International Arbitration AlertOn June 29, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in two enforcement proceedings under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), leaving intact D.C. Circuit rulings that rejected sovereign immunity defenses raised by Spain and Russia.1
Both states had argued that U.S. courts lacked jurisdiction under the FSIA’s arbitration exception because they had never consented to arbitrate the disputes underlying the awards—Spain under the Energy Charter Treaty (E...
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