January 24, 2018
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday denied a bid by U.S. real estate investors to void an interim arbitral award dismissing most of their claims over Costa Rica's allegedly improper seizure of their land for a national park, concluding the nonfinal award was unappealable.
May 31, 2017
The Costa Rican government wants a D.C. federal court to reject a challenge to an interim International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes arbitral award over the seizure of beachside property for a national park, with a filing on Tuesday coming the same day the tribunal issued a corrected decision.
May 25, 2017
Costa Rica's government urged a D.C. federal court Wednesday to reject a bid by several U.S. real estate investors to block an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes tribunal from correcting an award in a dispute over property it took for a national park, saying the American federal court has no power to rule on the issue.
May 17, 2017
U.S. real estate investors Wednesday asked a D.C. federal court for an emergency injunction to block an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes tribunal from issuing a corrected award in a dispute over property the Costa Rican government took for a national park.
May 05, 2017
Costa Rica on Thursday asked a D.C. federal judge to nix a default judgment bid from U.S. real estate investors seeking to annul an arbitration award, while the same day, the investors argued that the country had been properly notified of the suit for months before it responded.
April 21, 2017
Costa Rica asked a D.C. federal judge on Thursday to vacate a court clerk's entry of default against the country in efforts by U.S. real estate investors to annul an arbitration award, arguing that it was not properly notified of the suit until late March.
April 20, 2017
An arbitration initiated by U.S. real estate investors who claim Costa Rica improperly took over their land for a national park has taken a left turn after the tribunal acknowledged an "error or omission of a factual nature" in an award issued last fall dismissing much of the dispute.
January 24, 2017
A developer and his two sons who claim their beachside property in Costa Rica was seized by that country without proper compensation asked a D.C. federal judge on Monday to void a decision by three arbitrators that dispensed with most of their claims, saying the tribunal overstepped its authority.