February 23, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared inclined to erect guardrails around a federal law allowing U.S. victims of property seizures by the Cuban government to seek damages, in a pair of cases involving damages that could exceed $1 billion and claimants that include Exxon Mobil Corp.
February 20, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court will kick off its February oral argument session by hearing cases that could expand or limit the availability of damages for U.S. victims of property seized by the Cuban government and a defendant's chance to remove state court cases to federal court.
February 05, 2026
Exxon said a Cuban government entity "fundamentally" misunderstands a federal act letting U.S. victims of Cuban property seizures seek damages, pushing the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court's finding that the act doesn't automatically void the immunity of state entities.
January 20, 2026
Professors with expertise in sovereign immunity law have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm a D.C. Circuit decision that a federal act letting U.S. victims of Cuban property seizures seek damages does not automatically void the immunity of state entities targeted in such cases.
January 09, 2026
A Cuban state-owned entity is pressing the U.S. Supreme Court to find that a federal law allowing U.S. victims of property seizures by the Cuban government to seek damages does not automatically abrogate the sovereign immunity of state-owned agencies and instrumentalities targeted in such cases.
January 02, 2026
The new year is gearing up to be an important one for international arbitration as top courts in the U.S. and the U.K. hear cases that are likely to have a lasting impact on the enforcement of investment treaty awards against sovereigns, a tribunal adjudicates a closely watched investment treaty claim against the U.K. over its decision to halt a mining project, and the U.S. Supreme Court tackles a law relating to expropriated property in Cuba.
December 08, 2025
The Trump administration is pressing the U.S. Supreme Court to rule in favor of Exxon Mobil Corp. and find that a federal law allowing U.S. victims of property seizures by the Cuban government to seek damages from entities that subsequently used the property abrogates the sovereign immunity of Cuban agencies and instrumentalities.
October 03, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider two cases seeking clarity on a federal law enacted in 1996 that allows U.S. victims of property seizures by the Cuban government to seek damages from entities that subsequently used the property.
May 05, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked the U.S. to weigh in on Exxon Mobil Corp.'s petition seeking clarity on whether its lawsuit seeking compensation for property that was seized by the Cuban government decades ago must fall under an exception to sovereign immunity before it can proceed.
April 16, 2025
Exxon Mobil Corp. asked the U.S. Supreme Court to scrutinize a ruling frustrating its attempts to collect damages from Cuban property confiscated decades ago, arguing the Trump and Biden administrations' opposing stances on such lawsuits present a chance for the court to settle the political debate.