International Arbitration

September 26, 2025
Slovakia Seeks €1.83M Default Penalty From Texas Energy Co.

Slovakia urged a Texas federal court Friday to issue a default judgment of €1.83 million ($2.14 million) against a U.S. energy company that had at one point sought $2.1 billion from the country in arbitration over failed development plans.
September 26, 2025
Bryan Cave Taps Debevoise White Collar Litigator In Paris

Bryan Cave said this month it has hired a Debevoise & Plimpton LLP litigator to serve as the law firm's new white-collar crime and compliance lead in Paris.
September 26, 2025
Tribunal Bars Niger From Selling Uranium Amid Orano Dispute

An international tribunal has ordered Niger not to sell uranium produced by the mining company Somaïr after it was seized by the government earlier this year, part of an ongoing arbitration initiated by French nuclear fuel cycle company Orano at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
September 26, 2025
Hong Kong Judge Rules $109M Fraud Dispute Stays In Court

A Hong Kong judge refused Friday to send a dispute over ownership of a lucrative copper-lead-zinc mine in the Republic of Congo and an alleged $109 million fraudulent transfer to arbitration, rejecting claims asserted by a Chinese state-owned entity that the matter fell under an arbitration clause.
September 26, 2025
Orrick Closing Switzerland Office To Invest In Other Markets

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced Friday that it will wind down its 10-year-old Geneva office by the end of the year.
September 25, 2025
Carnival Says Housekeeper Must Arbitrate Lupus Claim

Carnival Corp. told a Florida federal judge that a woman suing the cruise company on claims she contracted lupus while working as a housekeeper aboard a ship must take her claims to arbitration in Panama, arguing she signed an agreement to arbitrate any disputes there.
September 25, 2025
Mining Cos. Look To Revive $50M Zimbabwe Award Suit

Two Mauritian mining companies will look to challenge a D.C. Circuit decision nixing their lawsuit to enforce an 11-year-old, $50 million arbitral award against Zimbabwe stemming from an ill-fated mining deal, according to documents made public this week.
September 25, 2025
Judge Upholds $18M Arbitration Award In Filter Co. Dispute

A New York federal judge has refused to vacate an $18 million arbitral award issued after a deal to distribute water filters in Asia deteriorated, saying that while it was a "close" question, the award did not violate public policy.
September 25, 2025
Ukraine Oil Co. Fails To End Disclosure In $150M Award Fight

A Texas federal magistrate judge will not lift disclosure obligations on Ukraine's largest oil company as U.S.-based Carpatsky Petroleum Corp. looks to enforce a $150 million arbitral award against it, ruling that the documents being turned over continue to prove relevant to enforcement efforts.
September 25, 2025
Retired Justice Joins JAMS After Decades On NY Bench

Retired Justice Anil C. Singh of the New York State Supreme Court has joined JAMS as an arbitrator after serving many years as a jurist on both state and New York City benches, the alternative dispute resolution services provider said.
September 24, 2025
Texas Banker Says Co.'s $30M Fraud Suit Must Be Arbitrated

A South African company's lawsuit accusing a Texas family, a wealth manager and Frost Bank of orchestrating a $30 million embezzlement and money laundering scheme belongs in arbitration, the defendants have told a Fort Worth federal judge.
September 24, 2025
Binance Founder Not Properly Served In Terror Case: Judge

Victims of the October 2023 attack in Israel suing Binance for allegedly abetting the attack have been denied permission to serve the cryptocurrency exchange's founder by alternative means, after a D.C. federal judge ruled that their "relatively minimal effort" to serve him via conventional means wasn't enough.
September 24, 2025
Investor Can't Escape $29M Arbitration Award, 11th Circ. Says

The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday refused to overturn enforcement of a $28.7 million arbitral award issued in a dispute over a stock option agreement, saying the award debtor had agreed that the arbitrators would decide the dispute's proper venue despite not signing the underlying arbitration agreement.
September 24, 2025
Dentons Hires Dublin Disputes Partner From Maples Group

Dentons has added an experienced commercial litigator from offshore law firm Maples Group to its Dublin office, saying his arrival will strengthen its ability to advise both domestic and multinational clients on arbitrations, complex disputes and regulatory investigations.
September 23, 2025
DC Circ. Scraps OK Of $8.7M Equatorial Guinea Hospital Award

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.
September 23, 2025
Ship's Owner Can't Shift Blame For Bridge Collapse, Court Told

The Singaporean owner and manager of the container ship that slammed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge and triggered its collapse cannot try to shift blame for its own failings, the South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. has told a Pennsylvania federal court.
September 23, 2025
Broadband Co. Says $168M Award Appeal Must Move Fast

Peru is getting ready to terminate the state-owned telecom from which a broadband company is trying to collect $168 million in arbitral awards, so the D.C. Circuit should rush briefing on the appeal before any chance of collection goes out the window, that company has told the court.
September 23, 2025
Tennis Players Want To Add Grand Slams To Antitrust Case

A group of professional tennis players has asked a New York federal judge, after possible settlement talks failed, for permission to add operators of the Grand Slam tournaments to its antitrust suit that accuses governing bodies of major tournaments of operating an illegal cartel.
September 22, 2025
Energy Investor Can Enforce €61M Award Against Bulgaria

A D.C. federal judge Monday sided with Maltese investor ACF Renewable Energy Ltd. in a suit seeking to enforce a €61 million ($71.86 million) arbitral award against Bulgaria in a dispute over the country's changes to a fixed 20-year rate plan.
September 22, 2025
Russia Sues Australia, Netherlands Over MH17 Determination

Russia has initiated a case against Australia and the Netherlands at the International Court of Justice seeking to challenge a determination that Moscow was responsible for the 2014 downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine — a decision that left the Kremlin on the hook for potential reparations.
September 22, 2025
Toy Company Eyes UBS Records Amid FINRA Arbitration

A toy company whose brands include Bratz dolls and Little Tikes has urged an Iowa federal judge to unseal records that it says will bolster its arbitration against UBS over claims that the global wealth manager wrongly advised the company to short-sell Tesla stock.
September 22, 2025
Crime-Fraud Exemption Applies To Eletson Docs, Judge Says

Reed Smith LLP has until the end of the day on Monday to turn over a dozen client files related to its prior representation of shipping company Eletson Holdings amid a dispute with rival Levona, after a Manhattan federal judge found probable cause that a fraud was committed in an underlying arbitration.
September 22, 2025
Hicks Johnson Doubles Houston Footprint With Relocation

Hicks Johnson PLLC announced Monday that it has moved its Houston team into a recently completed modern office tower in the city's downtown to accommodate a growing roster.
September 22, 2025
Linklaters Bolsters Italy Team With Top M&A Partner Hire

Linklaters LLP has hired mergers and acquisitions expert Massimiliano Nitti as a partner and head of the corporate department to strengthen its presence in Italy to advise its international corporate and private equity clients.
September 19, 2025
EU-US Data Transfer Ruling Delivers Relief But Not Finality

A recent court decision backing a revamped framework for transferring personal data from the European Union to the United States provided companies with some much-needed comfort after nearly a decade of setbacks although that reprieve might be short-lived as opponents eye a broader challenge to the critical arrangement.

Expert Analysis

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My Opera And Baseball Careers Make Me A Better Lawyer

Though participating in opera and the world of professional baseball often pulls me away from the office, my avocations improve my legal career by helping me perform under scrutiny, prioritize team success, and maintain joy and perspective at work, says Adam Unger at Herrick Feinstein.
8 Ways Lawyers Can Protect The Rule Of Law In Their Work

Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business.
ICSID Annulment Proceedings Carry High Stakes For System

The annulment proceedings brought by Freeport-McMoRan before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, seeking to redress a glaring and prejudicial oversight in its arbitral award against Peru, are significant for delimiting the boundaries of procedural fairness within the ICSID's annulment framework, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Communicating With Clients

Law school curricula often overlook client communication procedures, and those who actively teach this crucial facet of the practice can create exceptional client satisfaction and success, says Patrick Hanson at Wiggam Law.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From US Rep. To Boutique Firm

My transition from serving as a member of Congress to becoming a partner at a boutique firm has been remarkably smooth, in part because I never stopped exercising my legal muscles, maintained relationships with my former colleagues and set the right tone at the outset, says Mondaire Jones at Friedman Kaplan.
Opinion

Senate's 41% Litigation Finance Tax Would Hurt Legal System

The Senate’s latest version of the Big Beautiful Bill Act would impose a 41% tax on the litigation finance industry, but the tax is totally disconnected from the concerns it purports to address, and it would set the country back to a time when small plaintiffs had little recourse against big defendants, says Anthony Sebok at Cardozo School of Law.
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Performing As A Clown Makes Me A Better Lawyer

To say that being a clown in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has changed my legal career would truly be an understatement — by creating an opening to converse on a unique topic, it has allowed me to connect with clients, counsel and even judges on a deeper level, says Charles Tatelbaum at Tripp Scott.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Rejecting Biz Dev Myths

Law schools don’t spend sufficient time dispelling certain myths that prevent young lawyers from exploring new business opportunities, but by dismissing these misguided beliefs, even an introverted first-year associate with a small network of contacts can find long-term success, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
Move Beyond Surface-Level Edits To Master Legal Writing

Recent instances in which attorneys filed briefs containing artificial intelligence hallucinations offer a stark reminder that effective revision isn’t just about superficial details like grammar — it requires attorneys to critically engage with their writing and analyze their rhetorical choices, says Ivy Grey at WordRake.
Court Rulings Warn Against Oversharing With Experts

Recent decisions, including in bad faith insurance cases, demonstrate that when settlement information documents are inadvertently shared with testifying experts, courts may see no recourse but to strike the entire report or disqualify the expert, says Richard Mason at MasonADR.
9th Circ. Has Muddied Waters Of Article III Pleading Standard

District courts in the Ninth Circuit continue to apply a defunct and especially forgiving pleading standard to questions of Article III standing, and the circuit court itself has only perpetuated this confusion — making it an attractive forum for disputes that have no rightful place in federal court, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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Competing In Modern Pentathlon Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Opening myself up to new experiences through competing in modern Olympic pentathlon has shrunk the appearance of my daily work annoyances and helps me improve my patience, manage crises better and remember that acquiring new skills requires working through your early mistakes, says attorney Mary Zoldak.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Teaching Yourself Legal Tech

New graduates often enter practice unfamiliar with even basic professional software, but budding lawyers can use on-the-job opportunities to both catch up on technological skills and explore the advanced legal and artificial intelligence tools that will open doors, says Alyssa Sones at Sheppard Mullin.
Navigating Potential Sources Of Tariff-Related Contract Risk

As the tariff landscape continues to shift, companies must anticipate potential friction points arising out of certain common contractual provisions, prepare to defend against breach claims, and respond to changing circumstances in contractual and treaty-based relationships, say attorneys at Debevoise.
How AI May Reshape The Future Of Adjudication

As discussed at a recent panel at Texas A&M, artificial intelligence will not erase the human element of adjudication in the next 10 to 20 years, but it will drive efficiencies that spur private arbiters to experiment, lead public courts to evolve and force attorneys to adapt, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton.