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  Caribbean Court set to review Belizean court finding on invalidity of Belize’s arbitration law; enforcement of arbitral awards hangs in balance
Apr 30, 2013
  Panelists confirmed for ICSID claim against Montenegro and Deutsche Bank v. Sri Lanka annulment
Apr 23, 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
  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
  Payment of awards update: new reporting on arbitral debts of the Dominican Republic and Mexico
Feb 22, 2013
  ICSID Annulment Committee selected to hear Argentina’s bid to annul $200 million arbitral award in EDF electricity dispute
Feb 14, 2013
  Three panelists named to decide fate of billion dollar arbitral award from Occidental v. Ecuador case
Jan 22, 2013
  Major new wrinkle in long-running enforcement battle as award against Laos is reportedly vacated in Malaysian Court
Jan 9, 2013
  Dispute over title to landholdings in Croatia leads to investment arbitration; government has faced, and prevailed in, two other treaty claims
Jan 9, 2013
  With partial annulment of Pey Casado v. Chile award, the door opens again for further arguments in ICSID’s longest-running case
Dec 21, 2012
  Personnel picked for several ICSID annulment committees; Philip Morris v. Australia case leads to resignation of a pair of arbitrators
Dec 21, 2012
  UK Court orders Republic of Laos to post $70 million while legal fight continues over unpaid arbitral award
Nov 22, 2012
  Swiss lawyer, Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler not seeing tail-off in investment treaty appointments in aftermath of bruising 2010 ICSID incident
Oct 22, 2012
  Oil company seeks annulment of (now-public) ICSID award in billion dollar claim against Kazakhstan
Oct 12, 2012
  New York Court declines to bar Bank of America subsidiary from pursuing (again) confirmation of CMS v. Argentina award
Oct 12, 2012
  Dissent by Brigitte Stern offers possible blueprint for Ecuador’s bid to annul several holdings in Occidental award
Oct 9, 2012
  ICSID Annulment Committee weighs in with a ruling on Security for Costs in El Salvador mining case
Sep 22, 2012
  ICSID Tribunal Selections: Arbitrators picked for Hungary, Egypt and Equatorial Guinea disputes and Paraguay annulment proceeding
Sep 6, 2012
  Noose tightens on Thailand as Swiss Court declines to set aside a still-unpaid 2009 BIT award
Sep 2, 2012
  Several arbitration industry interests weigh in with support for BG’s effort to overturn vacature of $185 million Argentine award
Sep 2, 2012
  Canadian court declines to vacate recognition of ICSID award, and raises eyebrow at quality of justice available in Kyrgyzstan
Aug 19, 2012
  Panama seeks to collect costs after foreign investors abandon their treaty claims
Aug 1, 2012
  AES fails in bid to annul arbitral award, but Hungary faces two more pending claims arising out of power-purchase fracas
Jul 3, 2012
  ICSID picks three to review El Paso v. Argentina award
May 29, 2012
  German Court rejects Slovak Republic’s suggestion that arbitrators were wrong to find jurisdiction over intra-EU investment treaty dispute
May 10, 2012
  Arbitral victory in Yukos case slowly unraveling as U.S. hedge fund declines to spend more money defending arbitral award from Russian attack
Apr 10, 2012
  ANALYSIS: Amidst thicket of Thai and Indonesian investment laws, confusion as to admission requirements found in some Southeast Asian investment treaties
Apr 10, 2012
  ICSID Round-Up: Argentina bondholders tribunal reconstituted, Hungary tribunal picked, and two new annulment panels chosen
Jan 31, 2012
  U.S. Appeals Court rules that lower court should not have stayed award enforcement proceedings in Belize dispute
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
  Panels selected in ICSID matters involving Moldova, Egypt, and the Central African Republic
Jan 13, 2012
  BRIEFLY NOTED: Arbitrator resigns after sharp dissent in ICSID case; Peru and Argentina each move to annul awards at ICSID
Nov 14, 2011
  ICSID Round-up: Arbitrators named in cases against Poland, Kazakhstan and Egypt; annulment committee picked in Ukraine case
Oct 26, 2011
  ICSID to prepare “background paper” on annulment process, following request by Philippines; German investor criticizes effort by Philippines
Oct 5, 2011
  Mexico loses bid to set aside NAFTA arbitration award in Canadian appeals court
Oct 5, 2011
  Thailand comes out swinging in fight over non-payment of BIT arbitral award; government alleges that minority shareholder in highway project had contract obligation to not sue under treaty
Sep 29, 2011
  Challenge to member of ICSID ad-hoc committee presiding in Panama energy dispute is rejected by his colleagues
Sep 23, 2011
  As ICSID member-states prepare to convene for annual meeting, functioning of annulment process is put on the agenda
Sep 20, 2011
  Arbitral award in Argentine financial crisis case will stand; government obliged to pay modest sum to U.S. insurance company
Sep 20, 2011
  Togo fails to overturn ICSID arbitral award; damages owed to French electricity investors amount to 12% of state revenue
Sep 15, 2011
  Efforts to set-aside intra-EU BIT award likely to be abandoned, as Czech government claims victory in arbitration
Sep 7, 2011
  Tribunal picked to hear Peruvian electricity dispute; Ukrainian radio tenders case moves to annulment phase
Sep 7, 2011
  ANALYSIS: In battle over $100 Million award, spotlight shifts to opaque state-to-state arbitration over treaty meaning
Sep 5, 2011
  Final damages ruling comes in much lower than Chevron had hoped, but Ecuador still adamant that arbitrators overstepped their bounds in substituting for local courts
Sep 2, 2011
  ICSID panelists named in annulment cases involving El Salvador and Egypt, and in arbitration arising out of Niger airport services dispute
Aug 19, 2011
  ICSID annulment proceeding is discontinued in Jordan construction case, as third-party funding is again flagged
Aug 19, 2011
  Ecuador initiates unusual state-to-state arbitration against United States in bid to clarify scope of investment treaty obligation
Jul 4, 2011
  Lithuania denies access to arbitral award rendered in arbitration brought by Russian entity
Jun 30, 2011
  New panel picked to hear resubmitted claim by Enron creditors against Argentina
Jun 30, 2011
  Investor in Egypt moves to annul unfavourable arbitral award in dispute over canceled airport construction project
Jun 30, 2011
  Unpublished discussion paper gives overview of European Commission trade department's recent thinking on foreign investment dispute settlement
Jun 9, 2011
  ICSID annulment case discontinued and investor ordered to reimburse government for its legal costs; panel affirms that third-party funding should not affect costs recovery
May 3, 2011
  ANALYSIS: Tribunal ruling in GEA v Ukraine offers contrast to earlier ICSID arbitration where non-enforcement of arbitral award was at issue
Apr 14, 2011
  Fraport files new claim at ICSID over expropriation of airport terminal project; Annulment committee ruling paved way for new hearing by finding breach of investor's right to be heard
Mar 31, 2011
  ANALYSIS: ICSID Committee rejects bid to annul award in Peruvian energy tax stabilization dispute
Mar 31, 2011
  ICSID panels convened in disputes over Uruguay’s tobacco policies, Venezuelan airport concession, Polish health-care venture, and Hungarian energy investment
Mar 30, 2011
  U.S. Court opens door to discovery of Laos government assets as enforcement of arbitral award is pursued
Mar 6, 2011
  Decision is published in Fraport v. Philippines airport dispute
Feb 22, 2011
 
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