District court recognizes and confirms a partial final arbitration award against a foreign sovereign and foreign government agency, rejecting arguments that the arbitration provision…
First Circuit vacates grant of motion to compel arbitration, finding that the parties’ disagreement over which conflicting agreement applied required the district court to…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation The United States has arbitration-related legislation at both the federal (national) and state levels. The Federal Arbitration Act…
DIGOIL v. Democratic Republic of Congo, No. 20-cv-1130 (RJL) (D.D.C. Sept. 14, 2021) [click for opinion] Factual Background In 2007 and 2008, DIGOIL, a…
Spliethoff Transport B.V. v. Phyto-Charter Inc., No. 20-CV-3283 (S.D.N.Y. May 13, 2021) [click for opinion] Petitioner Spliethoff Transport B.V. (“Spliethoff”) sought an order to…
Rowland v. Sandy Morris Financial & Estate Planning Services, LLC., No. 20-1187 (4th Cir. 2021) [click for opinion] Barry and Donna Rowland (“Rowland”) first…
Copragi S.A. v. Agribusiness United DMCC, No. 20 Civ. 5486 (LGS) (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 15, 2021) [click for opinion] In August of 2013, Petitioner, Copragi…
Seneca Nation of Indians v. State of New York, No. 19-4022 (2d Cir. Feb. 22, 2021) [click for opinion] On August 18, 2002, the Seneca…
Bartlit Beck LLP v. Okada, No. 19-cv-08508 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 12, 2021) [click for opinion] Kazuo Okada (“Okada”), a Japanese gambling magnate, was the…