11th Circuit Says Sanctions Fee Award For Del Monte Was Not Abuse Of Discretion

(September 12, 2019, 3:29 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 5 affirmed a district court’s decision to award a pineapple grower fees in the form of sanctions after the confirmation of a $29,290,440 arbitral award against a Costa Rican entity after determining that the sanctions were warranted because the Costan Rican company did not have a valid legal basis to challenge the arbitration award (Inversiones Y Procesadora Tropical Inprotsa, S.A. v. Del Monte International GMBH, No. 18-14807, 11th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 26761)....