Generally, by virtue of the principle of territoriality, the national courts of a State have jurisdiction only over persons and acts committed within the territory. In this context, the national…
Large cases with detailed, extensive submissions and hundreds, if not thousands, of annexes, often lead to a degree of complexity that is hardly digestible. The handling of such cases, most…
The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) returned to Manila in full force in 2023. While the last SIAC Manila Conference 2019 was an intimate gathering of only 80 participants, this year…
On 16 June 2023, the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (“STJ”) resolved the Appeal in Special Appeal n. 1,905,505/SP (“Appeal”), reported by Justice Francisco Falcão. The decision was appealed, so…
On 11 August 2023, the Santiago Arbitration and Mediation Center (“CAM Santiago”) – Chile’s main arbitration center – presented its new regulation on emergency arbitration, which was incorporated…
I recently had a conversation with a friend who expressed his worries about the potential implications of artificial intelligence (“AI”), such as ChatGPT, on the future of human labor. He voiced…
In 2013, Deutsche Telekom AG (“DT”), a German corporation, commenced an UNCITRAL arbitration in Switzerland under the Germany-India BIT claiming that India had (amongst other things) breached the…
How strong a scent of a conflict will a court tolerate before setting aside an international commercial arbitration award on procedural grounds? In Aroma Franchise Company Inc. et al v. Aroma…
On 1 December 2022, the Tribunal in the Panamericana Television S.A (hereafter, "Pantel" or "Claimant") v. The Republic of Peru (hereafter, "Peru" or "Respondent") case issued its Final Award, in…
On the final day of the CBAr 22nd International Arbitration Conference, the main theme discussed was party autonomy in business contracts, especially amidst scenarios of instability. At a first…
