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You are here: Home » News and Analysis » ICSID (World Bank) ICSID (World Bank) Recent articles   Uruguay unveils its jurisdictional objections to Philip Morris arbitration claim Jan 31, 2012   ANALYSIS: Uruguayan objection in Philip Morris arbitration highlights ongoing disagreement over domestic-litigation clauses in treaties Jan 31, 2012   Venezuelan exit from ICSID raises questions both legal and financial Jan 31, 2012   ICSID Round-Up: Argentina bondholders tribunal reconstituted, Hungary tribunal picked, and two new annulment panels chosen Jan 31, 2012   Newly-published award finds Argentina treated El Paso Corporation “unfairly”, but arbitrators take state-friendly reading of some investment treaty protections Jan 29, 2012   ANALYSIS: ICSID tribunal in Argentine case treads new ground with concept of “creeping” unfair treatment Jan 29, 2012   El Paso tribunal appoints expert to adjust proposed DCF model; takes wide view of implications of tax exclusion on damages Jan 29, 2012   ANALYSIS: Latest split amongst ICSID arbitrators over Argentina’s necessity defense reflects wider chasm; role of “state practice” in treaty interpretation also studied Jan 29, 2012   U.S. Court tears up $185+ Million award due to failure of arbitrators to respect treaty’s call for 18 months of local litigation in Argentina Jan 17, 2012   Arbitral award in El Paso v. Argentina ICSID arbitration now available for download Jan 13, 2012   Mining company surprises analysts by deriving $1.25 Billion US out of written-off assets (and arbitrations) in Democratic Republic of Congo Jan 13, 2012   ANALYSIS: Lessons of the Greenwood/UNCLOS challenge for inter-state investment arbitration Jan 13, 2012   Panels selected in ICSID matters involving Moldova, Egypt, and the Central African Republic Jan 13, 2012   Exxon subsidiary awarded $907 Million in ICC arbitration with Venezuelan state oil company; ICSID case still pending Jan 1, 2012   Australia opts for transparency in Philip Morris arbitration; Uruguay faces similar claim, but has yet to follow suit Dec 31, 2011   Payment Round-Up: New reporting on ICSID award debts of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Bangladesh Dec 31, 2011   Republic of Georgia agrees to pay 1/3rd of ICSID award; litigation funder eyes recovery after bumpy ride Dec 31, 2011   Mining investor’s lack of funding puts CAFTA arbitration on ice Dec 31, 2011   Argentina fails in effort to disqualify arbitrators in sovereign debt arbitration at ICSID Dec 31, 2011   ICSID nixes effort by two blocs of investors in Hungary to unilaterally join their arbitral claims Dec 31, 2011   U.S. investor seeks to hold Oman responsible for bureaucratic runaround, environmental charges, and “wrongful” termination of quarry lease Dec 31, 2011   ICSID sets a caseload record in 2011 Dec 31, 2011   Arbitrators reject Greek investor’s claims that Romanian tax enforcements and food safety inspections breached investment treaty; Romania must bear $4 Million of its legal costs Dec 15, 2011   Arbitrators decline jurisdiction over Romania’s counter-claim against investor; Counter-claims popping up in other ICSID cases, particularly Ecuadorian oil disputes Dec 15, 2011   ANALYSIS: Novel human rights arguments are raised in Romania arbitration at ICSID; tribunal views BIT protections as more protective than European rights convention counterparts Dec 15, 2011   Former ICSID claimant wins human rights case for unlawful detention and asset seizures; court does not delve into misconduct questions that had roiled earlier arbitration Dec 15, 2011   ICSID Docket Round-Up: Four tribunals are announced in Peru, Venezuela, Albania and Romania cases; ICSID picks chairs in two cases following deadlock Dec 1, 2011   Public hearings loom in longest-running CAFTA arbitration arising out of Guatemalan railway dispute Nov 22, 2011   Parties to Guatemalan railway arbitration joust over alleged extortion, financial viability of investment, and investor’s reliance on “ultra vires” contract Nov 22, 2011   Guatemalan railway arbitration sees legal debate as to administrative delays and due process requirements imposed by CAFTA Nov 22, 2011   more articles >>

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