(July 21, 2017, 2:09 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on July 20 affirmed a district court's decision to vacate its previous order confirming a $57 million arbitral award issued against the Government of The Lao People's Democratic Republic, finding that the lower court did not err when it gave priority to a Malaysian court ruling to annul the award (Thai-Lao Lignite [Thailand] Co. Ltd., et al. v. Government of The Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nos. 14-597, 14-1052, 14-1497, 2nd Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 13065)....