- Supreme Court mulls corporate claims about seized assets in Cuba
The Supreme Court on Feb. 23 grappled with two cases about U.S. business assets that Cuba’s communist government seized decades ago. The cases are Havana Docks Corp. v. Royal Caribbean Cruises and Exxon Mobil v. Corporacion Cimex, which the justices heard back-to-back in more than three hours of oral arguments. Both cases focus on the 1996 Cuban Liberty and Democratic [...]
- Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to climate lawsuits
The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 23 agreed to take an appeal by oil companies that seek to halt climate-related city and state lawsuits against them. This case concerns a lawsuit filed by Boulder, Colorado, but many states, such as California and Hawaii, and local governments, such as Chicago and Baltimore, have filed suits against energy companies, arguing that their [...]
- Supreme Court to hear lawsuits over Americans’ seized assets in Cuba
The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to hear two cases on Feb. 23 about U.S. business assets that Cuba’s communist government seized decades ago. Both cases focus on the 1996 Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act that was created to pressure Cuba by penalizing foreign companies “trafficking” in property that the Cuban regime seized from U.S. interests. Also known as the [...]
- DOJ files to revoke citizenship of former mayor over alleged fraud
The Trump administration said Feb. 20 it has filed court papers to strip a former elected official in Florida of U.S. citizenship for allegedly committing fraud during the naturalization process. The civil legal process against former North Miami Mayor Philippe Bien-Aime was initiated months after the federal government made a policy announcement. In June 2025, the [...]
