"We are happy that the Commonwealth Court interpreted the statute the way the legislature intended. We understand the case still has a ways to go. But today is a step in the right direction," Kline & ...

Harvard cannot win this fight. It is rigged. But that doesn’t mean the university should not stay in the ring, litigate, mobilize its alumni, donors and friends, and enlist the support of other ...

As lawmakers again voted to hold legislation that would raise the maximum amount individuals can recover in judgments against ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday revived an Atlanta family’s lawsuit over a botched FBI raid on its home in 2017 but put off ...

The COVID-19 pandemic was not merely a public health crisis; it was a stress test for global governance, national sovereignty, and legal systems. The virus, with its rapid spread and high ...

Recent rulings in three multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits filed against Virginia Tech administrators after the April 16, 2007, shootings could have wide implications for the leaders of ...

GEO asserted that it had derivative sovereign immunity under the 1940 Supreme Court case Yearsley v ... Hencely seeks Supreme Court review to resolve whether federal contractors enjoy immunity from ...

Meanwhile, government immunity, or "sovereign immunity," is a legal doctrine that protects government entities and their employees from liability for certain actions, including property damage.

Matthew W.H. Wessler, speaking for the plaintiffs, countered that sovereign immunity is for governments and governmental purposes and not, he said, for use as “a fictitious shield for an ...