Nigeria Tells D.C. Circuit It Did Not Waive Sovereign Immunity Under FSIA

Mealey's (April 23, 2021, 1:44 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Republic of Nigeria and its oil ministry argue in an April 21 appellant brief to the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that a district court erred by finding that Nigeria impliedly waived its sovereign immunity to an action to enforce an arbitral award worth more than $10 billion under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), arguing that FSIA’s implied waiver exception “must be construed narrowly” and that implied waiver must be intentional....