First Kuwaiti Gen. Trading & Contracting W.L.L. v. Kellogg Brown & Root Int’l, Inc., No. 1:23-mc-1 (E.D. Va. May 12, 2023)[1] Factual Background Petitioner First Kuwaiti General Trading & Contracting W.L.L. (“FKTC”) and Respondent Kellogg Brown & Root International, Inc. (“KBR”) entered into various logistics contracts during the invasion of Iraq in 2003. FKTC experienced increased costs while performing some of the work, which was memorialized by two change orders, and KBR agreed to reimburse…
Baker Hughes Servs. Int’l, LLC v. Joshi Technologies Int’l, Inc., Nos. 21-5072 and 21-5081 (10th Cir. July 13,…
LaRubInt Corp. v. Joint Stock Company Studio Soyuzmultfilm, No. 22-cv-4461 (HG) (E.D.N.Y. Apr. 20, 2023)[1] In August and September…
In Equicare Health Inc. v. Varian Med. Sys.,[1] the District Court for the Northern District of California vacated arbitration award due to evident partiality because one of the arbitrators failed to disclose that he was a former client of the attorneys for one of the parties to the arbitration. Factual Background Equicare Health Inc. (“Equicare”) and Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (“Varian”) entered into a contract under which Varian agreed to make a “reasonable commercial effort”…
On June 23, 2023, the Supreme Court issued a very important decision concerning the procedure to be followed…
Blasket Renewable Investments v. Kingdom of Spain, No. 1:21-cv-3249-RJL (D.D.C. Mar. 29, 2023).[1] Factual Background In 2007, two…
Telecom Bus. Sols., LLC v. Terra Towers Corp., No. 22-cv-1761 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 18, 2023)[1] Factual Background In 2015, Telecom Business Solutions, LLC, LATAM Towers, LLC and AMLQ Holdings (Cay) Ltd. (collectively, “Petitioners”) entered into a shareholders agreement (the “SHA”) with Terra Towers Corp. and TBS Management (collectively, “Terra”) to co-own and operate Continental Towers LATAM Holdings, Ltd. (the “Company”). Pursuant to the agreement, the Company developed and operated telecommunication towers in Central and South America.…
Veerji Exports v. Carlos St Mary, Inc., No. 22 Civ. 3661 (LGS) (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 5, 2022)[1] Factual Background Plaintiff…
We are pleased to announce that the latest edition of the Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook is now…
In re Application of Alpene, Ltd., No. 21 MC 2547 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 27, 2022)[1]Factual Background Alpene, Ltd., a Hong Kong corporation, was the claimant in an investor-state treaty arbitration against the Republic of Malta before the World Bank’s International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”). Alpene initiated a proceeding in district court in New York requesting an order authorizing subpoenas for documents and testimony from an individual residing in New York in connection…