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ICSID Tribunal Refuses Request To Disqualify Venezuela's Arbitrator
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A tribunal for the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on March 5 released its decision to reject a European plastics company's request to disqualify...
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ICSID Denies Indonesia's Request For Provisional Measures In Mining Dispute
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A tribunal for the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on March 4 denied a request for provisional measures filed by the Republic of Indonesia against...
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ICSID Refuses To Grant Provisional Measures In Dispute With Zimbabwe
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A tribunal of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on March 16 denied a request for provisional measures filed by a group of companies in a dispute...
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Investors File Notice Of Arbitration Of Ponzi Scheme Claims Against United...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A group of Latin American investors on Dec. 29 filed a notice of intent to submit a claim against the U.S. government to arbitration in relation to alleged losses they sustained...
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Energy Company Files Notice Of NAFTA Arbitration Against Canadian Government
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Delaware energy company on Jan. 15 filed its intent to arbitrate a dispute with the government of Canada under the Arbitration Rules of the United Nations Commission on...
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Australian High Court Rejects Chinese Company's Arguments On Jurisdiction
CANBERRA, Australia - An Australia court on March 13 dismissed an application filed by a Chinese air conditioning company in relation to the enforcement of an arbitral award issued against it and in...
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Federal Judge Confirms Award Issued By The Court Of Arbitration of Barcelona
CHICAGO - An Illinois federal judge on March 21 confirmed a Spanish arbitration award issued in favor of a cultural forum, finding that a council failed to show that the court lacked jurisdiction over...
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Judge: Tribunal Properly Applied New York Law In Arbitration
NEW YORK - A New York federal judge on March 4 denied a petition to vacate and granted a motion to confirm an arbitration award, finding that a tribunal did not err when it applied New York law to an...
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Judge Refuses To Vacate Arbitration Award, Dismisses Petition As Untimely
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A District of Columbia federal judge on March 11 dismissed a petition to vacate an arbitration award that refused to set aside a previous award that adopted the terms of a settlement...
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English Justice Finds Seller Of Ship Was Entitled To Unpaid Deposit
LONDON - An English justice on March 21 allowed the seller of a ship's appeal of an arbitration award, finding that the tribunal erred in deciding that it was not entitled to recover the amount of a...
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Federal Judge Refuses To Compel Arbitration Of Dubai Investment Dispute
NEW YORK - A New York federal judge on March 14 denied a motion to compel arbitration filed by a woman who allegedly marketed a Dubai real estate venture to investors, finding that as a nonsignatory to...
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Federal Judge Refuses To Compel Arbitration Of Oil Drilling Services Dispute
HOUSTON - A Texas federal judge on March 18 denied a motion to compel arbitration filed by an oil company, finding that various oil and drilling entities did not agree to arbitrate disputes and that...
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High Court Hears Arguments On Validity Of Arbitration Clause In Antitrust Action
WASHINGTON, D.C. - American Express Co. (AmEx) told the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 27 in oral arguments that the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in ruling that a mandatory class action...
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Canada Announces Acceptance Of Settlement In NAFTA Dispute
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (FAITC) on March 8 announced that it has accepted a proposed settlement of an arbitration dispute made by a cement company....(read more)
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Commentary On TCL Air Conditioner (Zhongshan) Co Ltd V The Judges of the...
By Marcus S Jacobs QC nstitutionality Of The International Arbitration Act 1974 (Cth) Background...(read more)
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QuiboraxAnd The Objective Definition Of Investment
By Andy Moody and Ben von Maur What is an "investment" for the purposes of the ICSID Convention? That question is of fundamental importance to establishing whether or not an ICSID tribunal has...
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Judge Rules That Consumer's Debt Collection Claims Must Be Arbitrated
DETROIT - A consumer must argue her Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) claims before an arbitrator because those claims are covered by an arbitration clause in a credit card agreement, a...
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Dismissal Of SEC Suit Under Dodd-Frank Act Not Proper, Federal Judge Rules
NEW YORK - Dismissal of a Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement action is not proper on the basis that the SEC failed to comply with a Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act...
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Refusal To License Copyrighted Products Not Anticompetitive, Federal Judge Rules
DENVER - A company's refusal to license its copyrighted airport terminal charts and its proprietary products did not violate federal antitrust law because the company validly asserted its rights under...
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7th Circuit: Company That Bought Debtor's Assets Liable For Labor Violations
CHICAGO - A panel of the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 26 ruled that a company that purchased the assets of an insolvent company also became liable for alleged violations of federal...
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