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…
Improving the search for information about arbitrators
Last week I received an invite to a summer gathering organized by English mediator, David Richbell. One of the events is “Speed dating: Senior…
On this first of April I thought it might be useful and timely to remind blog readers that the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether to grant certiorari in BG Group Plc. v. Republic of Argentina…
Recently the “most serious” survey dedicated to All Fools' Day 2013 has been conducted in Ukraine. Profiles of 333 partners of 100 best law firms were carefully analyzed by the researchers with the…
At a conference a few years back, a well-known and respected arbitrator was speaking on the topic of predictability and consistency of arbitral decision making in investment treaty arbitration. The…
