Judge Refuses To Confirm $128M Award, Grants Dismissal For Venezuela

Mealey's (June 20, 2019, 11:21 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on June 13 denied a petition to confirm a $128,862,457 award issued against the Ministry of Defense of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, holding that a Mississippi federal court had jurisdiction over the case (Huntington Ingalls Incorporated v. Ministry of Defense of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, No. 1:18cv469, D. D.C., 1:18-cv-0469, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 99204)....