The World in US Courts: New Decision of the US Supreme Court Limits Suits Against Non-US Governmental Entities
By EsqSocial Corporation 11/12/15
The US Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”) codifies the doctrine of sovereign immunity and generally prohibits lawsuits in US courts against non-US sovereigns. But the FSIA has an exception where, among other things, a claim is “based upon” the...
By: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP