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April 18, 2025
Russia Loses Bid To Nix $219M Award Enforcement Suit
Russia must face litigation filed by a subsidiary of one of Ukraine's largest privately owned energy distributors to enforce a $219 million arbitral award it won after its Crimean assets were seized, after a D.C. federal judge on Thursday rejected the country's sovereign immunity defenses.
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April 18, 2025
Eletson's New Owners Look To Oust Reed Smith From Cases
Reorganized Greek oil shipping group Eletson Holdings Inc. has told a New York bankruptcy judge that Reed Smith LLP should stop representing the company and its former owners in litigation and appeals or face sanctions.
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April 18, 2025
Fla. Jury Hits Expedia With $30M Helms-Burton Verdict
A Miami jury on Friday said Expedia and three related entities owe $29.85 million after finding the online booking companies liable for violating the Helms-Burton Act's anti-trafficking provision by offering reservations for resorts on a barrier island seized by Fidel Castro's government.
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April 18, 2025
SC School District's Embezzlement Suit Sent To Arbitration
A South Carolina school district must arbitrate the arbitrability of its claims that its insurer conspired with its former chief financial officer to steal tens of millions of dollars from the district by issuing unnecessary and expensive insurance policies, a federal court ordered.
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April 17, 2025
Cuban Island Owner Wants $36M In Helms-Burton Case
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 asked a Miami jury on Thursday for an award of more than $36 million against Expedia, which the man claims illegally trafficked in the stolen property by offering reservations for resorts on the island through its website.
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April 17, 2025
UK Says NY Convention Doesn't Kill Sovereign Immunity
Ratifying the New York Convention isn't enough to strip away a state's right to plead sovereign immunity in a later dispute over a contract that might be subject to the convention's rules, a London court has ruled.
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April 17, 2025
Naftogaz Wins Enforcement Of $5B Russia Award In France
A French court has signed off on a bid by Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas company to enforce a $5 billion arbitral award it won against Russia after the Kremlin seized its Crimean assets, the company said on Thursday.
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April 17, 2025
Tribal Members Fight Bid To Transfer Canadian Tariff Dispute
Four members of Montana's Blackfeet Nation are fighting a motion by the federal government to transfer their bid to block several Trump administration orders and proclamations imposing tariffs on Canadian goods, arguing there's no legal basis for the move to the U.S. Court of International Trade.
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April 17, 2025
Natural Gas Co. Loses Challenge To $233M Arbitration Award
A Nigerian liquefied natural gas producer has lost its fight to escape having to indemnify a fellow Nigerian fossil fuel business for a $233 million arbitration award, with a London appeals court rejecting its case that the indemnity was unenforceable.
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April 16, 2025
Poland Says EC Decision Backs Nonpayment Of $55M Award
Poland has told a D.C. federal court that a recent decision from Europe's executive body barring Spain from paying a more than €100 million ($113.6 million at the current exchange rate) arbitral award shows Poland has a valid argument in opposing payment of a $55 million award to a Cypriot commodities trader.
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April 16, 2025
Fla. Court Urged To Deny Panama's Bid To Enforce $5M Award
A Miami businessman and his company urged a Florida federal court to deny Panama's bid to enforce a $4.8 million arbitral award over construction agreements, saying the court hasn't heard the whole story on the money he says he's owed and how a post-award settlement was breached by government officials.
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April 16, 2025
Exxon Urges Justices To Resolve Seized Cuba Property Claim
Exxon Mobil Corp. asked the U.S. Supreme Court to scrutinize a ruling frustrating its attempts to collect damages from Cuban property confiscated decades ago, arguing the Trump and Biden administrations' opposing stances on such lawsuits present a chance for the court to settle the political debate.
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April 16, 2025
Reed Smith Wins Stay Order In Eletson Shipping Feud
For now, Reed Smith will not be compelled to turn over a client file to the new owners of reorganized international shipping group Eletson, following a temporary stay issued by the Second Circuit amid the BigLaw firm's fight to continue representing the company's prebankruptcy shareholders.
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April 16, 2025
Haynes Boone Launches Arbitration Rules Comparison Tool
Haynes Boone has launched its own tool for businesses, legal professionals and arbitrators to compare arbitration rules across different jurisdictions globally.
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April 15, 2025
2nd Circ. Nixes Insurer's Arbitration Bid in Constellation Suit
The Second Circuit on Tuesday affirmed that Allied World National Assurance Co. can't force a dispute over coverage for negligence claims asserted against directors and officers of medical accounting conglomerate Constellation Healthcare Technologies Inc. into arbitration.
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April 15, 2025
La. Parish Still Wants 5th Circ. To Remand Insurance Case
A Louisiana parish has again urged the Fifth Circuit to send its dispute over coverage for property damage caused by a pair of hurricanes back to district court, saying "everyone agrees" that the lower court made a procedural misstep that was subsequently wrongly appealed.
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April 15, 2025
ICC And Legal Tech Co. Opus 2 Release Arbitration Software
The International Chamber of Commerce, which houses the International Court of Arbitration, launched its new case management system ICC Case Connect in collaboration with legal tech company Opus 2.
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April 14, 2025
Expedia Defends Cuban Island Bookings In Helms-Burton Trial
The former manager of Expedia's Cuba group took the stand Monday to defend the travel company's actions offering reservations for resorts on an island off the coast of Cuba that a Cuban-American man says was stolen from his family by Fidel Castro's government, telling jurors the company worked to comply with constantly changing regulations related to travel to Cuba.
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April 14, 2025
Arbitrator Services Co. Adds Chilean-Russian Panelist
Arbitrator support services company Arbitra International said it has added a Chilean-Russian lawyer to its global membership list of dispute panelists, saying her focus on Latin America and Russia-related matters will add to its growth in those two regions where it is seeing increased demand.
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April 14, 2025
Musk's X Sued Over Wash. Worker Severance Pay, Bonuses
About 150 former Twitter workers in Washington have sued X Corp., saying that since Elon Musk took over and slashed its workforce, the social media platform has illegally refused to engage in arbitration over claims from laid-off workers who say they have been stiffed on promised severance pay and bonuses.
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April 14, 2025
Tesla's Arbitration Win Upended In Ex-Exec's Defamation Case
A Ninth Circuit panel on Monday said a lower court judge wrongly confirmed a zero-dollar arbitration award in favor of Tesla and Elon Musk that dismissed a former Tesla engineer's defamation claims, saying the federal court didn't have jurisdiction because no money was awarded.
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April 14, 2025
Arbitrators Expect Further AI Adoption, Despite Hesitancy
A majority of international arbitrators and counsel in a recent study said they expect to use artificial intelligence for search, data analytics and document review more frequently over the next five years, according to an annual report from White & Case LLP, though there is "strong resistance" to its use for tasks necessitating judgment as well as hesitancy over transparency, bias and training involved.
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April 11, 2025
Coinbase 'Mining Pools' Scam Case Heads To Arbitration
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and its subsidiary Toshi Holdings Ltd. are moving ahead with arbitration of a Virginia man's claims that he saw $50,000 drained from his Coinbase wallet by means of a "malicious smart contract" that appeared to be a liquidity mining pool.
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April 11, 2025
Construction Firm Pushes For $31M Award Against Guatemala
A construction and engineering firm has argued a magistrate judge correctly recommended enforcement of $31 million in arbitral awards against Guatemala in D.C. federal court, saying the court is the appropriate forum for the case.
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April 11, 2025
Trust Co. Can Email Docs In $149M Ukraine Award Dispute
A Manhattan federal judge has granted Madison Pacific Trust Ltd.'s request to let it serve a petition for the enforcement of a $149 million arbitral award against the founders of a Ukrainian grain exporter via email, finding that their physical whereabouts are unknown.
Expert Analysis
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Litigation Funding Disclosure Debate: Strategy Considerations
In the ongoing debate over whether courts should require disclosure of litigation funding, funders and plaintiffs tend to argue against such mandates, but voluntarily disclosing limited details about a funding arrangement can actually confer certain benefits to plaintiffs in some scenarios, say Andrew Stulce and Marc Cavan at Longford Capital.
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Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Photographing nature everywhere from Siberia to Cuba and Iceland to Rwanda provides me with a constant reminder to refresh, refocus and rethink the legal issues that my clients face, says Richard Birmingham at Davis Wright.
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A Deep Dive Into Singapore's New Int'l Arbitration Rules
The latest revisions to the Singapore International Arbitration Centre's rules, effective as of Jan. 1, contain numerous innovative and industry-leading updates, including new rules on coordinated and emergency procedures, and third-party funding, say attorneys at WilmerHale.
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5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates
In order to effectively develop associates’ critical thinking skills, firms should design mock assignments that contain a few key ingredients, from messy fact patterns to actionable feedback, says Abdi Shayesteh at AltaClaro.
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Overseas Investment Rule Calls For Compliance Caution
Investors should be leery of who and what they are investing in now that the federal outbound investment regime, effective Jan. 2, has extended the governement's regulatory reach to businesses and parties not previously subject to trade restrictions, says Thaddeus McBride at Bass Berry.
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Navigating Arbitration Confidentiality Challenges In Age Of AI
Artificial intelligence is already significantly involved in various aspects of arbitration and posing challenges for maintaining confidentiality, but relatively quickly implementable practices can be utilized as safeguards as AI tools continue to be integrated, says David Coher at CoherADR.
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The 7th Circ.'s Top 10 Civil Opinions Of 2024
Attorneys at Jenner & Block examine the most significant decisions issued by the Seventh Circuit in 2024, and explain how they may affect issues related to mass arbitration, consumer fraud, class certification and more.
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Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year
Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.
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Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While coaching poorly played Little League Baseball early in the morning doesn't sound like a good time, I love it — and the experience has taught me valuable lessons about imperfection, compassion and acceptance that have helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.
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5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025
Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.
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High Court Unlikely To Expand FSIA In Holocaust Asset Fight
Not surprisingly for a court where the majority are strict textualists, the U.S. Supreme Court justices appear poised to rule in favor of Hungary in Republic of Hungary v. Simon, reaffirming the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act as a narrow exception to jurisdiction, say attorneys at Lewis Baach.
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Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win
Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.
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Mass Arbitration Procedures After Faulty Live Nation Ruling
Despite the Ninth Circuit's flawed reasoning in Heckman v. Live Nation, the exceptional allegations of collusive conduct shouldn't be read to restrict arbitration providers that have adopted good faith procedures to ensure that consumer mass arbitrations can be efficiently resolved on the merits, says Collin Vierra at Eimer Stahl.
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Issues To Watch In 2025's ERISA Litigation Landscape
Whether 2024’s uptick in new Employee Retirement Income Security Act cases will continue this year will likely depend on federal courts’ resolution of several issues, including those related to excessive fees, defined contribution plan forfeitures, and pleading standards for ERISA-prohibited transaction claims, say attorneys at Groom Law.
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How DOGE's Bite Can Live Up To Its Bark
All signs suggest that the Department of Government Efficiency will be an important part of the new Trump administration, with ample tools at its disposal to effectuate change, particularly with an attentive Republican-controlled Congress, say attorneys at K&L Gates.