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MICULA et al v. GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIA

  1. September 17, 2025

    Investors Want Third Round Of Sanctions Against Romania

    Swedish investors involved in a long-running arbitration row with the Romanian government are asking a D.C. federal judge for a third round of sanctions against the country, saying it still has not answered discovery orders intended to illuminate its assets and help enforce a $356 million award for the brothers.

  2. November 08, 2024

    DC Judge Slaps Sanctions Of Nearly $14M Against Romania

    A D.C. federal court partly granted two brothers' bid for accrued sanctions against Romania as the food-processing business investors look to enforce a $330 million arbitral award against the country, entering a judgment of nearly $14 million.

  3. January 19, 2023

    DC Circ. To Consider Intra-EU Objection In $330M Award Row

    The D.C. Circuit will again weigh in on whether to enforce a $330 million arbitral award against Romania, after the country said Thursday it is challenging a ruling forcing it to pay up despite a decision from Europe's highest court barring enforcement within the European Union.

  4. April 27, 2022

    Romania Misreads ECJ Ruling In Arbitral Row, Investors Say

    Two Swedish food industry investors on Tuesday urged a D.C. federal judge not to allow Romania to escape a ruling enforcing a $356 million arbitral award, arguing that the country is overstating the importance of a decision from Europe's highest court invalidating the underlying arbitration agreement.

  5. November 09, 2021

    Romania To Pay Half Of Investors' Sanctions Bid In Food Feud

    A D.C. federal judge has ordered Romania to pay $1.5 million in sanctions for failing to properly respond to post-judgment interrogatories from two Swedish food investors who won a $356 million award against the country after it violated a treaty with Sweden on bilateral investment.

  6. July 28, 2021

    Romania Fights $2.9M Sanctions In Investor $356M Award Suit

    The Romanian government has urged a D.C. federal judge to deny a $2.9 million sanction request by Viorel and Ioan Micula, two Swedish food investors who say the country violated contempt orders by not following post-judgment discovery obligations.

  7. December 03, 2020

    Romania's Atty Escapes Sanctions In $356M Award Fight

    A D.C. federal judge declined to sanction counsel for Romania in a case involving a $356 million award to Swedish investors, saying the attorney's failure to reference certain case law while fighting a contempt order didn't violate her "duty of candor."

  8. November 23, 2020

    Romania Faces Sanctions In $356M Arbitral Award Fight

    A D.C. federal judge has given Romania 14 days to comply with discovery or get hit with contempt sanctions starting at $25,000 per week in a dispute over a $356 million arbitral award won by Swedish investors.

  9. June 05, 2020

    Sanctions Urged In Bid To Get Romania To Fulfill $356M Award

    Two Swedish food investors urged a D.C. federal judge Thursday to hit Romania with sanctions starting at $25,000 per week to force it to comply with post-judgment discovery obligations in their bid to get a hold of the remainder of a $356 million arbitral award.

  10. April 10, 2020

    Romania Challenges Atty Fees In $356M Award Fight

    Romania is urging a D.C. federal judge to rethink his order requiring the country to pay attorney fees incurred by a pair of Swedish food investors looking to enforce a $356 million arbitral award, saying it was justified in resisting the investors' efforts to track down their assets.