U.S. Couple Claims Tribunal Wrongly Found Them to Be Dominican, Was Partial

Mealey's (December 20, 2019, 7:14 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A U.S. couple on Dec. 3 filed a petitionin District of Columbia federal court seeking to a vacate an arbitral award issued under the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) that rejected jurisdiction in their dispute with the Dominican Republic over what they claim was the expropriation of their investment in a planned luxury resort (Lisa Ballantine, et al. v. the Dominican Republic, No. 1:19-cv-03598, D. D.C.)....