Paul Cohen and William Katz, partners at Thompson & Knight in New York and Dallas, explain why international arbitration’s corruption jurisprudence is well-intentioned but wrong.

They’re at the heart of the arbitral process but receive little attention because of their secretive nature. This year’s International Bar Association Arbitration Day in Bogotá considered what really goes on in arbitrator deliberations and how they can be more effective. Alison Ross reports on the highlights.

This year’s Vis moot was won by a team from City University of Hong Kong, which defeated adversaries from Monash University in Melbourne in the final.

As practitioners gather in Vienna for the opening ceremony of this year’s Willem C Vis Moot, GAR interviews the moot’s director, Eric Bergsten, who is preparing to step down later this year after organising the event for two decades.

Practitioners reflect on the Vis Moot’s contribution to the development of international arbitration and share their favourite memories of the event.

Sebastian Perry interviews leading US arbitrator Charles N Brower.

In late 2010, Louis Flannery and Benjamin Garel of Stephenson Harwood in London compared the costs of arbitrating at eight major arbitral institutions for GAR. Two years on, they update and expand their comparative review.

Mauritius’s efforts to promote itself as an arbitral venue will help to strengthen the legitimacy of international arbitration in Africa and the rest of the developing world, the island’s prime minister said today in an opening address at the Mauritius International Arbitration Conference.

William McKechnie, head of Corporate Legal Sweden at Nordic insurance company If P&C Insurance, explains how global insurers may no longer be left with any choice than to include arbitration as the means of dispute resolution in their global insurance policies – to avoid the risk and additional cost of coverage litigation in the US.

A panel at GAR Live London debated whether third-party funding of international arbitration increases access to justice or is really a half-baked idea. Sebastian Perry reports

Specialised master’s degrees in international arbitration are multiplying at a dizzying rate – but how useful are they when it comes to finding a job in private practice? Sebastian Perry reports

GAR looks back on the life of Pieter Sanders, the father of the New York Convention, who died in Rotterdam on 27 September – just six days after celebrating his 100th birthday.