En Banc Review Of Jurisdiction Not Needed In $1.3B Award Row, 9th Circuit Told

(October 12, 2023, 1:10 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — An Indian state-owned company filed a response brief telling the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals it need not grant rehearing en banc of its ruling reversing the confirmation of an arbitral award against the company worth more than $1.3 billion for lack of jurisdiction, as is sought by the liquidated Indian company that won the award and its shareholders, writing that Ninth Circuit precedent on minimum contacts under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) “is sound.”...