( January 7, 2026, 9:01 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Italian energy company filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that it was deprived of its day in court because a New York state court found that it was precluded from bringing claims in litigation due to the res judicata effect of an arbitration award in a dispute between its subsidiary and affiliates of another energy company relating to a similar dispute over the parties’ agreement for the handling and sale of liquid natural gas (LNG)....