Supreme Court Says State Universities Not Immune to Patent Challenges January 17, 2020 By Susan Decker The U.S. Supreme Court refused to shield state-run universities from having to appear before a federal administrative body to defend...
North Carolina High Court Keeps Blackbeard Ship Case Over Images Alive November 13, 2019 By Martha Waggoner A treasure hunter who accuses the state of North Carolina of misusing his images from Blackbeard’s flagship says he’ll ask...
Blackbeard Ship Recovery Firm Fights States’ Immunity for Copyright Piracy June 5, 2019 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to use a case involving the wreckage of the pirate Blackbeard’s flagship to decide whether...
Supreme Court Limits International Groups’ Immunity for Commercial Activity in U.S. February 28, 2019 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court opened some American-based international organizations to lawsuits, ruling that a World Bank affiliate must defend against...
Pennsylvania Can Be Held Liable for Injuries Caused by Guardrail in Crash March 8, 2018 By Elizabeth Blosfield The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s department of transportation (PennDOT) can be held liable for injuries caused...
Congress Likely to Pass Bill Allowing 9/11 Victims to Sue Saudi Arabia September 7, 2016 By Billy House The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote this week on Senate-passed legislation that would allow families of the Sept....
Supreme Court to Hear Eurail Case on Foreign Entity Liability October 5, 2015 By Noah Feldman, Bloomberg Opinion The new Supreme Court term will include high-level discussions of affirmative action, free association and religious liberty. But the first...
Florida Supreme Court: UCF Athletic Association Entitled to Sovereign Immunity June 2, 2015 By Mike Schneider A private corporation that runs the University of Central Florida’s athletic program won’t have to pay $10 million to the...
Kentucky Man Falsely Identified As Drug Offender Seeks Lost Wages October 27, 2014 A northern Kentucky man says a case of mistaken identity cost him thousands in pay and the respect of family...
Court Says Military Contractors Not Entitled to Automatic Sovereign Immunity March 7, 2014 By Andrew Zajac KBR Inc. and Halliburton Co. are not automatically immune from claims by military service members suing over health damage from...