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August 08, 2025
Consumer Says Gambling Site Can't Force Suit Into Arbitration
A consumer accusing the operator of a casino-oriented gambling website of allegedly creating a dangerous environment that fuels gambling addiction is fighting arbitration, telling an Illinois federal court the agreement does not exist and if it did, it would be unenforceable.
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August 08, 2025
Tight Budget Not Enough To Justify Delay In PrivatBank Case
A Florida federal magistrate judge has denied the U.S. State Department's bid to pause litigation by two associates of the former owners of Ukraine's largest bank, ruling that heavy workloads due to budget constraints do not justify delaying the case.
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August 08, 2025
PE Firm Peppertree Gets $300M Award In Telecoms Fight OK'd
A New York judge is enforcing a $300.74 million damages award issued to the minority shareholders of telecommunications infrastructure firm Continental Towers LATAM Holdings Ltd. in a bitter dispute over control of the company, saying the majority shareholders had "fallen far short" of showing it should be vacated.
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August 08, 2025
Rising Star: Foley Hoag's Diem Huong Ho
Diem Huong Ho of Foley Hoag LLP has served as lead associate in matters before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, including ethnic Armenians' proceedings against Azerbaijan and The Gambia's genocide case against Myanmar, earning her a spot among the international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 07, 2025
Insurers Say Property Co.'s $7M Ida Claim Must Be Arbitrated
A lower court order forcing a New Orleans property owner to arbitrate its $7 million Hurricane Ida damage claim against its domestic insurers should be reinstated, a group of carriers told the Fifth Circuit on Thursday, saying the New York Convention mandates the enforcement of the policy's arbitration provision.
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August 07, 2025
Spain Can't Get $124M Renewable Energy Award Axed
Spain has come up short in its efforts to nix an approximately $124 million arbitral award issued to Eurus Energy Holdings Corp. after the country dialed back its incentives for such projects, the Japanese renewable energy investor said on Thursday.
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August 07, 2025
Russia Loses Challenge To Hague Tribunal In Ukraine Case
An international tribunal seated in The Hague has voted by majority to reject Russia's challenge claiming it was improperly constituted as the arbitrators oversee Ukraine's claim against Moscow over the detention of Ukrainian naval vessels and servicemen.
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August 07, 2025
Rising Star: Arnold & Porter's Katelyn Horne
Katelyn Horne of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP has represented Costa Rica, Peru and Colombia in a wide range of disputes, defending their rights to crack down on human rights abuses and money laundering, as well as their ability to protect the environment against powerful multinationals, earning her a spot among the international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 06, 2025
6th Circ. Orders Redo Of Pension Fund Withdrawal Liability
The Sixth Circuit on Wednesday said a pension fund's actuary must redo his estimate of a Michigan-based paving company's withdrawal liability, likening the actuary to an oddsmaker giving a bad estimate of how many points a college basketball team will give up in a game because he is "just rude."
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August 06, 2025
U.S. Power Co. Seeks OK Of $824M Argentina Award
AES Corp. has asked a D.C. federal court to enforce its $824 million arbitral award against Argentina, which the U.S. utility company won earlier this year after the country purportedly interfered with electricity generation assets owned by its local affiliates.
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August 06, 2025
Womble Bond Adds Hill Dickinson Atty As Disputes Partner
Womble Bond Dickinson has appointed a new London-based partner for its commercial disputes team, saying he will help strengthen the law firm's international arbitration practice following his move from Hill Dickinson LLP.
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August 06, 2025
Reed Smith Faces DQ Bid In Venezuelan Airline Dispute
A group of shareholders who say they own half of Venezuela's Avior Airlines have asked a Florida federal court to disqualify Reed Smith LLP from representing the airline and a feuding shareholder, claiming that the engagement of the law firm was not approved by a majority of the shareholders as required by the company's bylaws.
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August 06, 2025
Valve Won't Pay $21M Arb. Fee In Antitrust Fight, Gamers Say
About 15,000 users of Steam, one of the largest online sellers of video games, have accused the platform's operator, Valve, in a new proposed class action in Washington federal court of refusing to pay its nearly $21 million share in arbitration fees stemming from a series of individual antitrust disputes, in which consumers alleged the company inflated the price it charged for games.
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August 06, 2025
Rising Star: Latham's Samuel Pape
Samuel Pape helped lead a Latham & Watkins LLP team that secured victory for the Republic of Colombia in three separate investment treaty arbitrations initiated by Canadian mining companies that were collectively seeking more than $1 billion, earning him a spot among the international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 06, 2025
Russia Says It Never Agreed To Arbitrate With Ukrainian Utility
Russia has asked the D.C. Circuit to overturn a decision ordering it to face litigation by a Ukrainian utility to enforce a nearly $219 million arbitral award the company won after its Crimean assets were seized, saying it never agreed to arbitrate with the company.
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August 05, 2025
Bankers Petroleum Vows To Pay Albania $236M Award
An Albanian oil extraction company has agreed to comply with an International Court of Arbitration decision in a long-running case brought by the country over petroleum cost audits, saying it will pay $236 million.
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August 05, 2025
Naftogaz Secures Vienna Court's OK To Seize Russian Assets
An Austrian court has granted Naftogaz permission to seize approximately €120 million ($139 million) of Russian assets as Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas company pursues an international campaign to enforce a $5 billion arbitral award it won against Russia.
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August 05, 2025
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Julianne Jaquith
Julianne Jaquith of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has secured major wins for clients in high-stakes cross-border disputes, including a group of U.S. casino investors who won a more than $130 million award against Mexico, earning her a spot among the international arbitration practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 05, 2025
DC Circ. Remands Yukos' $50B Award Suit Against Russia
The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday ordered a lower court to reconsider Russia's bid to escape a long-running case to enforce $50 billion in arbitral awards issued to former shareholders of Yukos Oil Co., ruling the court must independently determine whether an underlying arbitration agreement exists.
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August 05, 2025
Willkie Adds Int'l Arbitration Pro From Boies Schiller In DC
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has strengthened its international arbitration offerings in the nation's capital with an attorney from Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.
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August 04, 2025
Ukraine Oil Co. Says Disclosure Order In $150M Suit Must End
Ukraine's largest oil company has urged a Texas federal court to lift its ongoing disclosure obligations now that a motion for turnover by a U.S.-based subsidiary of Kuwait Energy has been denied as the subsidiary looks to enforce a $150 million arbitral award.
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August 04, 2025
Celebrity Cruises Settles Ex-Employee's Sexual Assault Case
A former Celebrity Cruises employee said Monday that she and the company have reached a settlement in her sexual assault lawsuit following a Florida federal judge's decision last month that barred it from arbitrating the case in Malta.
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August 04, 2025
EU Ruling Allows Review Of International Sports Court Awards
The European Union's Court of Justice ruled Friday that its 27 member states should be allowed to carry out in-depth reviews of the arbitral awards made by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland to ensure the decisions align with EU public policy.
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August 04, 2025
Italian Pipe Co. Can't Upend Tex-Isle's $2.2M Arb. Award
A New York federal judge will not disturb a $2.2 million arbitration award in favor of Tex-Isle Supply Inc. against an Italian pipe maker over alleged defects, saying the Italian company's disagreement with the arbitrator's findings is not grounds to vacate the award.
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August 04, 2025
Rising Star: Covington's Amanda Tuninetti
Amanda Tuninetti of Covington & Burling LLP was instrumental in convincing courts in Washington, D.C., to deny Venezuela's bid to defeat enforcement of an arbitral award now worth some $670 million to Spanish affiliates of Mexican tortilla manufacturer Gruma SAB de CV, earning her a spot among the international arbitration practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Expert Analysis
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Litigation Inspiration: How To Respond After A Loss
Every litigator loses a case now and then, and the sting of that loss can become a medicine that strengthens or a poison that corrodes, depending on how the attorney responds, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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New Interpol Silver Notice Could Be Tool For Justice Or Abuse
Interpol has issued dozens of Silver Notices to trace and recover assets linked to criminal activity since January, and though the tool may disrupt organized crime and terrorist financing, attorneys must protect against the potential for corrupt misuse, say attorneys at Clark Hill and Arktouros.
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The Metamorphosis Of The Major Questions Doctrine
The so-called major questions doctrine arose as a counterweight to Chevron deference over the past few decades, but invocations of the doctrine have persisted in the year since Chevron was overturned, suggesting it still has a role to play in reining in agency overreach, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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Cos. Face Convergence Of Anti-Terrorism Act, FCPA Risks
Recent moves by the U.S. Department of Justice to classify cartels and transnational criminal organizations as terrorist groups, and to use a range of statutes including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to pursue these types of targets, mean that companies operating in certain jurisdictions are now subject to overlapping exposure, say attorneys at Miller & Chevalier.
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Series
Playing Mah-Jongg Makes Me A Better Mediator
Mah-jongg rewards patience, pattern recognition, adaptability and keen observation, all skills that are invaluable to my role as a mediator, and to all mediating parties, says Marina Corodemus.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Navigating Client Trauma
Law schools don't train students to handle repeated exposure to clients' traumatic experiences, but for litigators practicing in areas like civil rights and personal injury, success depends on the ability to view cases clinically and to recognize when you may need to seek help, says Katie Bennett at Robins Kaplan.
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Decoding Arbitral Disputes: UK Injunctions Across Borders
A recent High Court of Justice decision allowing JPMorgan Chase Bank to block VTB Bank from bringing suit in a Russian court provides a seminal reflection on the power of English courts to issue antisuit injunctions when global banking disputes increasingly straddle multiple jurisdictions, says Josep Galvez of 4-5 Gray's Inn.
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Opinion
4 Former Justices Would Likely Frown On Litigation Funding
As courts increasingly confront cases involving hidden litigation finance contracts, the jurisprudence of four former U.S. Supreme Court justices establishes a constitutional framework that risks erosion by undisclosed financial interests, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.
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State Law Challenges In Enforcing Arbitration Clauses
In recent cases, state courts in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New Jersey have considered or endorsed heightened standards for arbitration agreements, which can mean the difference between a bilateral arbitration and a full-blown class action in court, says Fabien Thayamballi at Shapiro Arato.
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How Attys Can Use AI To Surface Narratives In E-Discovery
E-discovery has reached a turning point where document review is no longer just about procedural tasks like identifying relevance and redacting privilege — rather, generative artificial intelligence tools now allow attorneys to draw connections, extract meaning and tell a coherent story, says Rose Jones at Hilgers Graben.
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Justices Rethink Minimum Contacts For Foreign Entities
Two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, Devas v. Antrix and Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization, suggest that federal statutes may confer personal jurisdiction over foreign entities that have little to no contact with the U.S. — a significant departure from traditional due process principles, says Gary Shaw at Pillsbury.
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Series
Playing The Violin Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Playing violin in a string quartet reminds me that flexibility, ambition, strong listening skills, thoughtful leadership and intentional collaboration are all keys to a successful legal practice, says Julie Park at MoFo.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Self-Care
Law schools don’t teach the mental, physical and emotional health maintenance tools necessary to deal with the profession's many demands, but practicing self-care is an important key to success that can help to improve focus, manage stress and reduce burnout, says Rachel Leonard at MG+M.
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ABA Opinion Makes It A Bit Easier To Drop A 'Hot Potato'
The American Bar Association's recent ethics opinion clarifies when attorneys may terminate clients without good cause, though courts may still disqualify a lawyer who drops a client like a hot potato, so sending a closeout letter is always a best practice, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.
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How High Court Ruling Can Aid Judgment Enforcement In US
In CC/Devas (Mauritius) v. Antrix, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that only two steps are required to keep a foreign sovereign in federal court, making it a little easier for investors to successfully bring foreign states and sovereign-owned and -controlled entities into U.S. courts, says Kristie Blase at Felicello Law.