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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.
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September 17, 2026
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September 03, 2026
By Robert M. Hall
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September 18, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on Sept. 17 published the Republic of Panama’s request for bifurcation of an arbitration claim brought against it by two U.S. investors who claim Panama caused them more than $204 million in damages by abruptly annulling approvals of their housing investment, with Panama asking the tribunal to first hear its objections that the investors did not have a protected investment and improperly are accusing Panama based on the actions of banking entities.
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September 18, 2026
HONOLULU — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Sept. 17 reversed in part a federal judge’s dismissal of a petition filed by the government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) to enforce three arbitral awards worth more than $4.5 million for a casino dispute against an investor and his financing company, which it alleged are alter egos of the award-debtors, ruling that the lower court should have evaluated Lao PDR’s alter-ego arguments first before granting dismissal.
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September 18, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The District of Columbia federal court clerk issued a summons to the Kingdom of Spain asking it to respond to a Portuguese solar power investor’s complaint seeking to recognize and enforce an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) award in its favor worth more than 8.9 million euros that it won for Spain’s breaches of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) after it rescinded legislative incentives for renewable energy investments.
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September 17, 2026
NEW YORK — A Delaware-based esports company on Sept. 16 filed a response in New York federal court to a United Kingdom video game arena owner’s petition to confirm a JAMS arbitral award against it and its subsidiary worth more than $7.7 million, writing that it “does not oppose confirmation of the arbitration award” but that it opposes the petitioner’s request for attorney fees and costs incurred bringing the litigation, writing that a fee award is not warranted based on its nonpayment of the award because the parties are engaged in settlement discussions.
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September 17, 2026
DENVER — A Colorado federal judge granted a titanium supplier’s motion for default judgment, confirmed an International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) award in its favor for a sales dispute and entered judgment worth more than $3.6 million in its favor.
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September 16, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Colombian state infrastructure agency on Sept. 15 docketed an appeal with the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, where it will challenge a judge’s ruling denying its motion to dismiss a Colombian construction company’s petition to enforce an arbitral award worth approximately $425 million against it, while the judge granted a separate motion to dismiss by the Republic of Colombia after finding that it and the agency are juridically separate entities.
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September 16, 2026
GREENSBORO, N.C. — On remand after the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ reversal of the confirmation of an arbitral award in favor of a Dutch insurer in liquidation while remanding the Dutch judgment confirming the award for enforcement under North Carolina law, a magistrate judge issued a docket-only order granting the practitioners’ motion to substitute a trustee.
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September 16, 2026
NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower federal court’s order denying domestic and international insurers’ motion to compel arbitration of Hurricane Ida claims against the domestic insurers, vacated the lower court’s order lifting a stay of litigation as to the domestic insurers and remanded for the lower court to reconsider whether a stay of litigation against the domestic insurers is appropriate, holding that its recent unpublished opinion in Crescent City Surgical Operating Co. v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co. controls.
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September 15, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Bank of South Sudan (BOSS) on Sept. 14 docketed an appeal with the D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, where it will challenge a judgment entered against it and the Republic of South Sudan for more than $1 billion after a court confirmed an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) arbitral award against them for defaulting on a roughly $700 million loan.
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September 15, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A German entity on Sept. 14 filed an opposition brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by three litigation funders who are seeking review of a split Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel’s ruling that it lacked jurisdiction over their attempt to arbitrate a discovery application, which the German entity said is correct and not worthy of review because it created no conflict.
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September 14, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on Sept. 11 granted a renewable energy investor’s cross-motion for summary judgment, denied the nation of Georgia’s motion to dismiss and confirmed an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) award against Georgia worth more than $350 million for noncompliance with an agreement pertaining to a hydroelectric project.