An Italian award rendered in accordance with the rules of the Milan Chamber of Arbitration was granted confirmation. The Court noted that it had already rejected the argument that the arbitrators had exceeded their authority. Also, while it was true that an annulment action had been pending in Italy at the time Valentino filed its US exequatur petition, the Milan Court of Appeals had since dismissed the action. Nor were there due process grounds to refuse exequatur. Mrinalini claimed that, as a small company, it had not had resources to hire Italian counsel, and that Valentino had raised additional claims late in the arbitration. The Court found, on the record, that Mrinalini had in fact been represented by US and Italian counsel, had submitted statements, and made several appearances in the Italian arbitration.