Judge Grants Uzbekistan’s Request To Stay, Pending Appeal Of Award In Paris

Mealey's (February 7, 2019, 1:10 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — After finding that numerous factors weighed in favor of staying a company’s petition to confirm a $13,026,908 arbitral award, including the risk of duplicative litigation in the United States, a District of Columbia federal judge on Feb. 6 granted the Republic of Uzbekistan’s alternative request to stay the case pending the outcome of an appeal in Paris (Gretton Ltd. v. Republic of Uzbekistan, No. 18-1755, D. D.C., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18990)....