Sheiks' Heirs Urge 9th Circuit To Ignore Egyptian Conviction In $18B Award Appeal

Mealey's (September 30, 2020, 1:40 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The heirs of two Saudi Arabian sheiks in a Sept. 24 filing urge the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to deny two oil companies' request that the court take judicial notice of an arbitration center's director's conviction for fraud allegedly linked to the issuance of an $18 billion award in the heirs' favor, claiming that the Egyptian prosecution was corruptly influenced by the oil companies (Waleed Al-Qarqani, et al. v. Chevron Corporation, et al., No. 19-17074, 9th Cir.)....