D.C. Judge Pauses Smurfit's $473M Venezuela Award Suit

By Joyce Hanson ( April 22, 2026, 9:40 PM EDT) -- A D.C. federal judge has agreed to keep alive litigation aimed at enforcing a $473 million arbitral award against Venezuela, even though the country has so far ignored the case, ruling Dutch packaging company Smurfit successfully showed dismissal would hurt its enforcement efforts....

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