Ukraine Seeks High Court’s Review Of Immunity Waiver Decision In Arbitration Suit

(November 22, 2019, 9:03 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court should review the District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to affirm the denial of a motion to dismiss a petition to confirm a $112 million arbitral award issued to a Russian entity in a dispute over shares in a Ukrainian oil company because the decision is not consistent with the decisions of other circuits regarding waiver of immunity by foreign sovereigns, Ukraine says in a Nov. 8 petition for writ of certiorari (Ukraine v. Pao Tatneft, No. 19-606, U.S. Sup.)....