September 23, 2025
The D.C. Circuit Tuesday overturned enforcement of an $8.7 million arbitral award issued against Equatorial Guinea in a dispute over an ill-fated hospital operating contract, ruling that a lower court wrongly deferred to the arbitrators' interpretation of an ambiguous arbitration clause.
October 25, 2024
The D.C. Circuit on Friday appeared willing to consider nixing enforcement of an $8 million arbitral award against Equatorial Guinea issued in a dispute over an ill-fated hospital operating contract, even as the panel spent much of a hearing focusing on the impact of a decade-old U.S. Supreme Court decision.
May 07, 2024
A Swiss clinic operator ousted from a hospital contract in Equatorial Guinea has asked the D.C. Circuit to affirm the enforcement of an $8 million arbitral award against the country, rebutting its argument that the company was required to litigate in the local courts first.
April 05, 2024
Equatorial Guinea is urging the D.C. Circuit to nix enforcement of an $8 million arbitral award issued to a Swiss company that was ousted from a hospital operating contract, saying a lower court should have looked closer at whether the dispute was adjudicated in the proper forum.