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May 15, 2026
The Russian Federation's constitution and statutes make clear that Vladimir Putin's administration and Yukos Oil Co.'s financing arm didn't have a valid agreement to arbitrate a dispute that resulted in a nearly $5 billion arbitral award against the country, Russia told the D.C. Circuit Friday.
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May 15, 2026
Litigation funder Burford Capital is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Third Circuit decision dismissing on jurisdictional grounds its bid to arbitrate a dispute relating to German antitrust litigation, arguing that the appeals court committed a "fundamental error."
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May 15, 2026
The past week in London has seen singer Rita Ora be sued by her management company, the billionaire Gertner brothers file a part 8 claim and Stephenson Harwood lodge a debt claim against a member of the Bulgari jewelry dynasty. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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May 14, 2026
Tennis players told a New York federal court their professional association is being denied access to the French Open and Wimbledon in retaliation for suing several tournament operators and the sports' governing bodies for allegedly acting like a cartel to control their wages and working conditions.
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May 14, 2026
A Chinese tourism company has asked a Massachusetts federal court to jail the owner of a hot air balloon business who still owes it more than $2 million from a 2022 judgment, alleging he has continued to flout a prior contempt and sanctions order.
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May 14, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that federal courts that have sent a dispute to arbitration have jurisdiction to confirm or vacate a subsequent award, affirming a Second Circuit decision enforcing an award issued in a discrimination case involving a former hotel employee.
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May 13, 2026
An investment company registered in Mauritius has asked a California federal court to enforce approximately $291 million in arbitral awards it won against the son of the founder of Super-Max Group, an international group of companies that manufactures razor blades.
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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.
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May 13, 2026
A New Orleans church urged a Louisiana federal judge to reopen litigation in order to sanction Lloyd's of London underwriters and other insurers, accusing them of repeatedly impeding efforts to arbitrate a nearly 4-year-old $2.7 million dispute over hurricane damage coverage.
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May 13, 2026
Ahead of a D.C. Circuit hearing on Thursday in the Trump administration's effort to revive executive orders imposed against four BigLaw firms, an official at the College of Commercial Arbitrators told Law360 this week there are several things arbitrators are going to be watching for.
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May 12, 2026
Counsel for a Chinese American man accused of running a secret police station in New York City for China's government told a Brooklyn federal jury Tuesday that his client is being railroaded for helping out his community.
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May 12, 2026
Alaska Airlines has agreed to settle a pilot's class action claiming the company didn't let employees on military leave accrue the same amount of sick and vacation time benefits civilian employees collected on other types of leave, according to a Washington federal court filing.
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May 12, 2026
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is urging a Florida federal court to reject a magistrate judge's report recommending that a proposed class action over a former crew member's hidden camera voyeurism not go to arbitration, saying the magistrate judge misread maritime law.
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May 12, 2026
Alternative dispute resolution provider JAMS announced Tuesday the launch of a technology industry group to address disputes regarding new innovations such as artificial intelligence, digital assets and biotechnology.
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May 12, 2026
A London appeals court has ended Acer and Asus' claims that Nokia failed to offer suitable licenses for its essential video-coding patents, ruling Tuesday that the Finnish tech firm has fulfilled its obligations by offering to arbitrate.
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May 12, 2026
Federal prosecutors accused the management company and a supervisor of the container ship that slammed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in March 2024 of recklessly operating the ship, forging inspection documents and misleading safety investigators, according to a Maryland federal grand jury's criminal indictment unsealed Tuesday.
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May 11, 2026
The Trump administration told federal judges in Washington, D.C., on Friday that as far as it's concerned, they can consider decisions by foreign courts in cases involving jurisdictional questions under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act as they weigh whether to enforce billions of dollars' worth of arbitral awards against Russia.
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May 11, 2026
A Florida state appellate court denied an arbitration bid in a wrongful death suit brought by the son of an elderly man who died in a nursing home, ruling Monday that the patient lacked the mental capacity to sign an agreement upon being admitted to the facility.
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May 11, 2026
The North Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that Greenpeace International can't relitigate in a Dutch court claims against the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline that resulted in a $345 million defamation and property damage state jury verdict, saying the "collateral attack" would erase any final damage awards.
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May 11, 2026
Binance and former CEO Changpeng Zhao are asking the Eleventh Circuit to review a Florida federal judge's decision denying their bid to compel arbitration of a proposed class action alleging that the crypto trading platform knowingly violated U.S. regulatory requirements.
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May 11, 2026
India fought on Monday to block a UAE investment fund's $273 million claim over a collapsed aluminum production scheme, arguing at a London appeals court that an arbitration tribunal does not have jurisdiction to hear the case.
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May 08, 2026
A New York federal judge said he is tired of his orders being ignored after years of overseeing a fight over a corporate coup, and has ruled to hold the majority shareholders of a telecommunications infrastructure firm "and the person who controls them" in contempt of court.
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May 08, 2026
Panama has defeated a multimillion-dollar claim brought by the multinational financial institution Banesco, in which it accused the country of violating due process by arbitrarily seeking to redeem bonds guaranteeing certain unfulfilled public works contracts.
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May 08, 2026
Venezuela's state-owned oil company is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit a D.C. Circuit opinion ordering the company to face long-pending allegations of unlawfully seizing an Oklahoma-based oil drilling company's rigs, arguing the ruling upends decades of precedent on the act of state doctrine.
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May 08, 2026
Poland has asked the D.C. Circuit to affirm a lower court's decision denying confirmation of Mercuria Energy Group's annulled $40 million arbitral award, saying the Cypriot commodities trading firm's disappointment with the annulment doesn't mean the appeals court should deviate from controlling precedent.