09 May 2008
A party to major arbitrations over control of Russian mobile phone company, Megafon, has been hit with a huge financial penalty because of criminal conduct that emerged during the course of the dispute.
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09 May 2008
Two arbitrators hearing a claim against Turkey at the International Centre for Settlement for Investment Disputes in Washington, DC have refused an application by the claimant to disqualify their co-arbitrator,
Laurent Lévy.
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09 May 2008
South Africa is under fresh pressure to ratify the ICSID convention after a farmer went to court saying that the government must ratify or compensate him to the tune of US$10million.
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09 May 2008
Slovenia and Croatia have met to decide which international arbitration institute should decide a territorial dispute over the Gulf of Piran that has caused friction between the two nations for more than a decade.
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09 May 2008
US manufacturer Cos-Mar has won an arbitration against the company that supplies it with steam, receiving costs and promises about the other side's future conduct under a 20-year contract.
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09 May 2008
Lefosse Advogados, the Brazilian arm of Linklaters, has promoted
Caio Campello de Menezes in Saõ Paulo to counsel and head of the litigation and arbitration department.
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