Mealey's (February 5, 2024, 11:32 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Without weighing in on the merits of three pending appeals, the United States in a Feb. 2 amicus curiae brief to the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals echoed several arguments the Kingdom of Spain has made challenging a district court’s jurisdiction over petitions to confirm arbitral awards against it worth more than 358 million euros, calling the court’s anti-suit injunctions against Spain “a significant affront to a foreign state in contravention of principles of international comity.”...