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 case involved an attorney (“Debtor”) licensed to practice law in California who was accused by the California State Bar (“Bar”) of engaging in unethical conduct. Following trial, a State Bar Court ...

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This article focuses on the doctrine of Foreign Sovereign Immunity, as promulgated under both the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) and the common law. The authors use the recent Supreme Court ...

OLYMPIA — The Washington Supreme Court upheld an appeals court ruling against a ranch involved in a land dispute with the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, which allegedly bought land that the ranch had ...

“There’s a recognition by a lot of legislators that sovereign immunity as a concept is a fundamentally un-American idea," said Todd Michaels, a partner at the Haggard Law Firm. "It flies in the face ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — What started as a routine brain surgery left one Jacksonville mother fighting for her life and her family fighting for change. Kathy Zeppenfield went into the hospital in August ...

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