Judge Denies Venezuela’s Request To Certify Appeal Of Attachment Orders Worth $8B

(December 15, 2023, 1:46 PM EST) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware federal judge on Dec. 14 after a hearing denied a request by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) to certify for interlocutory appeal his order granting writs of attachment to arbitral award-creditors and bondholders seeking to enforce judgments that Venezuela says are collectively worth more than $8 billion....