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International Arbitration

  • April 08, 2025

    Expedia's Cuban Island Bookings Were Illegal, Jurors Told

    A Cuban-American man who says he is the rightful heir to an island off the coast of Cuba that was seized by the Communist government told jurors Tuesday that Expedia illegally trafficked in stolen property by offering reservations for resorts on the island through its website.

  • April 08, 2025

    Singapore Court Nixes Railway Award Over Copy-Paste Issue

    Singapore's highest court on Tuesday affirmed the nixing of an arbitral award issued in an Indian railway contract dispute that incorporated an "extensive" amount of passages copied and pasted from separate, related awards, saying a reasonable observer would likely conclude that the tribunal's decision was biased.

  • April 08, 2025

    Drew Eckl Takes Breakaway Firm Dispute To Ga. High Court

    Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP told the Georgia Supreme Court that Burke Moore Law Group LLP — started by former Drew Eckl partners and others — was wrongly allowed to escape arbitration over fees between the firm and the ex-partners, arguing that Burke Moore implicitly consented to arbitration by participating without objecting to jurisdiction.

  • April 08, 2025

    Atty Says Debevoise Fired Him Over Medical Leave

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP fired an attorney in its international dispute resolution practice group because he had taken medical leave, abruptly dismissing him two days after he returned, and refused to give him a chance to increase his billable hours, he told a New York federal court.

  • April 07, 2025

    Torrent Seeks Arbitration In Drug Commercialization Fight

    A subsidiary of Indian multinational company Torrent Pharmaceuticals is urging a Delaware judge to force OWP Pharmaceuticals to arbitrate a dispute over issues that allegedly delayed the U.S. commercialization of its epilepsy and anti-seizure medications.

  • April 07, 2025

    Germany Faces €334M Wind Energy Arbitration Award In DC

    Two subsidiaries of Austrian construction company Strabag SE have asked a D.C. federal judge to enforce a €334.5 million ($365 million) arbitration award against Germany following a dispute born out of the country's regulatory regime for offshore wind energy.

  • April 07, 2025

    Reinsurer Seeks Arbitration In Bermuda In Legionnaires' Row

    A Michigan healthcare system's captive insurer turned to an improper venue to litigate coverage issues with its reinsurer over underlying Legionnaires' disease claims, the reinsurer told a Michigan federal court, saying the captive insurer's coverage claims must be sent to arbitration in Bermuda.

  • April 07, 2025

    Judge Orders Argentina To Pay Decade-Old Contractor Claim

    Argentina must pay more than $21 million to Italian construction firm Webuild SpA to resolve a claim over a Buenos Aires water services contract the government canceled in 2006, a D.C. federal judge has determined.

  • April 04, 2025

    Appeals Court Won't Halt Russian Investment Litigation

    England's Court of Appeal will not nix an order refusing to halt "vexatious" litigation in Russia initiated by sanctioned entities against third parties to an arbitration agreement, issuing an opinion that chided an investment manager for leaving the court "in the dark" about its relationship to the third parties.

  • April 04, 2025

    11th Circ. Told Omitted Issues Void UBS Arbitration Award

    A Puerto Rican man urged the Eleventh Circuit on Friday to vacate a roughly $6.5 million arbitration award given to UBS Financial Services Inc. stemming from a long-running account contract dispute, arguing he didn't receive a fair hearing and because key issues to be resolved weren't identified in the award.

  • April 04, 2025

    China Issues Tariffs, WTO Challenge To Hit Back At Trump

    Chinese officials began honing their response to the Trump administration's expansive new tariffs on Friday, setting up retaliatory duties and announcing plans for a challenge at the World Trade Organization.

  • April 03, 2025

    International Disputes And Trade Lawyer Heads To Foley Hoag

    A trade lawyer with experience in World Trade Organization dispute settlement and commercial mediation has joined Foley Hoag LLP's international litigation and arbitration practice in Paris as senior counsel, according to the law firm.

  • April 03, 2025

    Laos Can't Get $5M Award Enforced Against Businessman

    A federal judge on Thursday shut down the government of Laos' bid to enforce some $5 million in arbitral awards against an entrepreneur who was not party to an underlying arbitration stemming from an ill-fated casino venture, saying the actual award debtors are the ones that should be targeted.

  • April 03, 2025

    Trump Makes First Use Of Mexico Labor Enforcement Tool

    The Trump administration called on Mexico to investigate "credible" allegations of worker rights violations at a Mexico City auto parts plant Thursday, marking the Trump administration's first use of a labor-specific enforcement tool first implemented five years ago.

  • April 03, 2025

    Reed Smith Wants To Pull Out Of Eletson Ch. 11

    An attorney from Reed Smith LLP asked a New York bankruptcy judge Thursday to let the firm withdraw its representation of one of two parties vying to control international shipping group Eletson Holdings, noting that opposing counsel has urged it for months to exit the case.

  • April 02, 2025

    Binance Can't Send All Investors' Claims To Arbitration

    Crypto exchange Binance has suffered a setback in its bid to send a proposed class action filed by investors to arbitration in Singapore, after a New York federal judge partially denied the motion under an arbitration clause included in a 2019 unilateral update to its terms of use.

  • April 02, 2025

    Fla. Man Gets 70 Months For Sending Aircraft Parts To Russia

    An Arizona federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a Florida resident to nearly six years in prison for illegally exporting controlled aviation technology to Russia, and ordered the forfeiture of the $4.6 million in proceeds he earned through the scheme.

  • April 02, 2025

    Venezuela Oil Co. Wins Reprieve In $85M Bond Fight

    Bondholders owed some $85 million by Venezuela's state-owned oil company have been denied a quick win enforcing the debt after a New York federal judge ruled that he needed more information in order to determine whether U.S. sanctions made repaying the bonds impossible.

  • April 02, 2025

    3rd Circ. Says CVS Sex Bias Arbitration Fight Needs 2nd Look

    The Third Circuit on Wednesday rejected a former CVS worker's argument that a 2022 federal law shielded her sex harassment case from mandatory arbitration, but it revived her suit to give the trial court a chance to explore whether the arbitration pact at issue was valid.

  • April 01, 2025

    High Court Probes Jurisdiction In Terrorism Victims' Lawsuit

    The U.S. Supreme Court during oral arguments Tuesday gave little indication of how it will rule in a case questioning the constitutionality of a 2019 law ending a jurisdictional hurdle for lawsuits stemming from terrorist attacks in Israel and the Palestinian territories.

  • April 01, 2025

    Pork Price-Fixing Fight Over Sales Data Swap Heads To Trial

    A Minnesota federal court mostly denied Monday a slew of summary judgment motions from Tyson and other pork producers seeking wins in an antitrust suit alleging they conspired with data firm Agri Stats to fix pork prices and reduce supply, teeing up the high-stakes multidistrict litigation for a June trial.

  • April 01, 2025

    US Loses Bid To Stay $380M PetroSaudi Award Seizure Suit

    A California federal judge has denied the U.S. government's motion to pause its yearslong suit to seize part of a $380 million arbitral award to a PetroSaudi unit while somewhat related criminal proceedings in Switzerland play out.

  • April 01, 2025

    NC Judge Affirms $68M Arbitration Award For Volvo

    A North Carolina judge affirmed a $68 million arbitration award Tuesday in Volvo Group North America LLC's favor over a Mexican auto parts manufacturer it accused of supplying the company with defective input shafts, an award that Volvo's counsel said is possibly the largest in the Tar Heel State court history.

  • March 31, 2025

    Driver Says Parking Garage Privacy Suit Can't Be Arbitrated

    The lead plaintiff in a proposed class action claiming a nationwide operator of parking garages violates privacy laws with its use of video analytics to enforce phony parking fees is fighting the company's bid in Colorado federal court to force the dispute into arbitration.

  • March 31, 2025

    Estonia Fends Off $206M Claim From Port Investor

    An international tribunal has dismissed a Florida commodities trader's claim seeking $206 million from Estonia, in which it accused the country of wrongfully initiating civil and criminal proceedings stemming from the company's investment in a port near the Estonian capital, Tallinn.

Expert Analysis

  • Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession

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    About 30,000 people who took the bar exam in July will learn they passed this fall, marking a fitting time for all attorneys to remember that they are members in a specialty club of learned professionals — and the more they can keep this in mind, the more benefits they will see, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Opinion

    AI May Limit Key Learning Opportunities For Young Attorneys

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    The thing that’s so powerful about artificial intelligence is also what’s most scary about it — its ability to detect patterns may curtail young attorneys’ chance to practice the lower-level work of managing cases, preventing them from ever honing the pattern recognition skills that undergird creative lawyering, says Sarah Murray at Trialcraft.

  • Series

    Round-Canopy Parachuting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Similar to the practice of law, jumping from an in-flight airplane with nothing but training and a few yards of parachute silk is a demanding and stressful endeavor, and the experience has bolstered my legal practice by enhancing my focus, teamwork skills and sense of perspective, says Thomas Salerno at Stinson.

  • Why Now Is The Time For Law Firms To Hire Lateral Partners

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    Partner and associate mobility data from the second quarter of this year suggest that there's never been a better time in recent years for law firms to hire lateral candidates, particularly experienced partners — though this necessitates an understanding of potential red flags, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • Considering Possible PR Risks Of Certain Legal Tactics

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    Disney and American Airlines recently abandoned certain litigation tactics in two lawsuits after fierce public backlash, illustrating why corporate counsel should consider the reputational implications of any legal strategy and partner with their communications teams to preempt public relations concerns, says Chris Gidez at G7 Reputation Advisory.

  • It's No Longer Enough For Firms To Be Trusted Advisers

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    Amid fierce competition for business, the transactional “trusted adviser” paradigm from which most firms operate is no longer sufficient — they should instead aim to become trusted partners with their most valuable clients, says Stuart Maister at Strategic Narrative.

  • Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Spanish Assets At Risk Abroad

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    The recent seizure of a portion of London Luton Airport after an English High Court ruling is the latest installment in a long-running saga over Spain’s failure to honor arbitration awards, highlighting the complexities involved when state-owned enterprises become entangled in disputes stemming from their government's actions, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn Square Chambers.

  • Testing The Limits Of English Courts' Pro-Arbitration Stance

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    Although the Court of Appeal recently upheld a $64 million arbitration award in Eternity Sky v. Zhang, the judgment offers rare insight into when the English courts’ general inclination to enforce arbitral awards may be outweighed by competing policy interests such as consumer rights, say Declan Gallivan and Peter Morton at K&L Gates.

  • How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations

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    Textualists at the U.S. Supreme Court are increasingly considering new methods such as corpus linguistics and surveys to evaluate what a statute's text communicates to an ordinary reader, while lower courts even mull large language models like ChatGPT as supplements, says Kevin Tobia at Georgetown Law.

  • Unpacking Jurisdiction Issues In 3rd Circ. Arbitration Ruling

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    The Third Circuit's recent ruling in George v. Rushmore Service Center could be interpreted to establish three principles regarding district courts' jurisdiction to enter arbitration-related orders under the Federal Arbitration Act, two of which may lead to confusion, says David Cinotti at Pashman Stein.

  • Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles

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    Volunteering and nonprofit board service are complementary to, but distinct from, traditional pro bono work, and taking on these community leadership roles can produce dividends for lawyers, their firms and the nonprofit causes they support, says Katie Beacham at Kilpatrick.

  • Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.

  • 5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond

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    As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.

  • Series

    Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.

  • UK Mandatory ADR Push Renews Mediation Standards Focus

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    In the wake of a Court of Appeal decision last year allowing courts to mandate alternative dispute resolution, the push toward mandatory ADR has continued with the aim of streamlining dispute resolution and reducing costs, say Ned Beale and Edward Nyman at Hausfeld.

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