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October 20, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two Chicago-based trading entities and two of their executives filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals deepened two circuit splits pertaining to arbitrability and urging it to review a ruling barring them as nonsignatories from enforcing an arbitration agreement related to a cryptocurrency dispute in Singapore.
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October 20, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied an Indian state-owned company’s petitions for rehearing en banc of a panel’s rulings finding jurisdiction and confirming an arbitral award against it worth more than $1.29 billion in favor of an Indian satellite company that has been dissolved in India, following a reversal and remand by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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October 19, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on Oct. 16 published an ad hoc committee’s decision annulling the entirety of a split tribunal’s award in which the majority ordered the Republic of The Gambia to pay more than 11.9 million pounds sterling in compensation, attorney fees and expenses to shrimp farm investors who claimed their investment was unfairly nationalized, with the committee stating that the tribunal failed to state its reasons for finding jurisdiction.
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October 19, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 19 granted a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by three litigation funders seeking review of their attempt to arbitrate a discovery dispute with a German claims aggregator, vacated the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling finding no jurisdiction over the funders’ attempt to compel arbitration of a discovery application, and remanded the case “for further consideration” in light of recent precedent regarding arbitrability.
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October 16, 2026
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands — A judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Northern Mariana Islands on Oct. 15 issued two orders denying two investment entities’ motions to dismiss a petition filed against them by the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (GOL), which is seeking to enforce arbitral awards against the entities and affiliated individuals and companies worth more than $5 million in attorney fees and arbitration costs, ruling that the court has general jurisdiction over the entities under GOL’s alter ego theory.
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October 15, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge granted a California company’s petition to recognize and enforce a split International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) tribunal’s award worth $17.8 million for attorney fees and costs that the company incurred arbitrating a pharmaceutical licensing dispute brought against it by a Swiss company, which the Swiss company has already paid, and adopted specific findings regarding the dispute, which the Swiss company had opposed.
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October 13, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Swiss and German owners of Zimbabwean plantations and the plantation companies filed a joint motion in the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for summary affirmance of a ruling granting summary judgment in their favor regarding two International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) awards worth more than $320 million against the Republic of Zimbabwe for expropriating and harming their investments, writing that Zimbabwe has presented “no substantial questions warranting further briefing or plenary review.”
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October 13, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On remand from the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, three former oil company shareholders seeking to confirm arbitral awards worth more than $68 billion against the Russian Federation on Oct. 12 filed a response in D.C. federal court to an order to show cause why their case should not be stayed pending a similar appeal, arguing that they would be prejudiced by a stay and that if the court orders a stay, it should require Russia to post security of $10.6 billion.
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October 12, 2026
PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania federal judge on Oct. 9 granted a Dubai-based joint venture’s motion, first filed in 2021, for reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred compelling discovery during proceedings related to its enforcement of an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) award in its favor worth more than $1.8 billion against telecommunications companies and an Iraqi businessman that was confirmed in 2024 but denied the venture’s request for sanctions.
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October 09, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three litigation funders on Oct. 8 filed a supplemental brief telling the U.S. Supreme Court that their petition for a writ of certiorari is not moot, despite a tribunal’s new award declining to exercise jurisdiction over an application for discovery brought against them by a German claims aggregator, and arguing that the court should still grant their petition based on the underlying jurisdictional issue, vacate the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling and remand the case.
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October 09, 2026
PHILADELPHIA — Creditors of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela seeking to collect on debts collectively worth billions of dollars filed briefs in the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Oct. 8 opposing Venezuela’s motion to hold in abeyance its appeal challenging the court-ordered sale of CITGO Petroleum Corp., which Venezuela indirectly owns, for $5.8 billion to satisfy its debts, based on changes in its government and in U.S. foreign policy, while unsuccessful bidders for Venezuela’s assets support a pause.
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October 08, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Kingdom of Spain on Oct. 7 filed an appellant brief with the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in consolidated appeals in which it is challenging the confirmation of six arbitral awards against it, writing that D.C. Circuit precedent regarding its agreement to arbitrate disputes under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) with European Union investors is wrong and urging the court to overrule that precedent.
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October 07, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge denied the Kingdom of Spain’s motion to dismiss two consolidated petitions filed against it seeking enforcement of two arbitral awards against Spain issued by the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) collectively worth more than 100 million euros with costs and interest and later annulled by Swedish courts, writing that annulment does not deprive the court of jurisdiction.
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October 05, 2026
PHILADELPHIA — The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals clerk on Oct. 2 requested a response to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela’s motion to hold its appeal in abeyance, in which Venezuela argues that changes in its government have created a “new reality” in which Venezuela can attempt to “pay creditors” without requiring it to comply with the court-ordered sale of CITGO Petroleum Corp., which Venezuela indirectly owns, for $5.8 billion to satisfy its debts.
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October 02, 2026
NEW YORK — A New York federal judge on Oct. 1 granted Honeywell International Inc. and its subsidiary’s cross-motion to confirm an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) award worth approximately to $43 million, including more than $20 million in attorney fees and arbitration costs, against a Mexican company for breach of a contract to fabricate gas processing units and denied the Mexican company’s petition to vacate, finding that the tribunal did not engage in misconduct, disregard the parties’ contract or exceed its powers.
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October 01, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on Sept. 30 confirmed an arbitral award against the Republic of India worth approximately $136 million with interest in favor of a German entity for harming its investment in an Indian satellite company, on remand from the D.C. Circuit, which had vacated the judge’s prior order confirming the award because the judge confirmed the award after rejecting India’s jurisdictional defenses and before additional briefing on the merits.
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October 01, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on Sept. 30 denied the Kingdom of Spain’s motion to dismiss or stay a petition to confirm three International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) arbitral awards against it collectively worth nearly 90 million euros plus costs and interest and entered judgment for all three awards in favor of an entity to which the original award-creditors assigned their interests.
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September 30, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) published a split tribunal’s award finding no jurisdiction over a U.S. metered parking system investor’s claim accusing the United Mexican States of violating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and ordered the investor to pay all of Mexico’s attorney fees and costs.
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September 29, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge entered final judgment for 106.2 million euros in damages plus $4.3 million in arbitration costs and attorney fees with interest after denying Spain’s motion to dismiss or stay a Japanese investor’s petition to confirm an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) award against it and granted the investor’s motion to substitute a U.S. entity as petitioner, rebuffing Spain’s argument that the ICSID Convention bars such substitutions.
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September 29, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on Sept. 28 published a tribunal’s award finding no jurisdiction over two American entities’ claims against the United Mexican States for harming their interest in debt securities worth more than $219 million after finding that they are not protected under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) or the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
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September 28, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — An Indian state-owned company urges the en banc Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to review a panel’s finding of jurisdiction and confirmation of an arbitral award against it worth more than $1.29 billion despite the award being annulled in India, in favor of an Indian satellite company that has been dissolved in India, writing that after a previous round of appeal, reversal and remand by the U.S. Supreme Court, the original panel placed the Ninth Circuit “in conflict with every circuit to have addressed due process for exercising jurisdiction over foreign sovereigns.”
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September 28, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) published a tribunal’s order granting the applications of a think tank, two indigenous community advocacy groups and a sustainable investment researcher to file amicus curiae briefs regarding a pending arbitration claim brought by U.S. companies against the Republic of Honduras for allegedly terminating their rights to develop a charter city in a Honduran special economic zone, for which they seek $1.6 billion in damages.
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September 24, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal magistrate judge on Sept. 23 recommended confirming an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitral award worth nearly $1.5 billion against Turkey and in favor of Iraq for breaches of an agreement between the countries regarding the operation of crude oil pipelines, rejecting Turkey’s arguments for calculation of interest rates in a manner that would require Iraq to pay it more than $900 million.
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September 22, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Australian litigation finance firm filed a brief in District of Columbia federal court opposing the attempt by Albanian government agencies and an Albanian company, which recently appeared in court, to vacate a default judgment entered against them confirming an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitral award worth nearly $13 million, writing that the request is untimely and that the Albanian entities’ arguments are meritless.
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September 22, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on Sept. 21 published a tribunal’s award dismissing two financial companies’ claim against the Republic of Panama for causing them more than $13.5 million in damages by allegedly mishandling their bonds in infrastructure projects and directed the investors to pay Panama $900,000 in attorney fees and expenses.