Mealey's (January 19, 2016, 2:33 PM EST) -- NORFOLK, Va. — A Virginia federal judge on Jan. 15 granted a German entity's motion to confirm an international arbitration award that was issued in its favor and denied a petition to vacate the award, finding that the award should be confirmed under the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (Bayer Cropscience NV v. Dow Agrosciences LLC, et al., No. 2:12cv47, E.D. Va.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5571)....