This week 170 garment workers in Bangladesh died after the Rana Plaza building collapsed. A few months ago 112 garment workers in Bangladesh died after the Tazreen Fashions garment factory was…
and Thomas Baconin, Orange, trainee in International Expertise & Conflict Resolution, Litigation, CSR & Real Estate
On the 15th of April in the prestigious venue of the Hotel de Ville in…
An important issue for any business engaged in international transactions is the ability to obtain effective relief if it becomes involved in legal proceedings. A key benefit of international…
A brief history
Arbitration has been a part of the laws of El Salvador for more than a hundred years. The Constitution of 1983 clearly states in Article 23 that every citizen of the country has the…
Rationalizing applicable law in investor-State disputes in absence of express choice of law under Article 42 (1) of ICSID Convention
PART I
Article 42 of the Convention on the Settlement of…
A legislative proposal to modernize Dutch arbitration law has been submitted to Dutch parliament on 16 April 2013. For an informal English translation of a comparison between the legislative proposal…
and Oleg Temnikov
There is a Taoist fable of the three stupid men who were traveling together from one village to the next. They rested for the night under a banyan tree. In the morning, it turned…
It looks like the first state-to-state arbitration under the U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) may have fizzled out.
In August of 2011, I reported in this space that the United States…
By Crenguta Leaua and Stefan Dudas (Leaua & Asociatii)
A new Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) including two separate sections on domestic and international arbitration entered into force in Romania…
by Justin D'Agostino and Briana Young
On 28 March 2013, Hong Kong gazetted The Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2013. The Bill proposes amendments to Hong Kong's Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609) to…
