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March 13, 2026
In London, Estée Lauder accused Jo Malone's founder of intellectual property infringement, the wife of an Iranian businessman linked to a £75 million fraud sued several Iranian oil companies, HSBC sued U.S. property tycoon Michael Fuchs, and Charles Russell Speechlys brought a claim against a United Arab Emirates company it once represented in an international arbitration.
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March 12, 2026
Ecuador's state-owned oil shipping company on Wednesday urged a Pennsylvania federal court not to force it to arbitrate its $650 million lawsuit over events at the heart of an impeachment scandal involving former Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso, arguing that the case is "not a contract dispute."
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March 12, 2026
The Trump administration on Wednesday declined to clear up confusion over the representation of Venezuelan entities in several pending New York cases brought by terrorism victims, telling a federal judge only that it has now normalized relations with the country under interim President Delcy Rodriguez.
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March 11, 2026
A Manhattan federal judge Wednesday let prosecutors and Turkey's Halkbank move forward with a no-fine deal that will likely resolve criminal charges alleging the state-backed lender conspired to launder billions of dollars in sanctioned Iranian oil proceeds.
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March 11, 2026
An Illinois federal judge ordered Eli Lilly and Co. on Tuesday to arbitrate a dispute over millions of dollars in milestone payments allegedly owed under a collaboration agreement to develop an Alzheimer's disease drug, ruling that the drugmaker lacked standing to challenge an underlying security agreement.
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March 11, 2026
A New York federal judge Wednesday denied a major Korean newspaper company's bid to toss, or alternatively stall, the Ladies Professional Golf Association's lawsuit seeking to have the media firm pay outstanding tournament sponsorship and broadcast rights payments under a guarantee.
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March 11, 2026
A Minnesota federal judge refused to rethink forcing Triumph Foods to face trial alongside other pork producers accused of price-fixing, concluding that even though one key theory was "inadequately pled," there remains enough of a dispute on another theory to go to a jury.
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March 11, 2026
A former Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP partner has returned to Reed Smith LLP in its Miami office, strengthening the firm's global corporate group with experience assisting clients in India.
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March 11, 2026
A Delaware federal judge has overruled jilted Citgo bidder Gold Reserve's objection to a special master's bid for $15.3 million in attorney fees, rejecting its argument that the request was unreasonable in defunct mining company Crystallex's massive case against Venezuela.
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March 10, 2026
Bolivia has asked a D.C. federal judge to pause litigation aimed at enforcing a $253.6 million arbitral award favoring a Glencore subsidiary as annulment proceedings in Paris continue, or to nix the proceedings entirely based on alleged corruption underpinning the investment in question.
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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.
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March 10, 2026
An arbitrator and a group of reinsurers sought to toss an insurer's bid to disqualify the arbitrator from a dispute over coverage for millions of dollars' worth of asbestos bodily injury claims, telling a New York federal court that it lacks authority to remove him.
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March 09, 2026
The Second Circuit on Monday revived a $5.5 million contractual dispute against Argentina, ruling that a New York state COVID-19 policy saved some bondholder claims from being time-barred.
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March 09, 2026
Both Reed Smith LLP and Greenberg Traurig LLP provided nothing more than "zealous advocacy" for their respective clients amid an international petroleum shipping dispute between Eletson Holdings and Levona Holdings Ltd., the two law firms have argued in separate opposition briefs fighting sanctions motions stemming from the matter.
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March 09, 2026
The government has asked a Washington federal judge for additional time to submit its position on questions about jurisdiction under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in a case where ex-Yukos Oil shareholders are seeking to enforce about $50 billion in arbitral awards against Russia.
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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.
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March 09, 2026
An Irish mining company said Monday it's considering international arbitration for a dispute with the Mozambique Tax Authority over the agency's imposition of higher royalties during negotiations on renewing an investment agreement.
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March 09, 2026
A Washington, D.C., federal judge agreed to let litigation funder Omni Bridgeway seize assets belonging to the Albanian government as it looks to enforce an arbitral award now worth some $13 million that the country has ignored for years.
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March 06, 2026
Spain will seek to overturn a ruling enforcing a roughly $88.4 million arbitral award issued to a renewable energy investor, after a D.C. federal judge rejected its arguments that the award was not due "full faith and credit" and that enforcement was barred under international comity.
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March 06, 2026
A D.C. federal judge enforced a roughly $236 million arbitral award against Croatia in a long-running dispute stemming from Hungarian oil and gas company MOL's investment in the formerly state-owned Croatian energy supplier INA.
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March 06, 2026
Insurers in the specialist London market continue to provide insurance for high-risk shipping in the Persian Gulf despite the intensifying war with Iran, market experts say, but the price of cover has soared to eye-watering levels.
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March 05, 2026
Eversheds Sutherland has hired two DLA Piper lawyers to help expand its global disputes team, saying Thursday the senior appointments will strengthen the firm's specialist regulatory and cross‑border disputes capabilities.
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March 05, 2026
An award assignee owed about $48 million by Spain following a dispute over revoked renewable energy subsidies has pressed a D.C. federal court to let it seek "substantial" assets the country likely holds in New York, saying there are no attachable assets in the District of Columbia.
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March 05, 2026
The Fourth Circuit on Wednesday overturned an order barring Illinois Union Insurance Co. from seeking to arbitrate in London a dispute within multidistrict litigation over alleged contamination from firefighting foam for failing to obtain consent from co-lead counsel.
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March 05, 2026
Jilted Citgo bidder Gold Reserve Ltd. continues to urge a Delaware federal court to reject a special master's bid for another $15.3 million in fees, saying he hasn't shown he is complying with a court order aimed at reducing his expenses.