The Fifth Circuit ruled that the TVPA does not waive foreign official immunity for a former Nigerian governor accused of ordering killings, affirming immunity under common law. On May 29, 2025, in ...

Battling long odds, lawyers for two jailed company executives filed their petition to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on the question of who counts as a foreign official under U.S. foreign bribery ...

In Samantar v. Yousuf, the US Supreme Court held that foreign officials, when sued in their individual capacity, are subject to immunity under a similar, but different set of rules that govern ...