Judge Finds Federal Court Has Jurisdiction Over Case Seeking To Enforce Award

Mealey's (July 28, 2017, 1:02 PM EDT) -- FORT MYERS, Fla. — After finding that a Brazilian company's attempt to enforce a $14 million award falls within the scope of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards and not Florida law, a Florida federal judge refused to remand the case to a state court (Kozma Investmentos, Ltda.  v. Edson Pereira Duda, et al., No. 2:17-cv-306, M.D. Fla., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 117728)....