NSO used Apple's services, thereby agreeing to U.S. jurisdiction. (It also deals in dollars and has customers in America.) If it ignores U.S. courts, it would be held in contempt at the very least. That enables the Feds to start freezing and confiscating assets, possibly even issuing arrest warrants. That happens domestically first and through treaties second.
Given how much bad blood NSO has generated for itself in D.C., it would be more surprising if this didn't get escalated to a diplomatic level.
There's no way it hasn't been escalated to a diplomatic level already, that's probably the biggest impediment to the suit doing anything. Both NSO's host country and client base get an incredible amount of protection from the state department.
This doesn't take into account recent events, e.g. the U.S. sanctioning NSO after their dealings in India and with American police departments was confirmed.
In any case, this is a civil suit in federal courts. Even if State wanted to intervene, it would have to do so through informal channels.
> Extradition has next to nothing to do with a civil EULA suit
The following has been mentioned elsewhere in the thread. If NSO blows off the EULA suit, they'll be held in contempt of court. That tends to escalate into the type of thing for which one can be extradited.
You say that tends to happen, but I can't seem to find a single case where civil no show and non payment escalated to criminal foreign extradition. Do you have any examples of this?
"That enables the Feds to start freezing and confiscating assets, possibly even issuing arrest warrants. That happens domestically first and through treaties second."
NSO used Apple's services, thereby agreeing to U.S. jurisdiction. (It also deals in dollars and has customers in America.) If it ignores U.S. courts, it would be held in contempt at the very least. That enables the Feds to start freezing and confiscating assets, possibly even issuing arrest warrants. That happens domestically first and through treaties second.
Given how much bad blood NSO has generated for itself in D.C., it would be more surprising if this didn't get escalated to a diplomatic level.