Petition To Confirm $146M Award For Chilean Dispute Belongs In Italy, Judge Says

( January 14, 2026, 11:41 AM EST) -- HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut federal judge dismissed a Chilean contractor’s petition to confirm an arbitral award worth more than $146 million against an Italian construction company that acquired the original award-debtor during a restructuring due to its insolvency, finding that the court lacks personal jurisdiction and that the dispute involves questions of Italian law that can be resolved in Italian courts....