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Arbitration Act Updates Are Congress' Domain, DC Circ. Told

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Arbitration Act Updates Are Congress Domain, DC Circ. Told Law360 (April 26, 2021, 7:44 PM EDT) The Dominican Republic told the D.C. Circuit it should not revive two missionaries $39.5 million claim over a scrapped luxury real estate project because service requirements for foreign sovereigns are for Congress, not the courts, to decide. The Caribbean nation pushed back in a nearly 70-page brief Friday after Michael and Lisa Ballantine argued this month that the lower court was overly strict in interpreting a provision of the Federal Arbitration Act requiring service on a foreign nation within three months. Section 12 of the FAA has an unambiguous deadline for service when parties are seeking to vacate an arbitration ruling,.

Couple Says Dominican Republic Claim Should Be Revived

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Couple Says Dominican Republic Claim Should Be Revived Law360 (April 6, 2021, 9:30 PM EDT) Two missionaries looking to revive their $39.5 million claim against the Dominican Republic over a scrapped luxury real estate project are arguing before the D.C. Circuit that a lower court interpreted a service deadline for foreign sovereign nations too narrowly. U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly ruled last year that Michael and Lisa Ballantine had missed a three-month deadline to serve the Dominican Republic their petition seeking to vacate an arbitral award, in which an international tribunal dismissed their claim against the Caribbean nation on jurisdictional grounds.