In a major milestone in WhatsApp’s suit against NSO Group, the 9th Circuit today rejected NSO’s argument that it could benefit from the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act’s exclusion of foreign states from federal court jurisdiction. The full opinion is available here. With the support of Munger, Tolles & Olson, I filed an amicus in the case last year, which you can find here.
9th Circuit Rejects NSO Group’s Claim to Sovereign Immunity