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You are here: Home » News and Analysis » Stabilization Clauses (Tax or Regulatory) Stabilization Clauses (Tax or Regulatory) Recent articles   Moldova loses another treaty arbitration with Russian investor, but shows signs of cooperation with the arbitration system May 17, 2011   ANALYSIS: ICSID Committee rejects bid to annul award in Peruvian energy tax stabilization dispute Mar 31, 2011   Hungary prevails in first of three Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) arbitrations over power pricing disputes; arbitrators affirm that “politics” is not a dirty word Sep 28, 2010   ANALYSIS: ECT’s stability clause does not immunize foreign investors from legal changes in Hungary; arbitrators see no clash between ECT and Hungary’s EU law obligations Sep 28, 2010   Tax exclusion clause in US-Ecuador BIT foils some claims by US energy company hit by energy windfall levy; arbitrators will hear expropriation claim Jun 27, 2010   Arbitrators analyze umbrella clause in US-Ecuador treaty, but split on their readings of an earlier tribunal ruling Jun 27, 2010   Failure by oil corp to give Ecuador prior notice of treaty violations thwarts claims rooted in indigenous opposition to oil development Jun 27, 2010   Mongolia mining arbitrations proliferate; one of three known treaty claims could see debate as to scope for arbitration under Communist-style investment treaty Jun 27, 2010   ANALYSIS: Multitude of safeguards and exceptions make for baroque Canadian BITs with Romania, Latvia, Czech Republic May 11, 2009   ANALYSIS: Tribunal grapples with the meaning and extent of tax stabilization in Duke v. Peru contract arbitration Aug 26, 2008   ICSID tribunal awards $18.4 Million to Duke Energy for breach of tax stability pledges by Peru; Other claims rejected Aug 26, 2008

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