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  • April 11, 2024

    Equatorial Guinea Tells D.C. Circuit It Didn’t Agree To Arbitrate Clinic Dispute

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an appellant brief in the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (EG) challenges the confirmation of an arbitral award against it worth more than $13 million for terminating a Swiss company’s contract to manage a hospital, arguing that that the breach of contract dispute was not arbitrable.

  • April 10, 2024

    Court Enters $8.9M Judgment Enforcing Hong Kong Awards For Non-Repayment To Funder

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida federal judge on April 9 entered civil judgments worth roughly $8.9 million against an investor under conservatorship in Colorado and his attorney, after confirming Hong Kong International Arbitration Center (HKIAC) awards against the two for failure to repay a litigation funder.

  • April 10, 2024

    5th Circuit Won’t Rehear Insureds’ Dispute Over Arbitrability Of Storm Claims

    NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 9 denied two New Orleans property owners’ petition for panel or en banc rehearing of their appeal challenging the arbitrability of their claims for $7 million in damages caused by Hurricane Ida and for bad faith against a group of foreign and domestic insurers.

  • April 09, 2024

    Court Confirms More Than $6M ICC Award For Uranium Sales Dispute

    NEW YORK — A New York federal judge confirmed an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitral award worth more than $6 million in favor of a German entity against a New York-based U.S. company that did not appear in court for a dispute arising out of a uranium sales contract and granted the German entity’s request for more than $1.3 million in additional interest.

  • April 09, 2024

    2nd Circuit Affirms Turnover Order Enforcing $185M Award Against Hong Kong Entity

    NEW YORK — A Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 8 affirmed a judge’s ruling ordering that a Hong Kong entity turn over 100% of its interest in an affiliate that owns real estate in New York and Chicago to partly satisfy a JAMS arbitral award against it worth more than $185 million, writing that turnover is proper because the entity had tried to obstruct enforcement of the award.

  • April 02, 2024

    Russia Tells D.C. Circuit Court Lacked Jurisdiction To Confirm $57B Awards

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Russian Federation on April 1 filed an appellant brief urging the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse a judge’s denial of its motion to dismiss a petition to confirm arbitral awards against it worth more than $57 billion for lack of jurisdiction, arguing that the court wrongly found that it waived its sovereign immunity.

  • April 02, 2024

    COMMENTARY: International Arbitration Experts Discuss The Major Challenges For Arbitration In 2024

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  • April 02, 2024

    COMMENTARY: Interview: Ricardo Rincon of Miller & Chevalier Discusses Anti-Corruption Efforts In International Arbitration

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  • April 01, 2024

    Vietnamese Tribunal’s $2.4M Award For Sales Contract Dispute Confirmed By Judge

    LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge granted a Vietnamese kitchen cabinetry-maker’s unopposed motion to confirm a Vietnam International Arbitration Center (VIAC) arbitral award against a California cabinetry wholesaler worth more than $2.4 million.

  • March 29, 2024

    ICSID Publishes Metal Mining Company’s $82.5M Claim Against Mexico

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on March 28 published a tribunal’s order setting confidentiality and disclosure procedures in a U.S. mining company’s request for arbitration against the United Mexican States on the grounds that Mexico caused it more than $82.5 million in damages by allowing a local mining co-operative to blockade one of its mines.

  • March 29, 2024

    Judge Confirms $136M Award Against India In German Investor’s Favor

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge has granted a German entity’s petition to confirm a Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) arbitral award against the Republic of India worth nearly $136 million for damages to its investment in an Indian telecommunications company that had its contract abruptly terminated.

  • March 25, 2024

    U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Review Panama Canal Contractors’ Arbitrator Bias Claims

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on March 25 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by an international group of construction firms that were ordered to pay a $283 million award to the Republic of Panama-owned instrumentality that operates the Panama Canal and that argued that the award was tainted by the arbitrators’ nondisclosures of various professional ties.

  • March 25, 2024

    Judge Confirms $44.3M Hong Kong Award For Chinese Loan Dispute

    SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge confirmed a Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) arbitral award worth more than $44.3 million against a California resident for a Shanghai investment dispute, finding that no defenses to enforcement of the award apply.

  • March 25, 2024

    U.K. High Court Violated EU Law By Enforcing Award Against Romania, CJEU Says

    LUXEMBOURG CITY, Luxembourg — The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that the United Kingdom Supreme Court in 2020 violated the United Kingdom’s then-existing obligations under EU law by ruling that an arbitral award worth 178 million euros in favor of Swedish investors against Romania was enforceable while the same dispute was pending in EU courts.

  • March 22, 2024

    Insureds Urge 5th Circuit To Rehear Arbitration Row In $7M Hurricane Ida Dispute

    NEW ORLEANS — Two New Orleans property owners urge the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to grant panel or en banc rehearing of their appeal challenging the arbitrability of their claims for $7 million in damages caused by Hurricane Ida and for bad faith against a group of foreign and domestic insurers.

  • March 22, 2024

    Jamaican Investor Urges Court To Confirm $43.5M Award For Landfill Dispute

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Jamaican landfill investor on March 21 cross-petitioned the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to confirm a $43.5 million arbitral award in his favor and opposed the Dominican Republic’s petition to vacate, arguing that a rectification decision recently issued by the arbitral tribunal underscores the correctness and enforceability of the original award.

  • March 21, 2024

    ICSID Says Qatar Shouldn’t Enforce Death Sentence Against French-Algerian Investor

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on March 20 published a tribunal’s order granting a request for provisional measures filed by a French-Algerian investor who has been sentenced to death in Qatar, in which it says the state should not “harm the life and safety” of the investor “or any of his relatives” and directing the suspension of criminal proceedings against him “pending the conclusion of this arbitration.”

  • March 21, 2024

    2nd Circuit Affirms $450M Award Against Chinese Movie Theater Owner

    NEW YORK — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 20 affirmed denial of reconsideration and entry of judgment for more than $450 million reflecting a confirmed China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) arbitral award against the owner and operator of a Chinese movie theater company, finding the award-debtor was adequately notified and given a chance to participate in the arbitration.

  • March 21, 2024

    Judge Enters Final $198M Judgment Against Lima After Rejecting Corruption Defense

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge entered a final judgment against Lima, Peru, worth more than $198 million in favor of a contractor, days after the judge denied Lima’s petitions to vacate two awards against it in a dispute over a toll road contract and rejected its corruption allegations.

  • March 20, 2024

    Judge Confirms $3.5M Award For Austrian Company After Gabonese Republic Defaults

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge confirmed an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) tribunal’s arbitral award worth more than $3.5 million in favor of an Austrian hospital management company against the Gabonese Republic for nonpayment of the Austrian company’s contracts dating back to 2001.

  • March 20, 2024

    Judge Vacates Order Compelling Arbitration Of Saudi Contract Dispute

    HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut federal judge on March 19 granted in part a Connecticut company’s motion for reconsideration and vacated an order compelling arbitration of its contractual dispute with a Florida company over delivery of hazmat supplies to a Saudi Arabian entity, but denied the motion as to the court’s findings of fact in the ruling.

  • March 19, 2024

    8th Circuit Affirms Denial Of Arbitration In $9M PPE Dispute With Chinese Company

    ST. LOUIS — An Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed a Missouri federal court’s ruling denying a motion to compel arbitration filed by a U.S. wholesale distributor of personal protective equipment (PPE) regarding a dispute with a Chinese manufacturer over more than $9 million worth of nitrile gloves the manufacturer delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • March 19, 2024

    Judge Finds No Jurisdiction To Enforce $4.3M Award Against Indian Food Company

    TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey federal judge denied a potato company’s U.S. and India-based affiliates’ petition to confirm a Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) arbitral award worth more than $4.3 million over a dispute with an Indian company arising out of their failed joint venture in Gujarat, India, after finding that the Indian company’s ties to a New Jersey affiliate did not provide the court with jurisdiction to rule on the petition.

  • March 18, 2024

    High Court Defers $392M Award Challenge After Parties Settle Oil Dispute

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on March 18 granted a joint motion to defer consideration of a U.S. oil company’s petition for a writ of certiorari challenging the affirmance of an award against it worth more than $392 million in favor of an oil investor owned by a Chinese company issued in relation to a $1 billion Ecuadorian oil dispute involving the parties, after the parties jointly moved to defer consideration citing a settlement of their dispute.

  • March 15, 2024

    Judge OKs Arbitral Review Of Esports Players’ $120M Monopoly Claims

    LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge dismissed a putative class action brought by two professional players of the video game “Call of Duty” (CoD) and one affiliated business entity against developer Activision Blizzard Inc. after the parties filed a stipulation agreeing that an international arbitral tribunal will decide the arbitrability of claims that Activision monopolized CoD-related esports.