Judge Confirms $43.5M Award Against Dominican Republic For Landfill Dispute

( April 7, 2026, 8:47 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge adopted a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation in full and denied the Dominican Republic’s petition to vacate an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) award worth more than $43.5 million against it, granted a Jamaican landfill investor’s cross-petition to confirm and denied the investor’s request for attorney fees....