Region: United States of America
Boies Schiller adds counsel from Dechert
Michael Losco, who represented a Hungarian energy group in several disputes with Croatia, has left Dechert to join Boies Schiller Flexner as counsel in New York.
20 February 2025
Quinn Emanuel hires from Selendy Gay
Rajat Rana has joined Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan as partner in New York from US litigation boutique Selendy Gay.
19 February 2025
US court confirms funder’s award against Albania
A US court has granted a request by Australian disputes funder Omni Bridgeway to confirm an ICC award worth around US$15 million against Albania and its national oil company.
17 February 2025
Mexican utility settles with Spanish consortium
A Spanish construction consortium says that Mexico’s state-owned electric utility has paid a US$22 million LCIA award over cost overruns at a power plant project – as the utility faces a bid to enforce another award.
14 February 2025
Walgreens fails to set-aside billion-dollar award over covid-19 tests
A US court has refused to set aside an award ordering US pharmacy chain Walgreens to pay US$988 million in a dispute over covid-19 testing, rejecting allegations the sole arbitrator was biased and ignored a liability cap.
13 February 2025
Uruguay settles airline award
Uruguay has reportedly agreed to pay an affiliate of New York private equity firm Tenor Capital to settle an award over the collapse of the state’s flag carrier airline.
31 January 2025
Japanese drugmaker gets US antitrust case sent to arbitration
A Japanese drugmaker has won its bid to compel AAA arbitration of a complaint that it broke antitrust laws by paying to delay the launch of a generic version of a laxative.
30 January 2025
US appeals court orders second look at DIFC-LCIA clause
A US appeals court has quashed a Louisiana court ruling that said a DIFC-LCIA arbitration clause was unenforceable because the designated forum no longer existed following its abolition by the Dubai government.
28 January 2025
Ukrainian grain loan award surfaces in New York
A Hong Kong corporate trustee has asked a US court to enforce a US$153 million LCIA award against two Ukrainian businessmen who defaulted on a loan for their grain terminal operator at the port of Odesa.
24 January 2025
Baker Botts hires from Boies Schiller
Ben Love – who has recently represented investors in treaty claims against Mexico and Tanzania – has left Boies Schiller Flexner to join the partnership at Baker Botts in Houston.
22 January 2025