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U.S. Supreme Court: FSIA Does Not Limit Scope Of Post-Judgment Discovery
Posted on 16 Jun 2014 by Timothy Raub

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Mealey’s) The U.S. Supreme Court on June 16 held 7-1 that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) does not shield the Republic of Argentina from post-judgment discovery requests issued by a debt collection company seeking... Read More

Tags: Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital Ltd. , FSIA , Second Circuit , Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act , Republic of Argentina , financial services , discovery , Litigation , U.S. Supreme Court , NML Capital Ltd.

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Saudi Arabia’s Appeal Disputing Reopening Of 9/11 Suit
Posted on 30 Jun 2014 by Jennifer Hans

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Mealey’s) The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 refused to hear the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s appeal of the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ finding that a lower federal court erred in denying insurers’... Read More

Tags: FSIA , al Qaeda , New York , Sept. 11 , 2001 , Federal Insurance Co. , Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act , et al. v. Federal Insurance Co. , Catastrophic Loss , World Trade Center , Torture Victim Protection Act , Litigation , Insurance , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , terrorism , U.S. Supreme Court , Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals , torts , 9-11

FIGHTING STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM
Posted on 5 Jun 2018 by Gabriela Nolen

Ora Cohen, her then-husband Shalom, and their five children were travelling home in Jerusalem when a Hamas operative boarded their bus and detonated a bomb strapped to his chest, killing 23 people and injuring many more, including every member of the... Read More

Tags: Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act , terrorism