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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
  Victims of Stanford ponzi scheme threaten to arbitrate vs. United States under trade and investment treaties
Mar 19, 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
  ICSID Annulment Committee weighs in with a ruling on Security for Costs in El Salvador mining case
Sep 22, 2012
  Parties to Guatemalan railway dispute joust over the need for tribunal to revise damages figures in CAFTA arbitral award
Sep 19, 2012
  Arbitrators frown on Spanish investor’s characterization of dispute over Guatemala electricity tariffs as an investment treaty matter
Aug 20, 2012
  Toll highway concessionaire puts pressure on Dominican Republic to pay $42.5 million ICC arbitration award
Aug 20, 2012
  ICSID Claim against El Salvador is revived after claimants pursue third-party funding
Aug 1, 2012
  First investor-state arbitration filed under CAFTA results in award against Guatemala
Jul 1, 2012
  ANALYSIS: CAFTA tribunal adopts earlier NAFTA tribunal’s reading of minimum standard; damages conditioned on investor’s handing back keys to railway
Jul 1, 2012
  ANALYSIS: ICSID Tribunal examines and rejects all Salvadoran objections to hearing Pac Rim claims under domestic investment statute
Jun 5, 2012
  ANALYSIS: Arbitrators reject El Salvador’s contention that Pac Rim’s 2007 change of nationality was an ‘abuse of process’
Jun 4, 2012
  ANALYSIS: In first test of CAFTA ‘denial of benefits’ clause, arbitrators rule that U.S. ‘shell’ company not owed CAFTA protections for investments in El Salvador
Jun 4, 2012
  Arbitrators dismiss mining company’s CAFTA claims against El Salvador, but will hear claims under domestic investment statute
Jun 3, 2012
  Mining investor’s lack of funding puts CAFTA arbitration on ice
Dec 31, 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
  ANALYSIS: State’s demand that compensation be conditioned upon return of property raises questions about authority of investment treaty tribunals
Nov 22, 2011
  Mining arbitration between foreign investor and government takes an unusual turn, as a defence counsel steps into role of witness
Jun 30, 2011
  Tribunal rules that mining company failed to waive local court proceedings, thus precluding CAFTA arbitration against El Salvador; hearings in a parallel case loom
Mar 15, 2011
  US electricity company requests arbitration for alleged breaches of CAFTA by Guatemala
Nov 25, 2010
  El Salvador’s Preliminary Objections to U.S. miner’s (Commerce Group) claim will be heard in open hearings in mid-November
Nov 4, 2010
  Preliminary Objections cleared away in Pacific Rim's CAFTA mining claim, more battles over jurisdiction may loom
Aug 5, 2010
  Tribunal selected to hear second CAFTA mining claim against El Salvador
Jul 2, 2010
  Tribunal finds that railway company’s dispute with Guatemala arose after CAFTA entered into force and is arbitrable
Jun 27, 2010
  Non-disputing CAFTA state intervenes in Guatemala arbitration to present arguments
Apr 22, 2010
  Pacific Rim answers El Salvador’s preliminary objections in CAFTA mining claim
Mar 18, 2010
  El Salvador raises preliminary objections to jurisdiction of ICSID tribunal in CAFTA mining claim
Jan 17, 2010
  Arbitrators selected to hear contentious El Salvador mining arbitration; claimant’s nominee chosen in parallel arbitration
Nov 30, 2009
  Shareholders in shuttered battery recycling plant put El Salvador on notice of claims for treaty breach
Sep 19, 2009
  Second mining claim against El Salvador registered at ICSID; Domestic litigation still ongoing in El Salvador
Sep 19, 2009
  ANALYSIS: Slow Gov't decision-making, on environment & approvals, a breach of treaty obligations to foreign investors?
Sep 19, 2009
  Dominican Republic settles trio of electricity arbitrations
Sep 19, 2009
  Investor in Guatemala railway dispute outlines details of CAFTA claim
Jul 17, 2009
  CAFTA Claim: mining corp moves to arbitration with El Salvador; enviro impact of project is hotly contested
May 11, 2009
  More details emerge of Dominican Republic arbitrations over electricity concession; arbitrators revealed in several cases
Feb 28, 2009
  Arbitrators decline Guatemala’s request for clarification of jurisdictional ruling in CAFTA railway dispute
Jan 22, 2009
  Replacement arbitrator appointed in TCW v. Dominican Republic CAFTA arbitration over electricity investment
Jan 5, 2009
  US subsidiary of Canadian miner files CAFTA Notice of Intent against El Salvador; Pacific Rim complains of enviro delays
Dec 11, 2008
  Tribunal rejects Guatemala’s objection to jurisdiction in CAFTA railroad dispute; but claimant's waiver precludes some claims
Nov 19, 2008
  Tribunal in CAFTA railway arbitration denies broad request for evidence preservation
Nov 12, 2008
  UNCITRAL tribunal rules that electricity claim can proceed against Dominican Republic; parallel CAFTA claim also afoot
Oct 9, 2008
 
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