On May 19, 2025, the Supreme Court lifted a lower court injunction blocking the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans.

First Tuesday Update is our monthly take on current issues in commercial disputes, international arbitration, and judgment enforcement.

President Hugo Chávez yesterday announced his policy for his third term in office. He heralded a "new era" in the transformation of Venezuela to socialism: the "Simón Bolívar national project 2007-2021." The project contemplates the nationalization of strategic industry sectors, such as telecommunications and electricity, through special powers to be sought from the Legislature.

On Jan. 28, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision holding that DHS lacked statutory authority to "vacate" prior Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for Haiti and Venezuela...

In Venezuela Holdings et al v Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela an ad hoc Committee for the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes nullified part of an arbitration award . . .

The question of whether drug smuggling was a malicious act has been tested in the UK's Supreme Court.

On 4 March 2015, the Venezuelan First Instance Maritime-Aviation Court (the "Court") found partially in favour of LG and YG (the "Claimants") in their claim for Moral Damages against C-YV246C (the "Defendant") for the death of their son (the "Victim") who was being carried gratuitously on board the Defendant's private aircraft when it crashed in Colombian territory on 13 January 2007 (the "Accident") during the course of an international private flight.