The second Trump administration started with a bang. There has been an almost weekly focus on implementing and expanding tariffs on a variety of goods imported into the United States. These tariffs are aimed at protecting...more
Amid the flurry of expected international trade actions by the second Trump administration, the outgoing Biden White House reached a significant (but overlooked) agreement of its own to curtail investor-state dispute...more
In June 2024, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) released its preliminary statistics report for 2023 for their arbitration and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services. The numbers show an increase in cases as...more
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In 2018, several foreign investors obtained international arbitration awards against the Venezuelan government, which nationalized various industries under then-President Hugo Chávez. After confirming their...more
The UK Supreme Court (UKSC) recently ruled, by a majority of four-to-one, that litigation funding agreements (LFAs) — which entitle litigation funders to a payment based on the level of damages recovered in the case — are...more
Recently the English Court of Appeal (CoA) in Evans v Barclays & Ors1 overturned a decision of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), allowing a follow-on damages claim against various international banks to proceed on an...more
In recent months, new proposals to change competition law in both the European Union and the United Kingdom have either been announced or enacted. The goals of both the EU Digital Markets Act (which has been fully applicable...more
The American Arbitration Association (AAA) and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) recently released their statistics for 2022, providing some insight into the state of domestic and international...more