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 ...

The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled tribal governments may claim rights to immunity from many lawsuits – but that immunity does not extend to entities employed as agents of the tribe. In this case ...

In their International Litigation column, the authors look at the recent Hulley Enterprises decision in which the D.C. Circuit held that a U.S. court must independently determine whether an ...

High Court Says State Retains Quasi-Judicial Immunity Defense "The plain language of § 4-160 unambiguously puts the state in the same position as a private person once sovereign immunity is waived, ...