On Monday, October 24, I'll be participating in a panel discussion at NYU on the The Implications of Chevron v. Ecuador for Investor-State Arbitration. The event will be held at 6 p.m. at Furman…
My previous post described years of apparently intractable debate between two opposing camps of international lawyers about what kinds of economic activity should get international investment…
My last post described the ongoing controversy about the proper scope of “investment” under Article 25 of the ICSID Convention. The next two posts will draw on my recent article to argue that this…
Article 25 of the ICSID Convention famously limits ICSID jurisdiction to “legal dispute[s] arising directly out of or in relation to an investment.” Uncertainty about the outer limits of this…
Adjudicating contract disputes where it is alleged that the contract has been tainted by bribery, either in its procurement or in its performance, presents difficult issues for arbitrators, as well…
Amendment to the International Chamber of Commerce Rules of International Arbitration
The International Chamber of Commerce has issued a revised set of rules for International Arbitration, due to…
The ASA seminar on “Arbitral Institutions under Scrutiny” on 9 September in Zurich yielded some interesting insight in the practice of arbitration institutions, and views of well-known practitioners…
Luke Peterson passed along a tip about this interesting declaration attached to the U.S.-Rwanda Bilateral Investment Treaty:
Articles 3 through 10 and other provisions that qualify or create…
The CIArb's Survey into the Costs of International Arbitration has now been published. It's a fascinating survey worthy of study and discussion. Here's a brief summary of some of the findings:
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In 1961, three years after the adoption of the New York Convention, the European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration was adopted in Geneva (the Geneva Convention). At the time, the…
