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You are here: Home » News and Analysis » Environmental Disputes Environmental Disputes Recent articles   Arbitrators in Chevron case agree to convert interim measures ruling into interim award; hearings slated for mid-February Jan 31, 2012   Arbitral tribunal calls for hearings to discuss what Ecuador should do to help block enforcement of $18 Billion environmental judgment against Chevron Jan 9, 2012   European Court of Human Rights rules on claims by landowners for excessively delayed expropriation payouts in Malta and Poland Dec 31, 2011   Swedish energy company reportedly planning new ICSID arbitration over German nuclear phase-out Nov 2, 2011   Turkey must compensate land-owners affected by its land conservation policies; compensation calculated near time of judgment, not the date of interference Oct 12, 2011   Investor in waste management project in Mexico puts government on notice of treaty breaches Sep 7, 2011   Renewable energy arbitration claims on horizon, but states take differing approaches to public disclosure Sep 7, 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   Mining arbitration between foreign investor and government takes an unusual turn, as a defence counsel steps into role of witness Jun 30, 2011   Award embodying settlement of contentious coal-fired power plant dispute in Germany is published; Russia-Moldova investment arbitration award and arbitrator challenge ruling in OPIC Karimum v. Venezuela case also available online Jun 9, 2011   Dispute over pesticide phase-out ends ambiguously, with investor abandoning case, measures remaining in place, but Canadian province offering statement which may be brandished in other jurisdictions Jun 9, 2011   A discussion of the Chevron-Ecuador dispute with Michael Goldhaber of the American Lawyer magazine May 17, 2011   As Peruvian citizens sue U.S. mining investors for environmental harms, mining company makes good on threat of treaty arbitration in effort to indemnify against potential losses May 17, 2011   ANALYSIS: Renco’s treaty claims against Peru include indemnification and non-monetary relief requests that echo Chevron v Ecuador case; claim also has contentious jurisdictional and political angles May 17, 2011   Tribunal rules that mining company failed to waive local court proceedings, thus precluding CAFTA arbitration against El Salvador; hearings in a parallel case to air jurisdictional arguments next week Mar 15, 2011   Bulgaria sued over cancelled waste contract Feb 1, 2011   Tribunal declines interim measures request of investor; claimant pursuing arbitration arising out of Kyoto Protocol emission reduction project Oct 20, 2010   Arbitrators in Chemtura v. Canada NAFTA arbitration take economical route in finding no treaty breaches Sep 15, 2010   Arbitrators nix bid to hold government liable for treaty breaches due to phase-out of toxic chemical Aug 28, 2010   ICSID Docket Round-Up: New Claim against Venezuela; Tribunals appointed in Mexico and Grenada cases; Cases against Yemen and Romania are discontinued Aug 28, 2010   Parties announce settlement of dispute over German power plant Aug 28, 2010   Water extraction claim dries up in absence of funds; claimant ordered to cover half of state’s expenses in UNCITRAL arbitration Jun 16, 2010   Czech Republic continued to argue in 2009 pleadings that intra-EU BITs are terminated by virtue of accession to European Union Jun 16, 2010   Chevron requests interim measures in arbitration with Ecuador Apr 22, 2010   Chevron wins first of two arbitrations with Ecuador Mar 30, 2010   Pacific Rim answers El Salvador’s preliminary objections in CAFTA mining claim Mar 18, 2010   Parties in Vattenfall v. Germany case suspend proceedings Mar 18, 2010   Appeal filed in effort to stay Chevron-Ecuador arbitration Mar 18, 2010   Profiling the arbitrators selected in Maersk v. Algeria, Urbaser v. Argentina, and Gold Reserve v. Venezuela Mar 18, 2010   NY court dismisses Ecuador’s request for stay of Chevron arbitration; IAReporter reports from hearing Mar 11, 2010   more articles >>

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