On 29 April 2014, the French Cour de cassation made a decision on the criteria a multi-tiered dispute resolution clause ("multi-tiered clause") should meet to render claims inadmissible if…
In an article published recently in The New York Times, entitled ‘Cities compete to be the arena for global legal disputes’, Elizabeth Olson discusses a phenomenon that has been labeled ‘the Battle…
On September 1, 2014, the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (“STJ”) issued an important decision recognizing, for the first time, an unreasoned arbitral award in Newedge USA, LLC v. Manoel Fernando…
By Resolution of 27 March 2014, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly condemned the violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity (A/RES/68/262). The Security Council remained, however, powerless…
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While the…
I woke up one morning and found myself on the barricades.
It probably happened gradually. I just wasn’t paying attention. Nevertheless, here I am. On the barricades.
I’m still a bit lost up here. The…
On Monday, September 22, Arbitrator Intelligence officially launches! This blog post gives some basic background about the project, explains how to use the site, and asks for your help in fulfilling…
and Irina Tymczyszyn, Bryan Cave LLP
An M&A dispute between Travis Coal Restructured Holdings LLC (“Travis”) and Essar Global Fund Limited (“EGFL”) and related parallel proceedings in England and…
and Michael Leathes
Among the early words of wisdom expressed by Sherlock Holmes in the first of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 56 novels, A Scandal in Bohemia in 1891, was this classic line:
I never guess…
A few weeks ago, the day before the Obama Administration and the EU announced dramatic new sanctions against Russia, an international tribunal announced a $50 billion award against Russia in favor of…
