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Under-40 groups get organised
Archive Article - Monday, 01 December 2008
Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 6 (Vol. 3 Iss. 6)
Leaders of several arbitration groups for young practitioners met recently to discuss cooperation and create an informal umbrella body, the "Co-Chairs' Circle". Meanwhile, two of those groups have reorganised their leadership teams.
History repeating itself in latest Argentine rows?
Archive Article - Monday, 01 December 2008
Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 6 (Vol. 3 Iss. 6)
Recent moves by the government of Argentina to nationalise pension funds and renationalise struggling airline Aerolíneas Argentinas are turning "ugly", according to one lawyer close to events.
UAE joins Permanent Court of Arbitration
Archive Article - Monday, 01 December 2008
Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 6 (Vol. 3 Iss. 6)
The UAE has become a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague.
Washington launches international arbitration club
Archive Article - Monday, 01 December 2008
Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 6 (Vol. 3 Iss. 6)
Forty Washington, DC lawyers have launched an international arbitration club, making DC the second US city with such a club, after Houston.
Rwanda signs New York Convention
Archive Article - Monday, 01 December 2008
Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 6 (Vol. 3 Iss. 6)
On 31 October, Rwanda signed the New York Convention, hoping to attract more foreign investment. The convention will enter into force on 29 January 2009. It is the 143rd state to sign, and the 32nd in Africa.
Murdoch University wins inaugural FDI moot
Archive Article - Monday, 01 December 2008
Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 6 (Vol. 3 Iss. 6)
A team from Murdoch University in Western Australia beat more than 20 student teams to win the inaugural Foreign Direct Investment Moot, which took place at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts.
SCC releases rules in Arabic
Archive Article - Monday, 01 December 2008
Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 6 (Vol. 3 Iss. 6)
The Stockholm Chamber of Commerce has released its rules and model arbitration clause in Arabic, which can now be found on the SCC website.
ICC Court focuses on Hong Kong and Eastern Europe
Archive Article - Monday, 01 December 2008
Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 6 (Vol. 3 Iss. 6)
The ICC Court Secretariat has launched an Asia office in Hong Kong.
Three new arbitration boutiques launched
Archive Article - Monday, 01 December 2008
Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 6 (Vol. 3 Iss. 6)
Prominent international arbitration specialists Dominique Brown-Berset, Carita Wallgren-Lindholm and Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof have all left their respective firms to establish arbitration boutiques.
Argentina escapes bulk of insurance company's claim
Archive Article - Saturday, 01 November 2008
Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 5 (Vol. 3 Iss. 5)
Argentina has enjoyed a degree of success in the latest emergency measures arbitration to produce an award at ICSID.
Dominican Republic faces ICC claims over highway project
Archive Article - Saturday, 01 November 2008
Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 5 (Vol. 3 Iss. 5)
Another unhappy infrastructure investor has begun arbitration against the Dominican Republic.
Argentine "necessity" defence to be re-examined
Archive Article - Saturday, 01 November 2008
Featured In: Volume 3 - Issue 5 (Vol. 3 Iss. 5)
The only case in which Argentina successfully used a "necessity" defence against a utilities investor is to return to ICSID, after LG&E Energy applied to annul.
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