https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: International Arbitration Copyright 2025 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Thu, 01 May 2025 22:30:39 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2334015?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2334015 The D.C. Circuit was having a hard time Thursday with a Venezuelan state-owned oil company's arguments that it should be allowed out of a nearly 14-year-old suit brought by an Oklahoma-based petroleum drilling company that claims its drilling rigs were illegally seized by the state. Thu, 01 May 2025 21:04:09 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2332635?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2332635 An international tribunal has ordered Argentina to pay Italian construction giant Webuild $147 million after the country nixed a contract to construct and operate a bridge and toll road connecting two northeastern provinces, having already unanimously concluded in 2023 that Buenos Aires was liable in the dispute. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:34:06 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2331850?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2331850 A PetroSaudi unit continues fighting the Trump administration's bid to pause litigation to seize a $380 million arbitral award while related proceedings in Switzerland play out, saying a California federal judge has already denied its stay request once before. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:50:53 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2333025?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2333025 Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP renewed its calls for the Supreme Court of Georgia to reconsider an appellate panel's ruling that a breakaway law firm can't be forced to arbitrate a fee dispute, arguing the Georgia Court of Appeals' ruling last month "should not be allowed to become the law." Thu, 01 May 2025 12:46:15 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2332909?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2332909 A solicitor asked the Court of Appeal on Thursday to strike out references to his being "greedy" and "corrupt" in a judgment over a fraudulent arbitration award against the Republic of Nigeria, arguing that these comments breached his due process rights. Thu, 01 May 2025 10:21:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2305667?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2305667 Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:54:07 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2331652?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2331652 A consumer is fighting a bid by the Cypriot operator of online "social gaming platform" Stake.us to force him to arbitrate his attempt to shut down the website for purportedly offering illegal gambling, telling a California federal judge that criminal conduct can't be arbitrated. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:23:32 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2332501?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2332501 A Venezuelan state-owned petrochemicals company is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify which party has the burden of proving whether sovereign immunity applies in litigation targeting foreign countries, as it looks to dodge litigation to enforce a $23 million debt owed to a Florida chemical wholesaler. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:14:55 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2332475?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2332475 Guatemalan and Texas energy companies and several Texas residents are pushing to join a petition from oilfield services company Schlumberger NV to try to avoid being dragged into an arbitration through which US Oil of Guatemala aims to seek $230 million in damages over an allegedly mismanaged hydrocarbon project in Guatemala. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:38:31 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2332042?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2332042 A Florida credit union urged an Eleventh Circuit panel Wednesday to overturn a lower court order denying arbitration in a proposed class action over wrongly assessed overdraft fees, saying failure to preregister with the American Arbitration Association isn't grounds for a default. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:49:18 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2329525?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2329525 Practitioners leaving a longtime government role for private practice — as when I departed the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental enforcement division — should prioritize finding a firm that shares their principles, values their experience and will invest in their transition, says John Cruden at Beveridge & Diamond. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 21:17:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2331302?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2331302 The owner of the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" franchise is urging a California federal court to vacate a $2.2 million arbitral award favoring its international distributor based on the arbitrator's alleged "egregious errors," including inflating the damages owed over a rejected Nickelodeon deal. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:24:27 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2331820?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2331820 Pork producers and Agri Stats Inc., which are defending themselves against a major price-fixing suit, are calling on the Minnesota federal judge overseeing the case to recuse himself and vacate his recent rulings, accusing one of his clerks of having inappropriate relationships with plaintiffs' attorneys in a new filing this week. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:09:49 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2330975?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2330975 The international dispute firm Sequor Law has expanded its arbitration team in Florida with an expert on international arbitration joining from Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:17:43 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2331718?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2331718 A child in utero when her Navy special forces father was killed in an Iranian-sponsored Taliban attack can seek so-called solatium damages from Iran under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's terrorism exception, just like her mother and older siblings, a D.C. Circuit panel ruled Tuesday. Mon, 28 Apr 2025 23:01:06 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2331280?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2331280 A Michigan healthcare system's insurer is fighting efforts to send its coverage lawsuit over underlying Legionnaires' disease claims to arbitration in Bermuda, arguing that the dispute does not fall within an underlying arbitration clause. Mon, 28 Apr 2025 22:43:19 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2331062?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2331062 Blackfeet Nation members are asking a Montana federal judge to reconsider an order to transfer their challenge against President Donald Trump's tariffs on imports from Canada and abroad to the U.S. Court of International Trade, saying the decision is based on the constitutional question of the Indian commerce clause. Mon, 28 Apr 2025 20:08:48 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2331260?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2331260 A contractor on a stymied project to construct and operate an airport in a tourist-heavy region of Peru is urging a D.C. federal court to issue a $91 million default judgment against the country, which it says has for months ignored its petition to enforce an underlying arbitration award. Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:27:13 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2330956?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2330956 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked the federal government to weigh in on a Pennsylvania defense contractor's petition seeking clarity on parts of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's commercial activity exception, as the contractor looks to enforce a $120 million judgment against Iraq. Fri, 25 Apr 2025 22:15:17 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2330599?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationalarbitration/articles/2330599 A Colorado federal judge on Thursday ordered an Australian online atlas startup to arbitrate its $3.14 million dispute with a consultant it hired for guidance while looking to gain access to U.S. capital markets, ruling that an arbitration clause in the underlying contract was applicable despite the company's fraud allegations.