International Arbitration

  • August 12, 2024

    Alleged 'Ransom Cartel' Boss Hit With Cybercrime Indictments

    A Belarussian and Ukrainian national extradited from Poland led two schemes that deployed malware through unsuspecting advertising companies and recruited participants from a Russian-speaking cybercrime forum to join a ransomware "cartel," federal prosecutors in New Jersey and Virginia alleged on Monday.

  • August 12, 2024

    US Gymnast Can't Get Bronze Medal Back

    The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday refused to overturn a ruling stripping U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles of her bronze medal for the floor exercise after the U.S. team's head coach purportedly challenged Chiles' original score four seconds too late.

  • August 12, 2024

    Shell Oil Forced Back To State Court In Texas Amputation Suit

    Shell Oil must face claims in state court it negligently caused a worker's injuries that resulted in his foot being amputated, a Texas federal judge has ruled, rejecting the company's bid to enforce two contracts that the worker never signed.

  • August 12, 2024

    Gamers Freed From Arbitration Take On Valve's 30% Cut

    Valve, the operator of the dominant PC game marketplace Steam, is facing a new proposed class action accusing the company of monopolizing the gaming market to artificially inflate prices, this time from a group of plaintiffs who say they have overcome the company's arbitration agreements.

  • August 09, 2024

    Lowe's Arbitration Clause For Online Buyers Found 'Illusory'

    Lowe's Home Centers LLP must go to court to face a proposed class action accusing the store of deceptively slipping unneeded items into shoppers' online carts, a Virginia federal judge ruled Thursday, rejecting the home improvement giant's bid for arbitration.

  • August 09, 2024

    Justices Urged To Turn Away $1.3B Sovereign Immunity Case

    A commercial division of India's space agency is urging the U.S. Supreme Court not to revisit a Ninth Circuit decision refusing to enforce a $1.3 billion arbitral award issued to a satellite communications company, arguing that the jurisdictional question raised in the petition has been long settled.

  • August 09, 2024

    Chinese Flooring Manufacturer Can't Get $1.2M Award OK'd

    The Third Circuit won't enforce a Chinese court's arbitral award of $1.2 million to a flooring manufacturer against a Pennsylvania distributor, backing the finding of a federal court in Philadelphia that the parties never agreed to arbitrate the dispute.

  • August 09, 2024

    NC Insurance Mogul Must Pay Dutch Insurer's $166M Award

    Insurance mogul Greg Lindberg and his companies must pay a $166 million arbitral award issued to defunct Dutch life insurer Conservatrix, a North Carolina federal court ruled, saying the award has been upheld by Dutch courts and there is nothing to indicate that the proceedings were not conducted fairly.

  • August 09, 2024

    Czech Republic Loses Challenge To $350M Arbitration Award

    The Czech Republic has lost its multipronged challenge to a $350 million arbitration award in favor of a blood plasma company, with a London court dismissing its case Friday that a medical supply deal wasn't protected by an investment treaty.

  • August 09, 2024

    Rising Star: Covington's Nikhil Gore

    Nikhil Gore of Covington & Burling LLP has fought for Ukraine, its military and its businesses throughout Russia's war and shut down a startup's purportedly insincere "David and Goliath" suit against an international air carrier in Singapore, earning him a spot among the international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 09, 2024

    Nigeria Must Face $65M Award Suit, DC Circ. Rules

    The D.C. Circuit on Friday affirmed a ruling greenlighting litigation to enforce a $65 million arbitration award issued to a Chinese company after it was ousted from Nigeria, saying the country's sovereign immunity defense fails because it agreed to arbitrate the dispute.

  • August 08, 2024

    India Fights To Stall $156M Judgment To Deutsche Telekom

    The Republic of India on Thursday asked a D.C. federal judge to stall a $155.8 million judgment against the country stemming from an arbitration over a soured satellite licensing deal, saying the case involves "serious and novel questions" that warrant a stay of enforcement pending appeal.

  • August 08, 2024

    11th Circ. Affirms OK Of $188M Award Against Venezuelan Co.

    The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday enforced a $188 million arbitral award issued to a British Virgin Islands commodities firm, ruling in a published opinion that a Venezuelan state-owned mining firm's corruption arguments wrongly took aim at an underlying contract, rather than the award itself.

  • August 08, 2024

    Dairy Farm Investor Fights For €77.5M Claim Against Serbia

    A dairy farm investor is arguing that an arbitral award wrongly ordered Serbia to pay him €14.5 million ($15.8 million) instead of the €77.5 million he sought after his shares in the company were expropriated, saying the tribunal failed to provide any reasoning for its damages calculation.

  • August 08, 2024

    Ghana Must Pay $111M In Power Plant Fight, Court Rules

    A D.C. federal judge has issued a default judgment against Ghana for more than $111 million left unpaid on an arbitral award issued by a London tribunal over the country's breach of a power plant operating deal with a subsidiary of commodities giant Trafigura.

  • August 08, 2024

    Rising Star: Crowell & Moring's Randa Adra

    Randa Adra of Crowell & Moring LLP helped lead a $1.7 billion arbitration between an Egyptian state agency and Damietta International Port Co., playing a significant role in the infrastructure dispute involving complex financial and engineering issues and landing her among the international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 07, 2024

    Investor Asks Justices To Overturn $5.7M Arb. Award Ruling

    An investor who put money into an unsuccessful business looking to revolutionize the chemical manufacturing industry urged the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to overturn a split Ninth Circuit decision enforcing a $5.7 million arbitration award in favor of that business' founders, arguing the award should never have been issued.

  • August 07, 2024

    3 International Arbitration Trends To Watch: A Midyear Report

    As 2024 comes to a close, savvy international arbitration practitioners will be watching a trio of trends: the rise of environmental-related disputes, an ongoing conversation about the use of artificial intelligence in international arbitration, and the continuing evolution of arbitral rules.

  • August 07, 2024

    Fla. Bank Shareholders Lose Bid To Stop Recapitalization Deal

    A Florida federal judge has denied a post-trial bid by Eastern National Bank NA shareholders to halt a recapitalization deal and stop the bank's board from implementing an equity compensation plan following claims that the bank didn't have proper authorization from the U.S. government to implement the plan.

  • August 07, 2024

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Agnès Bizard

    Agnès Bizard of King & Spalding LLP successfully convinced the Paris Court of Appeal that an arbitral tribunal erred in concluding it could not hear a $4 billion investment arbitration against Uruguay over an iron ore mining project, earning Bizard a spot among the international arbitration law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 06, 2024

    Iraqi Kurdish Gov't Looks To Nix $490M Debt Suit

    The Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq urged a New York court Monday to toss litigation to enforce a $490 million judgment issued in a dispute over a loan to a Kurdish mobile phone operator, saying an international arbitration tribunal has confirmed that the debt no longer exists.

  • August 06, 2024

    DC Circ. Rules Russia Is Immune From Suit Over Jewish Texts

    The D.C. Circuit ruled Tuesday that the federal court never had jurisdiction over a Jewish group's decades-old allegations that Russia is illegally holding on to its long-lost sacred texts, finding that the country has sovereign immunity and voiding nearly $200 million in fines levied against Russia.

  • August 06, 2024

    Norwegian Telecom Co. Hits Chile With Claim At ICSID

    A Norwegian telecommunications investment firm has made good on its threat to hit Chile with an investor-state claim at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes over actions the country allegedly took to jeopardize a high-speed telecom project.

  • August 06, 2024

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Claire Pauly

    Claire Pauly of Jones Day acted as lead counsel in a preliminary phase of a construction company's arbitration against a major French energy producer, convincing an international tribunal to toss the bulk of the billion-dollar claim and earning her a spot among the international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 05, 2024

    Nondisclosure Led To 'Apparent Bias' In Nigeria Oil Case

    A London court has ordered a tribunal to reconsider an arbitral award issued in a $2 billion case over a funding deal for Nigerian oil fields, ruling that a since-replaced arbitrator had wrongly failed to reveal the total extent of her relationship with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.

Expert Analysis

  • Litigation Inspiration: Attys Can Be Heroic Like Olympians

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    Although litigation won’t earn anyone an Olympic medal in Paris this summer, it can be worthy of the same lasting honor if attorneys exercise focused restraint — seeking both their clients’ interests and those of the court — instead of merely pursuing every advantage short of sanctionable conduct, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Lean Into The 'Great Restoration' To Retain Legal Talent

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    As the “great resignation,” in which employees voluntarily left their jobs in droves, has largely dissipated, legal employers should now work toward the idea of a “great restoration,” adopting strategies to effectively hire, onboard and retain top legal talent, says Molly McGrath at Hiring & Empowering Solutions.

  • CPR Proposal Affirms The Emphasis On Early Mediation

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    While the recent proposal to incorporate mandatory alternative dispute resolution into the Civil Procedure Rules following a 2023 appeal decision would not lead to seismic change, given current practice, it signals a shift in how litigation should be pursued toward out-of-court solutions, say Heather Welham and Cyra Roshan at Foot Anstey.

  • Abu Dhabi Ruling Hints At More Arbitration-Friendly Approach

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    The international and comparative rationale an Abu Dhabi onshore court used to decide that an arbitration agreement referencing a defunct arbitration center was still enforceable suggests that the UAE judiciary may be adopting a more flexible, pro-arbitration framework and stabilizing Dubai's arbitration landscape, say attorneys at Reed Smith.

  • Series

    Fishing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Atop the list of ways fishing makes me a better lawyer is the relief it offers from the chronic stress of a demanding caseload, but it has also improved my listening skills and patience, and has served as an exceptional setting for building earnest relationships, says Steven DeGeorge​​​​​​​ at Robinson Bradshaw.

  • A Healthier Legal Industry Starts With Emotional Intelligence

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    The legal profession has long been plagued by high rates of mental health issues, in part due to attorneys’ early training and broader societal stereotypes — but developing one’s emotional intelligence is one way to foster positive change, collectively and individually, says attorney Esperanza Franco.

  • To Make Your Legal Writing Clear, Emulate A Master Chef

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    To deliver clear and effective written advocacy, lawyers should follow the model of a fine dining chef — seasoning a foundation of pure facts with punchy descriptors, spicing it up with analogies, refining the recipe and trimming the fat — thus catering to a sophisticated audience of decision-makers, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Circuit Judge Writes An Opinion, AI Helps: What Now?

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    Last week's Eleventh Circuit opinion in Snell v. United Specialty Insurance, notable for a concurrence outlining the use of artificial intelligence to evaluate a term's common meaning, is hopefully the first step toward developing a coherent basis for the judiciary's generative AI use, says David Zaslowsky at Baker McKenzie.

  • 3 Recent Decisions To Note As Climate Litigation Heats Up

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    Three recent rulings on climate-related issues — from a New York federal court, a New York state court and an international tribunal, respectively — demonstrate both regulators' concern about climate change and the complexity of conflicting regulations in different jurisdictions, say J. Michael Showalter and Robert Middleton at ArentFox Schiff.

  • Perspectives

    Trauma-Informed Legal Approaches For Pro Bono Attorneys

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    As National Trauma Awareness Month ends, pro bono attorneys should nevertheless continue to acknowledge the mental and physical effects of trauma, allowing them to better represent clients, and protect themselves from compassion fatigue and burnout, say Katherine Cronin at Stinson and Katharine Manning at Blackbird.

  • 4 Arbitration Takeaways From High Court Coinbase Ruling

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's May 23 decision in Coinbase v. Suski, which provides clarity to parties faced with successive contracts containing conflicting dispute resolution provisions, has four practical impacts for contracting parties to consider, say Charles Schoenwetter and Eric Olson at Bowman and Brooke.

  • Series

    Playing Music Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My deep and passionate involvement in playing, writing and producing music equipped me with skills — like creativity, improvisation and problem-solving — that contribute to the success of my legal career, says attorney Kenneth Greene.

  • How Attys Can Avoid Pitfalls When Withdrawing From A Case

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    The Trump campaign's recent scuffle over its bid to replace its counsel in a pregnancy retaliation suit offers a chance to remind attorneys that many troubles inherent in withdrawing from a case can be mitigated or entirely avoided by communicating with clients openly and frequently, says Christopher Konneker at Orsinger Nelson.

  • Using A Children's Book Approach In Firm Marketing Content

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    From “The Giving Tree” to “Where the Wild Things Are,” most children’s books are easy to remember because they use simple words and numbers to tell stories with a human impact — a formula law firms should emulate in their marketing content to stay front of mind for potential clients, says Seema Desai Maglio at The Found Word.

  • 2nd Circ. Ruling Affirms NY Law's Creditor-Friendly Approach

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    The Second Circuit’s recent ruling in 245 Park Member v. HNA International provides creditors with some reason for optimism that debtors in New York may face rejection in court for aiming to keep creditors at arm’s length by transferring personal assets into an LLC, says Jeff Newton at Omni Bridgeway.

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