Judge Orders Discovery After N.J. Company Raises Forgery Defense To $545K Award

( October 22, 2025, 1:08 PM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey federal judge denied a New Jersey company’s motion to dismiss a petition to confirm a China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) award against it worth more than $545,000 for failure to make payments on purchases of clothing from a Chinese company but did not rule on the Chinese petitioner’s cross-motion to confirm and instead ordered discovery into the debtor’s defense that the sales contracts at issue were forged....