FSIA Law Blog

The FSIA Law blog provides Alexis Haller’s substantive and informative commentary on the latest developments in the law of foreign sovereign immunity, head-of-state immunity, official immunity, diplomatic immunity and international discovery. Please visit the FSIA Law blog at www.fsialaw.com.

Most Recent Blog Posts

• “Attachment in Terrorism Cases
  October 22, 2014
• “Non-Economic Quasi-Property Rights Under Section 1605(a)(3)
  October 15, 2014
• "Head of the Foreign Ministry” is Strictly Construed Under Section 1608(a)
  October 8, 2014
• Lurking Attribution Issues Under the FSIA
  October 1, 2014
• Plaintiffs and Their Counsel Should Determine a Foreign State Entity’s Status Early in the Litigation
  September 24, 2014
• Discovery Targeting FSIA Counsel
  September 17, 2014
• The Narrow Implied Waiver Exception
  September 12, 2014
• NML Capital and FSIA Jurisdictional Discovery
  July 25, 2014
• Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital, Ltd. (No. 12-842): The Supreme Court (and this Website) Got It Right
  June 17, 2014
• A Common Service Error
  June 11, 2014
• The Tort Exception’s Situs Requirement
  June 5, 2014
• CVSG in OBB v. Sachs
  May 2, 2014
• The Practical Impact of Strict Compliance Under Section 1608(a)
  May 15, 2014
• An Austrian Instrumentality’s “Agency” Error
  April 29, 2014
• Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital, Ltd.: Reaction to Argentina’s Reply Brief
  April 15, 2014
• Republic of Argentina v. NML (No. 12-842) – Why Both Sides Are Wrong
  April 11, 2014
• COMING SOON: Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital, Ltd. (Docket No. 12-842) — Why Both Sides are Wrong
  April 6, 2014
• Removal, Non-Sovereign Defendants, and Jury Trials
  March 17, 2014
• Execution and Separate Juridical Status
  March 10, 2014
• The Default Strategy Under the FSIA
  February 24, 2014
• Applicable Law and the FSIA Jurisdictional Inquiry: A Warning
  February 20, 2014
• Monetary Contempt Sanctions in FSIA Litigation
  February 10, 2014
• Recent Development: Smith Rocke Ltd. v. República Bolivariana de Venezuela
  February 3, 2014
• Injunctive Relief and the FSIA’s Tort Exception
  January 26, 2014
• The FSIA, Agency and Agents: Avoiding a Basic Pitfall
  January 20, 2014
• The Sole Method of Service Upon a Diplomatic Agen
  January 16, 2014
• The Supreme Court’s Grant of Certiorari in Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital, Ltd.
  January 10, 2014
• Recent Development: TJGEM LLC v. Republic of Ghana
  January 9, 2014
• Discovery under the FSIA: An Examination of the Solicitor General’s Brief in NML Capital
  December 15, 2013
• Recent Development: Sachs v. Republic of Austria
  December 7, 2013
• An Unprofitable Test Under the FSIA’s Commercial Activity Exception
  December 1, 2013
• FSIA Immunity Determinations at Trial?
  November 26, 2013
• Litigation Comment: Richardson v. Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands
  November 22, 2013
• The FSIA’s Recurring Burden Problem
  November 19, 2013
• Litigation Comment: The FSIA’s Misrepresentation Exclusion
  November 14, 2013
• The Second Circuit’s Apparent FSIA Authority
  November 11, 2013
• Recent Developments: The D.C. Circuit’s Latest FSIA Decision
  November 8, 2013