginia

United States Litigation

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Pender & Coward

SEC Regulation In A Non-Regulatory Environment

United States Litigation

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Proskauer Rose LLP

TCPA Claim Defense Bites The Dust

United States Media & IT

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Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Twenty-Year Legal Battle Over Nazi-Looted Pissarro Painting Continues

United States Litigation

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Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

New Helms-Burton Act Decisions

Worldwide Commercial

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Steptoe LLP

Supreme Court Limits Trustee Avoidance Powers In U.S. v. Miller

United States Insolvency

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Jaden Rashada's Claims Move Forward In Major NIL Litigation: Rashada v. Hathcock Et Al.

United States Criminal

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Duane Morris LLP

Check For NYC Reservations: Federal Court Of Australia Affirms India's Sovereign Immunity Against Recognition And Enforcement Of Non-ICSID Arbitral Award

Worldwide Litigation

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Steptoe LLP

Supreme Court Limits Ability Of Bankruptcy Trustees To Pursue Fraudulent Conveyances Against The Government

United States Insolvency

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Thompson Coburn LLP

Year In Review And Developments To Watch In Foreign Sovereign Litigation In U.S. Courts

United States Litigation

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WilmerHale

Jaden Rashada's Claims Move Forward In Major NIL Litigation: Rashada v. Hathcock Et Al.

On April 8, 2025, Judge M. Casey Rodgers of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida ruled that the majority of claims...

United States Criminal

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Duane Morris LLP

Check For NYC Reservations: Federal Court Of Australia Affirms India's Sovereign Immunity Against Recognition And Enforcement Of Non-ICSID Arbitral Award

Recently, the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia (Full Court) held that a foreign State was immune from Australian proceedings seeking to enforce an investor-state arbitral award...

Worldwide Litigation

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Steptoe LLP

Supreme Court Limits Ability Of Bankruptcy Trustees To Pursue Fraudulent Conveyances Against The Government

In an 8-1 ruling issued March 26, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Tenth Circuit and sided with the U.S. government in finding that sovereign immunity bars bankruptcy trustees...

United States Insolvency

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Thompson Coburn LLP

Year In Review And Developments To Watch In Foreign Sovereign Litigation In U.S. Courts

In 2024, U.S. courts issued consequential decisions in cases brought against foreign states and their agencies and instrumentalities under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA").

United States Litigation

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WilmerHale

Reading The Tea Leaves: Supreme Court Dips Its Toe Into Brewing Federal Spending Fight

United States Litigation

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Holland & Knight

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

On December 3, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Hungary v. Simon. As discussed in a previous client alert, the case concerns whether the U.S. Court of Appeals...

United States Litigation

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Foley Hoag LLP

Expropriation Limitation: U.S. Supreme Court Appears Skeptical Of Jurisdiction Over Holocaust Seizure Claims

On December 3, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court heard argument in Republic of Hungary v. Simon. The case involves Hungary's theft of valuable items from Jewish families during the Holocaust.

United States Litigation

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Sovereign Immunity And The New York Statute Of Limitations

Patricia Reid (Defendant) obtained a mortgage from BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. (BAC) for certain real property located in Queens, New York.

United States Litigation

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Minimum Contacts – A New Hurdle In Sovereign Disputes

The First Tuesday Update is our monthly take on current issues in commercial disputes, international arbitration, and judgment enforcement.

United States Litigation

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Steptoe LLP

Second Circuit Denies Common-Law Sovereign Immunity For Foreign State-Owned Entities

United States Litigation

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Jones Day

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

United States Litigation

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Foley Hoag LLP

Enforcing Arbitral Awards Against Sovereigns In The United States: Recent DC Circuit Court Decision Limits A State's Defense Of Sovereign Immunity

Worldwide Litigation

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Milbank LLP

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

United States Litigation

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Foley Hoag LLP

The Supreme Court Of Virginia Addresses Commonwealth's Use Of The Defense Of Sovereign Immunity When A Contract Is At The Center Of The Dispute

United States Litigation

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Gentry Locke

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

United States Commercial

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Foley Hoag LLP

The Summer Of The FSIA

Worldwide Litigation

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Steptoe LLP

Managing Sovereign Immunity Risk On A Transaction – What Commercial Parties Need To Know

Worldwide Litigation

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Mayer Brown

Irreparable Harm To The Irreparable Harm Standard

United States Government

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Eckland & Blando

Magistrate Judge Cave: Eleventh Amendment Sovereign Immunity Bars Enforcement Of Document Subpoena To NY Attorney General's Office

United States Litigation

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Steptoe LLP

SCOTUS Grants Cert To Resolve Split On Sovereign Immunity For Fraudulent Conveyance Claims

United States Insolvency

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Thompson Coburn LLP

Seventh Circuit Roundup: Collateral Order Doctrine Meets Church Autonomy Doctrine And Takings Meets State Sovereign Immunity (Podcast)

United States Litigation

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Virginia Contractors Can Overcome Sovereign Immunity And Sue The State Government, Even Where The Remedy Is "Equitable" Relief Instead Of Damages

United States Government

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Venable LLP

Supreme Court Holds That Copyright Damages Have No Time Limit

United States IP

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Partner Maria Kostytska Authors The U.S. Chapter On Cross-Border Enforcement Of Judgments Against States

United States Litigation

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Winston & Strawn LLP

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