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
Since 2010, Simon v. Republic of Hungary has ascended and descended the judicial ladder as federal courts have considered how to interpret and apply the “expropriation exception” of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act...more
On July 16, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit dismissed the case Wye Oak Technology, Inc. v. Republic of Iraq and Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Iraq, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because...more