Haley Anderson
Columbia Law School
Haley Anderson is an Academic Fellow and Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School. Haley’s scholarship investigates the concept of sovereignty in civil procedure, international law, and political theory. Her current research interests include jurisdiction, immunity, and state responsibility.
Haley received her B.A. with highest distinction from the University of Virginia and her J.D. from New York University School of Law, where she was a managing editor of the N.Y.U. Law Review, a scholar at the Institute of International Law and Justice, and the recipient of the John Bruce Moore Award for excellence in law and philosophy. She is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Jurisprudence and Social Policy at the University of California Berkeley and a Postgraduate Fellow at Just Security.
Russia Continues Pressing Sovereignty Claims in the Yukos Award Saga
Yukos Oil Company (“Yukos”) shareholders’ attempts to enforce their $50 billion arbitral award against the Russian Federation are moving forward in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. On November 17, 2023, Judge Beryl Howell denied Russia’s motion to dismiss the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities…
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The Eighth Circuit has breathed life back into Missouri’s attempts to hold the People’s Republic of China (PRC) responsible in U.S. court for the COVID-19 pandemic. Missouri filed this claim in April 2020 and, as Chimène Keitner outlined at the time, the case is rife with Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) issues. This latest decision…
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