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You are here: Home » News and Analysis » Energy Disputes Energy Disputes Recent articles   Venezuelan exit from ICSID raises questions both legal and financial Jan 31, 2012   NAFTA News: Pulp company says it has put Canada on notice of claim, as redacted award from earlier case is released Jan 31, 2012   Arbitrators in Chevron case agree to convert interim measures ruling into interim award; hearings slated for mid-February 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   Panels selected in ICSID matters involving Moldova, Egypt, and the Central African Republic Jan 13, 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   Exxon subsidiary awarded $907 Million in ICC arbitration with Venezuelan state oil company; ICSID case still pending Jan 1, 2012   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   Arbitrator, Yves Fortier, is challenged by Venezuela following announcement of law firm merger Nov 14, 2011   U.S. energy company wins $43 Million plus substantial interest for treaty breaches by Argentina Nov 2, 2011   ICSID Round-up: Arbitrators named in cases against Poland, Kazakhstan and Egypt; annulment committee picked in Ukraine case Oct 26, 2011   Venezuela claims round-up: three tribunals named, two new arbitrations filed by victims of nationalizations, and one investor looks for funding Oct 12, 2011   Investor in Bulgarian refinery asks arbitral tribunal to weigh new evidence that a competitor may have secured state favour via the payment of bribes Oct 4, 2011   Lengthy debt collection battle ends, as former Soviet state pays arbitral award; unusual form of diplomatic assistance seen Sep 29, 2011   As new arbitral claim is brought against Kyrgyzstan, an ICSID award remains unpaid Sep 29, 2011   Challenge to member of ICSID ad-hoc committee presiding in Panama energy dispute is rejected by his colleagues Sep 23, 2011   Human Rights Court find some breaches by Russia in Yukos case, but diverges from earlier BIT arbitration ruling on other points 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   Renewable energy arbitration claims on horizon, but states take differing approaches to public disclosure Sep 7, 2011   Tribunal picked to hear Peruvian electricity dispute; Ukrainian radio tenders case moves to annulment phase Sep 7, 2011   Turkey defeats $11 Billion arbitration claim at ICSID; putative off-shore shareholder fails to prove it owned shares prior to alleged expropriation of electricity concessions Sep 5, 2011   Libananco v. Turkey postscript: minority shareholders in Uzan electricity companies also saw claims dismissed by European human rights court Sep 5, 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   more articles >>

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