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A New Two-Step Dance: Supreme Court Decision Complicates Relief for Government Grant and Contract Terminations

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Organizations challenging an agency’s termination of a grant or government contract based on an allegedly illegal government policy need to master a two-step dance, according to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision. Under the...more

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Sovereign States Pitted Against Sovereign Tribes in Recent Federal District Court Decision

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On September 3, 2021, in a potentially far-reaching decision, the U.S. District Court in Minnesota decided that it could not intervene in a case brought by tribal members suing the State of Minnesota for a pipeline permit...more

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November 2020: Coronavirus-Related Cases Test Boundaries of Foreign Sovereign Immunity

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Following the spread of the coronavirus pandemic to the United States (“U.S.”), a series of lawsuits have been filed in U.S. courts against the Chinese government, seeking compensation for the pandemic’s impact on U.S....more

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