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US Second Circuit upholds order dismissing US $57M award against Laos (Thai-Lao Lignite v Laos)

Published on: 24 July 2017
Published by a Law360 reporter

Table of contents

  • Original news
  • What did the court decide?
  • Further expert analysis: ‘A re-assuring Second Circuit approach to annulled awards’
  • Enforcing annulled awards
  • The Pemex decision
  • The Thai-Lao Lignite case
  • The Second Circuit’s decision
  • The path forward

Article summary

Law360, New York: The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on 20 July 2017 upheld a New York federal court’s decision to vacate its own order enforcing a US $57m arbitral award against Laos after a Malaysian court set the award aside, finding the New York Convention requires deference to the courts of the arbitral seat

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