November 18, 2021
A judge in Florida refused Thursday to vacate arbitral awards issuing some $240 million to the operator of the Panama Canal in a contentious, near decade-old dispute over a multibillion-dollar project to expand the famous waterway, saying that allegations of possible bias among the arbitrators were too weak.
September 14, 2021
A Panamanian contractor hired for a multibillion-dollar project to expand the Panama Canal has urged a Florida federal judge to vacate $285 million in arbitral awards issued to the waterway operator because of undisclosed relationships between the arbitrators.
August 09, 2021
The Panama Canal operator is urging a Florida federal court to enforce two arbitral awards it won in a contentious, decade-old dispute over a multibillion-dollar project to expand the famous waterway, saying allegations that the arbitrators may have appeared biased rely on "innuendo and speculation."
March 24, 2021
A Panamanian contractor hired for a $3 billion project to expand the Panama Canal urged a Florida federal court to reject the canal's operator's bid to exclude two international arbitrator ethics experts from a suit seeking to vacate a $240 million arbitral award favoring the operator.
March 08, 2021
A Panamanian contractor hired for a more than $3 billion project to expand the Panama Canal argued late Friday that a $240 million arbitral award favoring the canal's operator must be vacated due to undisclosed "inter-relationships" between the arbitrators.
February 09, 2021
The operator of the Panama Canal has urged a Florida federal court not to vacate a $240 million arbitral award issued in a dispute over a $3 billion canal expansion project, arguing that doing so would be outside of the scope of the court's review of the award.
November 30, 2020
The contractor hired for a more than $3 billion project to expand the Panama Canal is challenging a $240 million arbitral award favoring the canal's operator, Autoridad del Canal de Panamá, saying a series of hidden relationships between members of the tribunal gave rise to a "clear impression of bias."