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September 22, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Australian litigation finance firm filed a brief in District of Columbia federal court opposing the attempt by Albanian government agencies and an Albanian company, which recently appeared in court, to vacate a default judgment entered against them confirming an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitral award worth nearly $13 million, writing that the request is untimely and that the Albanian entities’ arguments are meritless.
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September 22, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on Sept. 21 published a tribunal’s award dismissing two financial companies’ claim against the Republic of Panama for causing them more than $13.5 million in damages by allegedly mishandling their bonds in infrastructure projects and directed the investors to pay Panama $900,000 in attorney fees and expenses.
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September 03, 2026
By Robert M. Hall
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September 17, 2026
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September 18, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on Sept. 17 published the Republic of Panama’s request for bifurcation of an arbitration claim brought against it by two U.S. investors who claim Panama caused them more than $204 million in damages by abruptly annulling approvals of their housing investment, with Panama asking the tribunal to first hear its objections that the investors did not have a protected investment and improperly are accusing Panama based on the actions of banking entities.
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September 18, 2026
HONOLULU — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Sept. 17 reversed in part a federal judge’s dismissal of a petition filed by the government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) to enforce three arbitral awards worth more than $4.5 million for a casino dispute against an investor and his financing company, which it alleged are alter egos of the award-debtors, ruling that the lower court should have evaluated Lao PDR’s alter-ego arguments first before granting dismissal.
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September 18, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The District of Columbia federal court clerk issued a summons to the Kingdom of Spain asking it to respond to a Portuguese solar power investor’s complaint seeking to recognize and enforce an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) award in its favor worth more than 8.9 million euros that it won for Spain’s breaches of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) after it rescinded legislative incentives for renewable energy investments.
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September 17, 2026
NEW YORK — A Delaware-based esports company on Sept. 16 filed a response in New York federal court to a United Kingdom video game arena owner’s petition to confirm a JAMS arbitral award against it and its subsidiary worth more than $7.7 million, writing that it “does not oppose confirmation of the arbitration award” but that it opposes the petitioner’s request for attorney fees and costs incurred bringing the litigation, writing that a fee award is not warranted based on its nonpayment of the award because the parties are engaged in settlement discussions.
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September 17, 2026
DENVER — A Colorado federal judge granted a titanium supplier’s motion for default judgment, confirmed an International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) award in its favor for a sales dispute and entered judgment worth more than $3.6 million in its favor.
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September 16, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Colombian state infrastructure agency on Sept. 15 docketed an appeal with the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, where it will challenge a judge’s ruling denying its motion to dismiss a Colombian construction company’s petition to enforce an arbitral award worth approximately $425 million against it, while the judge granted a separate motion to dismiss by the Republic of Colombia after finding that it and the agency are juridically separate entities.
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September 16, 2026
GREENSBORO, N.C. — On remand after the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ reversal of the confirmation of an arbitral award in favor of a Dutch insurer in liquidation while remanding the Dutch judgment confirming the award for enforcement under North Carolina law, a magistrate judge issued a docket-only order granting the practitioners’ motion to substitute a trustee.
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September 16, 2026
NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower federal court’s order denying domestic and international insurers’ motion to compel arbitration of Hurricane Ida claims against the domestic insurers, vacated the lower court’s order lifting a stay of litigation as to the domestic insurers and remanded for the lower court to reconsider whether a stay of litigation against the domestic insurers is appropriate, holding that its recent unpublished opinion in Crescent City Surgical Operating Co. v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co. controls.
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September 15, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Bank of South Sudan (BOSS) on Sept. 14 docketed an appeal with the D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, where it will challenge a judgment entered against it and the Republic of South Sudan for more than $1 billion after a court confirmed an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) arbitral award against them for defaulting on a roughly $700 million loan.
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September 15, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A German entity on Sept. 14 filed an opposition brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by three litigation funders who are seeking review of a split Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel’s ruling that it lacked jurisdiction over their attempt to arbitrate a discovery application, which the German entity said is correct and not worthy of review because it created no conflict.
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September 14, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on Sept. 11 granted a renewable energy investor’s cross-motion for summary judgment, denied the nation of Georgia’s motion to dismiss and confirmed an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) award against Georgia worth more than $350 million for noncompliance with an agreement pertaining to a hydroelectric project.
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September 10, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on Sept. 9 published a split tribunal’s award ordering the United Mexican States to pay a U.S. mining company more than $15.8 million in damages, a fraction of the damages sought, for shutting down one of its mining operations in breach of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), while finding that other NAFTA breaches by Mexico did not warrant an award of damages.
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September 10, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) published a mixed ruling by a tribunal with two arbitrators dissenting in part from its decision on bifurcated objections but a majority agreeing that Guatemalan solar energy investors have standing to bring a claim against the Republic of Honduras for allegedly causing more than $160 million in damages to the solar energy company they invested in.
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September 10, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Republic of Bulgaria tells the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in an appellant brief that a district court erred by failing to review conflicting European Union treaties before confirming an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) award against it worth more than 61 million euros plus more than $5.2 million in attorney fees in favor of a Maltese solar power investor for breaches of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT).
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September 10, 2026
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama federal magistrate judge granted a crop insurer’s request to stay litigation and compel arbitration, agreeing with the provider’s contention that a dispute over an erroneously canceled crop insurance policy is subject to mandatory arbitration under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (FCIA).
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September 08, 2026
NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 4 held that a lower federal court’s July 22 order on remand stayed and administratively closed an insured’s breach of contract coverage lawsuit arising from Hurricane Ida pending arbitration and, therefore, the domestic and foreign insurers’ appeal of the lower court’s ruling compelling them to arbitration is moot.
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September 04, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 3 issued per curiam denials of the Argentine Republic’s petition for rehearing or rehearing en banc of a panel’s decision finding that a petition to enforce an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) award worth more than $390 million against it was timely under the District of Columbia’s 12-year statute of limitations for enforcement of money judgments.
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September 02, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Denying that a circuit split was created by the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ decision barring arbitration of hurricane damages insurance disputes under Louisiana law, a group of insured municipal entities filed their brief in opposition to a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by domestic and foreign insurers challenging the ruling, arguing that the insurers’ position would improperly allow federal courts to “displace” the state law applicable to their claims, including for bad faith.
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August 27, 2026
DALLAS — A Texas federal judge granted the Slovak Republic’s motion for default judgment and ordered the enforcement of an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) award in which a tribunal rejected a U.S. oil drilling company’s $133 million claim against the Republic for impairing its investment and instead ordered the driller to pay the Republic’s attorney fees and arbitration costs.
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August 26, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge ruled that the Republic of Colombia and its infrastructure agency are juridically separate entities and therefore granted Colombia’s motion to dismiss a Colombian construction company’s petition to enforce an arbitral award worth approximately $425 million for terminating a highway contract with leave to amend but denied a similar motion by the infrastructure agency that entered the relevant contract.
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August 17, 2026
By Marco Molina and Alexandra Trujillo