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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…

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”…

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.…

Jiangsu Beier Decoration Materials Co. v. Angle World LLC, No. 21-3143 (3d Cir. Nov. 3, 2022)[1] Factual Background Jiangsu Beier Decoration Materials Co, Ltd. (“Jiangsu”) was a Chinese manufacturer of flooring products. In 2016, Jiangsu entered into an agreement with Angle World LLC (“Angle World”), a Pennsylvania-based company, that provided that Angle World would serve as Jiangsu’s exclusive distribution agent in the U.S. According to Jiangsu, as of June 2018, Angle Word owed Jiangsu over…