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ICSID arbitration against Costa Rica concludes with an award, with a tribunal majority finding discrete treaty breaches, but declining to award any damages; respondent’s appointee would not have found any wrongful act by the state
UK High Court finds that insurance claim by Venezuela must be arbitrated, but sovereign immunity from enforcement shields the state from anti-suit injunction
Lithuania’s appeals court declines to hear counterclaim previously withdrawn from ICSID case
As Ukrainian parties file billion-dollar ECHR claims against Russia for recent war destructions and human rights violations, UNCLOS tribunal issues inter-state award regarding 2018 military stand-off in the Black Sea
Korean power company files LCIA arbitration against Pakistan
Swiss oil company claims victory in LCIA arbitration against Russia’s state-owned Sberbank
Breaking: Parties reach agreement in principle on modernizing Energy Charter Treaty, including carve-outs for fossil fuels and intra-EU disputes, stricter definitions and standards of protection, and application of 2014 UNCITRAL Rules on transparency
ECT arbitration against Spain is discontinued
Analysis: RREEF v. Spain committee is unconvinced that intra-EU arguments warrant annulment of the award
Revealed: Clorox v. Venezuela tribunal majority dismisses abuse of process argument after finding that the dispute was not foreseeable when the investor restructured the investment; dissenter sees bad faith in the claimant’s narrative

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