Qingdao Free Trade Zone Genius Int'l Trading Co., Ltd. v. P and S International, Inc.

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OUTCOME: Successful

Successful defense of federal court action to recognize and enforce arbitral award rendered by a provincial Chinese arbitration institution. Foreign arbitration awards are enforceable in the United Sta ... tes under the New York Convention and their enforceability is difficult to challenge. Defended on the basis of lack of due process because all communications from the arbitral proceeding were in Mandarin, a language that the client did not know. This was a very significant decision nationally and internationally. Michelle argued the matter in front of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.