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Argentine court rules that ICSID decisions involving Argentina must be published under domestic FOI law – leading to successful acquisition of previously-confidential Exxon-Mobil and Houston Industries rulings
South American Silver v. Bolivia (Part 1 of 3): tribunal split as to whether indirectly-owned investments are covered by BIT, but majority upholds jurisdiction
South American Silver v. Bolivia (Part 2 of 3): tribunal finds that there is no “clean hands” doctrine under international law, and finds unlawful expropriation due to termination of mining concessions in protest-plagued region
South American Silver v. Bolivia (Part 3 of 3): majority sees no breach of FET or full protection; damages analysis sees only sunk costs as due
Tribunal is finalized to hear fight over Lithuanian bank deposits, with Lawrence Boo in the chair
Klaus Sachs chosen by ICSID to chair new investment treaty arbitration against Algeria
In new ruling, ICSID tribunal denies application for non-disputing party submission, considering that the petitioners failed to prove that the arbitral dispute involved issues of human rights
After securing commercial award against a Tajikistan bank, Austrian investor files an ICSID arbitration
In heretofore-confidential TRACO v. Poland BIT award, Veeder-chaired tribunal canvases prescription, illegality, estoppel objections, and concurrent causation
Citing need for independence and impartiality of all arbitrators, tribunal frowns on BIT’s provision that each party should fund its own arbitrator; similar BIT wording led to unpublicized reversal of costs ruling in Eureko v. Poland case

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