May 15, 2025
The Peruvian city of Lima has urged a D.C. federal court to vacate its confirmation of about $200 million in arbitral awards favoring a highway contractor, saying the municipality's former counsel at Foley Hoag LLP concealed a conflict of interest.
September 03, 2024
The Peruvian city of Lima is urging a D.C. federal court not to force it to post a bond as it appeals a ruling enforcing arbitral awards now worth nearly $200 million following a dispute over a highway contract, saying that requiring a bond would be a waste of public funds.
March 12, 2024
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday refused to overturn $140 million in arbitral awards against the city of Lima, Peru, stemming from its dispute with a highway contractor, ruling that the contractor won those two awards "fair and square."
February 29, 2024
Lima has asked a D.C. federal judge to deny a highway contractor's bid for attorney fees as it looks to enforce nearly $140 million in arbitral awards against the Peruvian city, saying the contractor wrongly claims that the city's attempts to vacate the awards are sanctionable.
February 21, 2024
A municipal contractor has asked a D.C. federal court to sanction Lima, Peru, for prolonging its efforts to enforce nearly $140 million in arbitral awards it won over a highway contract that went awry, saying the city has unnecessarily prolonged the dispute with two actions.
January 19, 2024
Peru's capital city of Lima is appealing a D.C. federal judge's order directing the city to turn over a criminal complaint it filed against arbitrators adjudicating claims against it related to a highway project and concession contract, maintaining that the judge issued the order before considering the city's immunity defenses.
January 17, 2024
Foley Hoag attorneys representing the city of Lima, Peru, cannot delay proceedings in an arbitration enforcement case, a D.C. federal judge has ruled, chastising the attorneys for failing to resolve the issue underlying the requested pause weeks ago.
December 14, 2023
A contractor told a D.C. federal judge Wednesday that she should have the power to stop the Peruvian city of Lima from further pursuing corruption charges against arbitrators adjudicating claims stemming from an ill-fated highway construction and maintenance project.
December 06, 2023
A highway contractor's pursuit of roughly $190 million in arbitration awards against Lima closed in on victory on Wednesday, but a D.C. federal judge first wants attorneys for the Peruvian capital to explain the municipality's criminal complaint against three arbitrators weighing the latest chapter in the toll road dispute.
September 05, 2023
A former municipal contractor for the Peruvian capital of Lima has asked a D.C. federal court to enforce an $8.7 million arbitral award against the city, saying the city had plenty of opportunity to present its case accusing the company of corruption.