Judge: Dubai Arbitration Center’s Replacement Bars Arbitration Of Saudi Dispute

(November 8, 2023, 1:38 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana federal judge denied a motion to dismiss or compel arbitration of a $1.3 million dispute over a Saudi oil and gas project, finding the parties’ arbitration clause unenforceable because their contract provided for arbitration before a Dubai institution the government of Dubai abolished and replaced in 2021....