¼«ËÙÈü³µ: International Arbitration /internationalarbitration?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: International Arbitration Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Mon, 16 Jun 2025 22:02:48 +0000 Toyota Unit Seeks OK Of €106M Award Against Spain /internationalarbitration/articles/2352643?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /internationalarbitration/articles/2352643 A Japanese division of Toyota Group's trading arm has petitioned a D.C. federal court to enforce a €106.2 million ($122.9 million) arbitral award issued in 2022 against Spain, days after the country paid an arbitral award issued to another Asian investor. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:31:00 +0000 Telecoms Shareholder Gets Sanctions Lifted In Control Fight /internationalarbitration/articles/2353919?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /internationalarbitration/articles/2353919 A New York federal judge has vacated his order sanctioning an investor in telecommunications infrastructure firm Continental Towers LATAM Holdings Ltd. for ignoring arbitral awards issued in a bitter, yearslong dispute over control of the company, saying the man wasn't properly served. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 18:48:08 +0000 Live Nation Arbitration Firm Defends Its 'Flexible' Approach /internationalarbitration/articles/2353826?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /internationalarbitration/articles/2353826 Live Nation's chosen arbitration firm is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the concert giant's bid to force concertgoers into arbitration, arguing its procedures are fair, and it was wrongly dinged for what the Ninth Circuit called "internally inconsistent, poorly drafted" arbitration rules. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:27:30 +0000 Qatar Bank Seeks OK Of $1B Award Against South Sudan /internationalarbitration/articles/2353685?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /internationalarbitration/articles/2353685 Qatar National Bank is urging a D.C. federal court to enforce a $1 billion arbitration award issued against the Republic of South Sudan after the country defaulted on a $700 million loan agreement from the country's civil war-era. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:57:37 +0000 Afghanistan Must Pay $15M Award To Contractor, Court Says /internationalarbitration/articles/2353319?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /internationalarbitration/articles/2353319 A D.C. federal judge on Thursday issued a default ruling enforcing a $15.29 million arbitral award owed to an Emirati private security company that had contracted with Afghanistan to procure securities services at four of the country's international airports. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:43:38 +0000 PetroSaudi Unit Liquidators Seek Pause In $380M Award Suit /internationalarbitration/articles/2352758?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /internationalarbitration/articles/2352758 Liquidators seeking to establish control over a PetroSaudi unit that won a $380 million arbitral award asked a California federal judge to let them join U.S. Justice Department litigation targeting the award over ties to funds embezzled from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:39:59 +0000 Shein Faces Arbitration Push Over Paid Influencer Claims /internationalarbitration/articles/2352663?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /internationalarbitration/articles/2352663 The Singapore-based owner of fast-fashion retailer Shein has told an Illinois federal judge that a proposed class of consumers must arbitrate their claims accusing the global e-commerce platform of trying to hide that it paid social media influencers to promote its products. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:25:28 +0000 Investor Seeks NY Court's Help In Sinovac Control Battle /internationalarbitration/articles/2353329?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /internationalarbitration/articles/2353329 An investor is asking a New York federal court for emergency injunctions preserving the status quo as it pursues arbitration in Hong Kong and Beijing stemming from a bitter, yearslong battle for control of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:11:18 +0000 Fla. Judge Tosses $500M Red Cross Haiti Relief Suit /internationalarbitration/articles/2352912?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /internationalarbitration/articles/2352912 A Florida federal judge has tossed a proposed class action accusing the American Red Cross of misusing over $500 million meant for Haitian earthquake victims after finding that the plaintiffs failed to establish standing. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:59:35 +0000 Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Prestige's Jurisprudential Legacy /internationalarbitration/articles/2345307?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /internationalarbitration/articles/2345307 The U.K. Supreme Court's recent denial of appeal ended Spain's decades-long quest to enforce an €855 million arbitral judgment against a London insurer, throwing into stark relief the increasingly complex relationship between arbitral sovereignty, foreign state immunity and the shifting terrain of post-Brexit private international law, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:07:18 +0000 Volunteering At Schools Makes Me A Better Lawyer /internationalarbitration/articles/2329140?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /internationalarbitration/articles/2329140 Speaking to elementary school students about the importance of college and other opportunities after high school — especially students who may not see those paths reflected in their daily lives — not only taught me the importance of giving back, but also helped to sharpen several skills essential to a successful legal practice, says Guillermo Escobedo at Constangy. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 23:22:25 +0000 Ex-Russian Diplomat Pleads Out In Narrowed Sanctions Case /internationalarbitration/articles/2352974?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /internationalarbitration/articles/2352974 A former Russian diplomat and longtime U.S. resident on Thursday admitted to deceiving FBI agents about his knowledge of dealings between an ex-FBI agent and a purported associate of a Russian oligarch, after prosecutors dropped plans to go ahead with sanctions and money laundering charges at a trial slated to begin next week. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:44:30 +0000 Live Nation Defending 'Unfair' Arbitration, Justices Told /internationalarbitration/articles/2352717?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /internationalarbitration/articles/2352717 Concertgoers suing Live Nation over allegedly anticompetitive conduct urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday not to take up the company's bid to force them into arbitration, arguing that lower courts rightly dinged a switch to a new arbitrator with strict rules meant to limit mass arbitration tactics by the plaintiffs' bar. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:37:47 +0000 Texas Man Gets 11 Years In Cross-Border Transport Case /internationalarbitration/articles/2352359?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /internationalarbitration/articles/2352359 A Texas federal court has sentenced a man to 11 years in prison for helping lead a violent conspiracy to monopolize the transport of used vehicles and other goods from the U.S. through Mexico for resale in Central America. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:28:03 +0000 'Bad Faith': Valve Accused Of Thwarting Arbitration It Sought /internationalarbitration/articles/2352555?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /internationalarbitration/articles/2352555 Valve Corp. is blocking consumers from arbitrating antitrust claims against the gaming company by refusing to pay $20 million in arbitration fees, a "bad faith" move that flouts a court order granting Valve's bid to compel arbitration, a game buyer told a Washington federal judge in a motion for sanctions. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:00:33 +0000 Eurofinsa Can Begin Seizing Gabonese Assets, Court Says /internationalarbitration/articles/2352682?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /internationalarbitration/articles/2352682 A D.C. federal judge Wednesday gave the green light to a Spanish construction company to begin seizing assets owned by Gabon to enforce a nearly $18 million arbitral award, in a proceeding that the African nation has ignored since it was filed nearly two years ago. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:03:12 +0000 Attacks On Judicial Independence Tend To Manifest In 3 Ways /internationalarbitration/articles/2350652?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /internationalarbitration/articles/2350652 Attacks on judicial independence now run the gamut from gross (bald-faced interference) to systemic (structural changes) to insidious (efforts to undermine public trust), so lawyers, judges and the public must recognize the fateful moment in which we live and defend the rule of law every day, says Jim Moliterno at Washington and Lee University. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:43:01 +0000 Reed Smith Pushes For 2nd Circ. Stay In $102M Award Fight /internationalarbitration/articles/2352566?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /internationalarbitration/articles/2352566 Still seeking to represent prebankruptcy owners of international shipping company Eletson Holdings Inc., Reed Smith LLP has asked the Second Circuit to stay a bankruptcy proceeding and a district court action, arguing the reorganized Eletson, now allegedly under common control with a former adversary, has launched a "calculated effort" to seize the company's privileged client information. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:51:08 +0000 Greenberg Traurig Adds IP Atty From Kilpatrick In NY /internationalarbitration/articles/2351055?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /internationalarbitration/articles/2351055 Greenberg Traurig LLP has boosted its intellectual property offerings in New York with the addition of an experienced litigator from Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:13:11 +0000 JAMS Opens International Arbitration Center In Houston /internationalarbitration/articles/2352373?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /internationalarbitration/articles/2352373 The alternative dispute resolution service JAMS is expanding the services offered in its four-year-old Houston office, announcing Wednesday it is opening an International Arbitration Center there.