US Case Law Update -
The U.S. Supreme Court and appellate courts have issued several recent decisions on important topics related to arbitration and the ability to enforce awards and judgments in the United States....more
9/29/2023
/ Appeals ,
Arbitration ,
Arbitration Awards ,
Bilateral Investment Treaties ,
Brazil ,
Code of Conduct ,
Coinbase Inc v Bielski ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Creditors ,
Discovery ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
France ,
International Litigation ,
Investment ,
RICO ,
SCOTUS ,
United Nations ,
Venezuela ,
Yegiazaryan v Smagin
ICSID Tribunal Finds That Colombia Violated the Minimum Standard of Treatment but Did Not Indirectly Expropriate the Investment in Eco Oro v. Colombia - In September 2021, an International Centre for Settlement of Investment...more
3/2/2022
/ 28 U.S.C. § 1782 ,
Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Arbitration Awards ,
Bilateral Investment Treaties ,
Discovery ,
Dispute Resolution ,
ICSID ,
International Arbitration ,
Jurisdiction ,
Latin America ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
This edition offers insights regarding COVID-19 ’s impact on mergers and acquisitions and on construction projects, recent changes to International Chamber of Commerce rules, and developments relating to discovery in aid of...more
3/2/2021
/ 28 U.S.C. § 1782 ,
Acquisitions ,
Bilateral Investment Treaties ,
Construction Project ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Discovery ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Foreign Arbitral Awards ,
International Arbitration ,
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) ,
International Construction Projects ,
Latin America ,
Material Adverse Change Clauses (MACs) ,
Mergers ,
UNCITRAL
As detailed in an October 2, 2018, Skadden client alert, the United States’ efforts to revise the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) reached a milestone on September 30, 2018, when the U.S., Mexico and...more
2/11/2019
/ Arbitration Awards ,
Argentina ,
Bilateral Investment Treaties ,
Bolivia ,
Border Disputes ,
Brazil ,
Chile ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Ecuador ,
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Investment ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
Guatemala ,
ICSID ,
International Arbitration ,
International Court of Justice (ICJ) ,
Investor Protection ,
Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) ,
Latin America ,
Manifest Disregard ,
Most-Favored Nations ,
NAFTA ,
Service of Process ,
Spain ,
UNCITRAL ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
Uruguay