( November 2, 2026, 2:35 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — On remand from the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, a D.C. federal judge again confirmed an arbitral award against the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (EG) and in favor of a Swiss hospital management company worth more than $13.7 million after interpreting the arbitration agreement’s dispute resolution clause in the first instance and ruling that it did not require exhaustion of local remedies before arbitration....