This story begins with efficiency. An arbitral tribunal, overwhelmed by thousands of pages of submissions and expert reports, turns to an AI system to generate insights and streamline its…
The Asia ADR Week 2025, hosted by the Asian International Arbitration Centre (“AIAC”) in Kuala Lumpur from 7 to 11 October 2025, welcomed over 300 attendees in person and online across 24 events…
The International Bar Association has recently revised its guidelines on Conflicts of interest in International Arbitration (the “2024 IBA Guidelines” or “Guidelines”) (see here). The 2024 IBA…
Another trip around the Sun has brought a wealth of notable developments. Courts across Canada have addressed a multitude of issues, including challenges to arbitrators due to reasonable apprehension…
What happens when an arbitrator refuses to answer fundamental questions about their impartiality that only they can address? Questions like, "Have you received any promises or gifts from any of the…
The chasm between the Section 1782 and arbitration worlds just got wider. In Webuild S.p.A. v. WSP USA Inc. (“Webuild S.p.A.”), the Second Circuit determined that a tribunal in an arbitration…
In February 2024, the Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Association (“IBA”) released a revised version of the IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration (the …
On October 31, Paris Arbitration hosted a conference on the choice of Paris as the seat in international arbitration, and its far-reaching implications. The conference, taking place in the heart of…
Practitioners from Canada and around the world gathered in Toronto from October 16-18, 2023, for the fourth iteration of CanArb Week. The week opened with a keynote address from Canada’s Ambassador…
