Mealey's (February 2, 2021, 1:43 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in the District of Columbia on Feb. 1 granted a French company’s motion for summary judgment, registered an arbitral award worth more than $44 million in its favor against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and denied the republic’s cross-motion to dismiss after finding that it was properly served when the company sent documents to the Foreign Ministry under President Nicolás Maduro despite the ministry not returning a completed certificate of service....