October 16, 2026
The Ninth Circuit said Friday it will not disturb a unanimous three-judge panel's decision to enforce a $2 billion arbitral award issued to a satellite communications company, rejecting the award debtor's petition for a rehearing by the full court.
September 24, 2026
An Indian state-owned aerospace company has urged the full Ninth Circuit to review a three-judge panel's unanimous decision to enforce a $2 billion arbitral award issued to a Bangalore-based satellite communications company, saying the decision raises important questions about the constitutional limits on jurisdiction of foreign disputes with no connection to the U.S.
August 12, 2026
The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday enforced an over $2 billion arbitral award issued to a satellite communications company, ruling for the first time that the legal concept that a dispute might be better heard elsewhere does not apply in cases seeking to enforce international arbitral awards.
March 10, 2026
A lawyer representing satellite communications company shareholders looking to enforce a $1.3 billion arbitral award found himself in the hot seat during a Ninth Circuit hearing Tuesday, as U.S. Circuit Judge Lucy Koh sharply questioned him about the effect of an Indian court ruling setting aside the award.
March 09, 2026
The Netherlands' highest court has affirmed that a decade-old $1.3 billion arbitral award issued to a satellite communications company can be enforced against a commercial division of India's space agency, despite the award being set aside in India.
October 14, 2025
Antrix Corp. Ltd. is urging the Ninth Circuit to once again refuse to enforce a decade-old $1.3 billion arbitral award issued to a satellite communications company, arguing that the award has been set aside in India and that, in any case, jurisdictional obstacles stand in the litigation's way.
August 25, 2025
The Ninth Circuit on Monday agreed to consider issues left open by the U.S. Supreme Court following its decision earlier this year to revive an Indian satellite communications company's bid to enforce a decade-old $1.3 billion arbitral award against India.
July 24, 2025
Weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned an outlier Ninth Circuit decision refusing to enforce a $1.3 billion arbitral award against India, an Indian satellite communications company's shareholders are now urging the circuit court to minimize or nix briefing on issues left open by the justices.
February 13, 2024
The Ninth Circuit erred in ruling it had no jurisdiction over a commercial division of an Indian space agency and, therefore, could not enforce a $1.3 billion arbitral award, an Indian satellite company said in its request to stay the ruling while it takes the matter up with the U.S. Supreme Court.
February 06, 2024
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday refused to revisit its decision overturning the enforcement of a $1.3 billion arbitral award issued to an Indian satellite communications company on jurisdictional grounds, despite a scathing dissent from several judges criticizing the appellate court's outlier position on the relevant issue.