4th Circuit Remands To Determine If Party Defaulted Arbitral Right In Iraq Court

(January 26, 2020, 9:36 AM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Jan. 13 for the second time vacated and remanded a district court’s grant of summary judgment to a debtor ordered to pay a civil judgment by an Iraqi court, finding that a genuine issue of material fact remains regarding whether the debtor defaulted his right to seek arbitration and, thus, the trial court’s ruling would undermine principles of international comity (Iraq Middle Market Development Foundation v. Mohammad Ali Mohammad Harmoosh, et al., No.18-2212, 4th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 1021)....