On February 21, 2025, the US Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Republic of Hungary v. Simon, further narrowing the scope of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's exception to sovereign immunity for expropriation...more
On December 3, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Hungary v. Simon. As discussed in a previous client alert, the case concerns whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit correctly allowed...more
On December 3, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court heard argument in Republic of Hungary v. Simon. The case involves Hungary’s theft of valuable items from Jewish families during the Holocaust. The plaintiffs sued the Republic of...more