Immunity Waiver Decision In Arbitration Suit Was Correct, Respondent Maintains

Mealey's (December 2, 2019, 10:13 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court should deny review of 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 there is no split among the circuit courts regarding waiver of immunity by foreign sovereigns, the Russian entity maintains in a Nov. 26 response brief (Ukraine v. Pao Tatneft, No. 19-606, U.S. Sup.)....