Arbitration analysis: Steven Finizio and Manuel Casas at WilmerHale, consider the US District Court's decision in Crystallex v Venezuela to uphold the $1.2bn damages award and suggest that the case reaffirms the deferential approach to reviewing arbitral awards.

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US federal court grants Crystallex's petition to confirm its arbitral award, LNB News 30/03/2017 16 The US District Court of Columbia has decided to grant Crystallex International Corporation's request to con-firm an arbitral award in accordance with the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the New York Convention).

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