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  Pacific Rim mining company argues that El Salvador’s investment statute should be read in light of international jurisprudence
May 15, 2013
  Lone Star claim against South Korea has an arbitral tribunal in place
May 13, 2013
  Tribunal says that any treatment of company officers must have “necessary link” to the claimant entitled to treaty-protection
May 10, 2013
  Investor allegations of top-level political conspiracy not borne out, but some measures of Romania point to prosecutorial animus
May 10, 2013
  ANALYSIS: You don’t need to show damage to prove breach of BIT, but that also means that victorious claimants may walk away with no compensation
May 10, 2013
  Rompetrol Group makes out a “limited” breach by Romania of one provision of Dutch investment treaty, but establishes no damages
May 7, 2013
  Arbitrators reject Bolivian objection that Pan American's claims are manifestly without legal merit; effects of ICSID denunciation at issue in case
Apr 30, 2013
  Kazakh investors pursue arbitration against Uzbekistan for harm to investments in two cement companies
Apr 30, 2013
  Cambodia defeats claims over power plant, and wins $5.6 million in costs; arbitrators also ruled on witness immunity and designation of state-entities
Apr 26, 2013
  Tribunals in place for UNCITRAL and ICSID claims against Algeria by shareholders alleging billions in losses in Djezzy telecoms venture
Apr 25, 2013
  Mexico is found liable for breach of investment treaty in dispute with Spanish owners of waste management facility
Apr 23, 2013
  Peru defeats $100 million ICSID contract claims of electricity concessionaire
Apr 23, 2013
  Tribunal is finalized to hear Renco v. Peru arbitration arising out of controversial La Oroya facility
Apr 23, 2013
  Panelists confirmed for ICSID claim against Montenegro and Deutsche Bank v. Sri Lanka annulment
Apr 23, 2013
  Arbitrators find Moldova breached one treaty protection, but give government time to try restitution in order to lower $2.8 million damages bill
Apr 11, 2013
  In Moldova case, arbitrators reject denial of justice and expropriation claims, but see no exhaustion of remedies requirement for latter
Apr 11, 2013
  French investor, Franck Charles Arif, wins on fair and equitable treatment aspect of ICSID arbitration against Moldova, but loses moral damages claim
Apr 11, 2013
  Tribunals selected to hear two parallel investment treaty claims brought by casino investors against Laos
Apr 3, 2013
  Newly unearthed decision records reasons for rejection of bid to disqualify counsel in Fraport v. Philippines arbitration
Apr 3, 2013
  Honduras seeks annulment of arbitral award rendered in 2012 in favour of Spanish construction company
Apr 3, 2013
  Arbitrators are selected to hear claim for expropriation of drinks factory in Guinea (Conakry)
Apr 3, 2013
  Tribunal nixes requests by Canadian arbitration lawyer and an unrelated NGO to intervene as amicus curiae in Apotex v. USA NAFTA arbitration
Mar 19, 2013
  Arbitrators in water privatization dispute dismiss all jurisdictional objections raised by Argentina in face of Spanish investors’ claims
Mar 17, 2013
  ICSID tribunal weighs in with unanimous reading of local litigation requirement found in Argentine bilateral investment treaty
Mar 17, 2013
  Tribunal dismisses - by thin margin - the first of several jurisdictional objections raised by Turkey in face of Dutch investor's treaty claim
Mar 17, 2013
  Arbitrators deny Indonesia’s requests for restraints to be placed on investor’s public comments and “lobbying” efforts
Mar 12, 2013
  ICSID annulment notes: Sri Lanka seeks to overturn award in favour of Deutsche Bank; panelists named to hear Daimler’s challenge to Argentine verdict
Mar 12, 2013
  Jurisdiction is upheld in claim by logistics company, Agility Warehousing, against Pakistan
Feb 28, 2013
  Effort fails in bid to disqualify former Argentine official Gabriel Bottini in Saint-Gobain v. Venezuela arbitration
Feb 28, 2013
  Chair is named in high-stakes Ping An v. Belgium arbitration over Fortis Bank shareholding
Feb 28, 2013
  Investor concedes that UK-Hungary BIT allows only arbitration of expropriation claim; tribunal clarifies role of MFN and customary international law
Feb 27, 2013
  Payment of awards update: new reporting on arbitral debts of the Dominican Republic and Mexico
Feb 22, 2013
  Sri Lanka breached BIT due to Central Bank and Supreme Court actions; dissenter says highest court did not act in bad faith in financial derivatives dispute
Feb 21, 2013
  On jurisdiction, arbitrators disagree whether a hedging agreement is an investment covered by bilateral investment treaty and ICSID Convention
Feb 21, 2013
  On merits, tribunal splits on deference to be shown to Sri Lanka Supreme Court – and whether a debt is expropriated if contractual dispute forum is available
Feb 21, 2013
  Korean professor to chair second dispute over Owens-Illinois investments in Venezuela; ICSID Secretariat continues to tap new arbitrators from East Asia
Feb 21, 2013
  Tribunal now in place for ICSID arbitration by Dutch investor (Venoklim) in Venezuelan petrochemicals plant
Feb 21, 2013
  ICSID Annulment Committee selected to hear Argentina’s bid to annul $200 million arbitral award in EDF electricity dispute
Feb 14, 2013
  Arbitrators selected for Telefonica v. Mexico investment treaty arbitration
Feb 14, 2013
  Arbitral tribunal is convened to review Egypt’s treatment of French investor, Veolia, in waste management concession
Feb 14, 2013
  ICSID tribunal is finalized for claim by two Italian investors (Gavazzi) in Romanian steel plant
Feb 14, 2013
  ICSID tribunal rules that Tidewater did not restructure Venezuelan assets in an abusive fashion; however, some claims are beyond tribunal’s jurisdiction
Feb 12, 2013
  Another divided ICSID tribunal finds it has jurisdiction to arbitrate an Argentine sovereign debt dispute; failure to pursue local remedies not fatal to case
Feb 12, 2013
  Tribunal sees no reason to exclude sovereign debt from investments eligible for protection at ICSID and under bilateral investment treaty
Feb 12, 2013
  ICSID Tribunal declines request by local government to be added as a party to Churchill Mining v. Indonesia arbitration
Feb 7, 2013
  Tribunal rules on U.S. Government’s request to bifurcate NAFTA Chapter 11 arbitration proceedings
Feb 6, 2013
  Investor gets a 2 million dollar bump to CAFTA award, but fails to convince tribunal to revisit other parts of award
Feb 6, 2013
  Battle is joined on second treaty-arbitration front in Israel-Egypt gas fight, as ad-hoc arbitral tribunal is chosen
Feb 6, 2013
  ICSID Tribunals selected in Dan Cake v. Hungary and Sudapet v. South Sudan arbitrations
Feb 6, 2013
  Arbitrators hold that contract wording – and claim pending thereunder – may narrow claims eligible for arbitration under Republic of Guinea’s Foreign Investment Law
Feb 6, 2013
  Jurisdictional disagreements are laid bare in NAFTA arbitration; Apotex production facilities located outside the United States figure prominently
Jan 29, 2013
  Parties to Apotex v. U.S.A. NAFTA arbitration spar over meaning of legal protections including "effective means" and non-discrimination obligations
Jan 29, 2013
  As hearings loom, Uruguay elaborates on jurisdictional objections – including meaning of MFN and local litigation clauses - in Philip Morris arbitration
Jan 22, 2013
  Uruguay’s objections in Philip Morris case questions role of expert witnesses, and analyze treaty’s public health “exception” and definition of ICSID investments
Jan 22, 2013
  U.S. investors put Panama on notice of potential treaty arbitration in messy real estate dispute
Jan 22, 2013
  Three panelists named to decide fate of billion dollar arbitral award from Occidental v. Ecuador case
Jan 22, 2013
  Improper transfer of mining project shares to a new investor means that Venezuela acted lawfully when it took back assets
Jan 18, 2013
  In two recent arbitrations, Prof. William W. Park holds that wholly passive ownership is not enough for claimants to enjoy investment treaty protection
Jan 18, 2013
  Venezuela prevails in ICSID arbitration filed by Canadian investor alleging billion dollar loss on gold venture
Jan 17, 2013
  Tribunal’s (later-annulled) reasoning on notion of investment, and reasons for a dissent are finally revealed in Mitchell v Democratic Republic of Congo case
Jan 17, 2013
 
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