A Georgia federal judge won't allow a conservation easement entity to litigate tort claims against its insurer while they arbitrate a dispute over coverage for an IRS settlement, ruling that those claims could only be sorted out after an initial coverage determination.

The Fourth Circuit Friday enforced a nearly $4.5 million arbitral award issued to a Danish subcontractor enlisted on a renovation project for the U.S. Embassy building in Copenhagen, saying the award did not violate U.S. public policy by failing to apply U.S. contracting rules.

Maryland has reached a settlement in principle with the owner and manager of the container ship that slammed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge and triggered its March 2024 collapse, ending the state's claims that their negligence and mismanagement left six people dead and destroyed a vital transportation corridor.

Former Church of Scientology members asked a Florida federal judge to lift the stay on their trafficking claims against the church, arguing that the arbitration the parties attended was an unfair, opaque process controlled by the church.

A Venezuelan oil services provider has asked a Texas federal judge to deny Chevron Corp.'s push to pause a $24 million payment dispute suit for arbitration, characterizing the energy giant's arguments as "nonsense" based on mischaracterizations.

A D.C. federal judge is being called upon to again enforce a roughly $8.6 million arbitral award issued against Equatorial Guinea in a dispute over an ill-fated hospital operating contract, months after his initial enforcement ruling was overturned by the D.C. Circuit.

Australia's highest court has upheld that India has sovereign immunity in an enforcement case involving a $112 million arbitral award issued in a dispute over a terminated deal to deliver communications services in the country.

Binance and its former CEO Changpeng Zhao cannot force into arbitration a proposed class action alleging that the crypto trading platform knowingly violated U.S. regulatory requirements by failing to implement an effective anti-money laundering program and offering and selling unregistered securities, a Florida federal judge ruled Thursday.

The Second Circuit recently issued two seemingly inconsistent decisions regarding the federal statute that permits U.S. discovery for purposes of a foreign proceeding, but the unifying feature appears to be the broad scope for district court discretion under Section 1782, say attorneys at Katsky Korins.

Skiing has shaped habits I rely on daily as an attorney — focus, resilience and the ability to remain steady when circumstances shift rapidly — and influences the way I approach legal strategy, client counseling and teamwork, says Isaku Begert at Marshall Gerstein.

American law firm Mandelbaum Barrett PC has hired a former DLA Piper attorney to join it as counsel in its New York office, saying he will help launch its international arbitration practice and will also launch and lead the firm's new India desk.

A Chinese law firm suing a Washington resident over unpaid arbitration bills has slammed an effort to disqualify its Seattle-based local counsel, saying that while one of its attorneys had worked at the law firm representing the woman, the attorney was entirely walled off from the case.

Pryor Cashman LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired a former Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle LLP partner, touting her history advising businesses on complex tax matters across jurisdictions.

Australian mining company Equatorial Resources Ltd. has parted ways with its former counsel at Clifford Chance LLP following a dispute over a roughly $2.1 million unpaid legal bill, as it awaits an arbitral award in its $1.9 billion claim against the Republic of Congo.

The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday summarily affirmed a ruling enforcing a $1 billion arbitral award against Venezuela in a dispute with three Exxon Mobil affiliates, saying a lower court judge correctly rejected the interim government's argument that the illegitimate government of President Nicolás Maduro was wrongly allowed to argue the case.

The D.C. Circuit has opted not to pause litigation aimed at making Russia pay more than $242 million in arbitral awards owed to Ukrainian power and gas companies while the Kremlin appeals the circuit's foreign sovereign immunity ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.

A New York state judge has tossed a malicious prosecution suit by online casinos against two law firms attempting to arbitrate consumer claims alleging illegal gambling, finding that the speech targeted by the suit falls within a state law protecting citizens from strategic lawsuits against public participation.

The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday refused to vacate a $47 million arbitral award issued to a Canadian lender following a fraudulent loan scheme, rejecting Mexico's argument that the tribunal misinterpreted part of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The Delaware Chancery Court heard arguments Tuesday over whether to immediately block a Danish sailing team from using "American Magic" branding, as a dispute between two SailGP competitors spilled into court alongside parallel arbitration proceedings.

The College of Commercial Arbitrators has urged the D.C. Circuit to reject the Trump administration's consolidated D.C. Circuit appeal seeking to revive executive orders yanking the security clearances of four BigLaw firms, arguing a contrary ruling would "imperil" arbitration in the U.S.