June 23, 2026
A D.C. federal judge has shut down an energy investor's bid to subpoena information regarding Spain's national soccer team as part of its effort to collect a $47 million arbitration award it secured in a dispute against the Spanish government.
May 13, 2026
A D.C. federal judge nixed Spain's bid to pause litigation aimed at enforcing a renewable energy investor's arbitral award now worth more than $47 million, ruling that the "long and difficult trail" faced by award creditor Blasket Renewable Investments LLC made a stay inappropriate.
May 07, 2026
An award creditor of Spain that is owed more than $47 million has defended its Washington federal court bid for information related to the Spanish national soccer team's upcoming appearance at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, saying it's been "left with no choice" as the country continues to evade payment.
April 22, 2026
Spain has accused a creditor of trying to shame the country into paying a confirmed $47.6 million arbitral award by seeking information related to the Spanish national soccer team's upcoming appearance in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, calling the bid a ploy meant to "embarrass Spain internationally."
April 03, 2026
Spain has urged a D.C. federal court to pause efforts by a creditor to enforce a roughly $47 million arbitral award against it and to quash subpoenas issued to its outside counsel, pointing to its pending certiorari petition in a related matter that raises "serious legal questions."
March 05, 2026
An award assignee owed about $48 million by Spain following a dispute over revoked renewable energy subsidies has pressed a D.C. federal court to let it seek "substantial" assets the country likely holds in New York, saying there are no attachable assets in the District of Columbia.
January 13, 2025
A D.C. federal judge has refused to pause a renewable energy investor's arbitral award lawsuit against Spain as the country seeks U.S. Supreme Court review of an appellate decision that greenlighted enforcement of intra-European Union investor-state awards in U.S. federal courts.
August 20, 2024
A Dutch renewable energy investor vying to enforce multimillion-euro arbitration awards against Spain told the D.C. federal court that a recent ruling from the D.C. Circuit holding that district courts have jurisdiction to enforce foreign arbitral awards against Spain means that the investor's awards should be confirmed.
October 25, 2022
A British renewable energy investor fought back against Spain's efforts to duck litigation to enforce a €28.2 million ($28.08 million) arbitral award against it, telling a D.C. federal court that Spain can't relitigate that which has already been decided by an arbitration tribunal.
September 12, 2022
Spain on Friday renewed its bid to nix a British renewable energy investor's pursuit of a €28.2 million ($28.5 million) arbitral award against it in D.C. federal court following a yearlong stay of the litigation, arguing that the investor can't use U.S. courts to pursue an award barred by EU law.