Region: United States of America

A US court has refused to dismiss a bid by Ukraine’s largest private energy company to enforce a US$267 million treaty award against Russia over the expropriation of its Crimean assets.

22 April 2025

US academic and ex-Arnold & Porter partner Mallory Silberman has set up a new freelance consultancy for practitioners – offering mocks and moots, advocacy practice and other forms of practical guidance. 

17 April 2025

Nigeria has settled its dispute with a Chinese investor in a free trade zone over a US$70 million treaty award, meaning the state has dropped its bid to have the US Supreme Court rule on the scope of sovereign immunity under the New York Convention.

16 April 2025

A construction company has been awarded more than US$300 million in an ICDR dispute with a Colombian government agency over a highway project that was halted because of its proximity to freshwater springs.

15 April 2025

After US president Donald Trump’s unprecedented tariff policy put the world on the brink of a global trade war, Mark Mangan and Gillian Lee of boutique firm Lindsay Francis & Mangan consider the types of disputes that could arise – and whether that includes investment treaty cases. 

10 April 2025

China’s Lenovo and Sweden’s Ericsson have agreed to drop litigation over licensing of cellular patents in various countries and resolve their remaining disputes through arbitration. 

04 April 2025

A US court has temporarily restrained President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing measures targeting WilmerHale and Jenner & Block while the law firms challenge their legality. 

31 March 2025

A US appeals court has affirmed that a group of insurers must take their US$28 million claim against GE over a turbine failure at an Algerian power plant to ICC arbitration.

21 March 2025

US oil services group Schlumberger has sought to stay an UNCITRAL arbitration worth at least USS$230 million over alleged corruption in a Guatemalan oil project, arguing it is not a signatory to the underlying contracts.

20 March 2025

A Chinese-owned company has defeated a billion-dollar claim over the supply of masks during the covid-19 pandemic to a US company, which failed to disclose it intended to resell the equipment.

18 March 2025