On October 25, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) released its 2024 Annual Report, which highlights significant trends and statistics in ICSID’s cases during the fiscal year ending on June...more
12/20/2024
/ Annual Reports ,
Arbitration ,
Bilateral Investment Treaties ,
CAFTA-DR ,
Compliance ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Energy Charter Treaty ,
Enforcement ,
ICSID ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
NAFTA
On June 17, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID or the Centre) published a report on the trends in enforcement and compliance of the awards rendered by arbitration tribunals constituted under...more
11/12/2024
/ Arbitration ,
Compliance ,
Conciliation ,
Damages ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Investment ,
ICSID ,
International Investment Courts ,
Settlement ,
Tribunals ,
World Bank
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID or the Centre) announced on August 8, that it had registered its 1,000th case under the ICSID Convention and the Additional Facility. While the Centre is...more
Artificial intelligence (AI) is an emerging technology with the potential to effect profound changes in all areas of society, including dispute resolution. As the business world increasingly confronts applications of this...more
When negotiating a transaction or vendor agreement, or adopting website terms of service or privacy policies, the choices made in dispute resolution provisions can significantly impact outcomes and costs in the event of a...more
On July 25, 2023, the United Nations Commission on International Trade (UNCITRAL) concluded its 56th session in Vienna, Austria.
During the 56th session, UNCITRAL adopted a number of new guidelines and texts on mediation,...more
The entitlement to bring claims for breaches of the investment standards and protections contained in Section A of Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement will soon end.
NAFTA countries agreed to withdraw their...more
On January 30, 2023, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) published its Caseload Statistics for the 2022 calendar year.
The Caseload Statistics can be found here, and ICSID’s accompanying...more
2/13/2023
/ Bilateral Investment Treaties ,
CAFTA-DR ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
FIPPA ,
Foreign Investment ,
Gender Equity ,
ICSID ,
Investment ,
NAFTA ,
UNCITRAL ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
On November 18, 2022, Luxembourg became the seventh country to announce plans to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), following in the footsteps of Poland, Spain, the Netherlands, France, Slovenia, and...more
On November 18, 2022, the European Commission announced the conclusion of negotiations between the European Union (EU) and the Republic of Angola on a Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement (SIFA)....more
On October 14th, 2022, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) published its Annual Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 covering the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022, including statistics on...more
On September 13, 2022, the European Parliament approved a report by its committee on legal affairs that calls for the introduction of a new regulatory framework to prevent abuses that may be caused by third-party-funded...more
Under 28 U.S.C. §1782, parties can ask district courts to compel persons within the courts’ respective districts to provide evidence in aid of proceedings before “a foreign or international tribunal.” A longstanding question...more
On March 21, the Member States of the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) approved extensive amendments to the Centre’s rules and regulations that will go into effect on July 1,...more
On February 7th, 2022, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) published the latest edition of its Caseload Statistics, confirming the strong demand for ICSID Arbitration despite challenges...more
2/10/2022
/ Arbitration ,
Bilateral Investment Treaties ,
Caseloads ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Diversity ,
Foreign Investment ,
ICSID ,
International Arbitration ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
NAFTA
On January 29, 2021, the EU and Canada adopted four important decisions to ready the novel Investment Court System (ICS) for disputes arising under the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)...more
The US Government has taken action recently to step up enforcement against forced labor.
As particular regions come under increased media scrutiny, the issue has renewed interest in Congress, which is considering several...more
10/26/2020
/ Child Labor ,
China ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Forced Labor ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariff Act of 1930 ,
U.S. Treasury ,
US Department of State ,
Withhold Release Orders (WROs)
The World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the leading arbitration venue for investor-State arbitration, has released its FY2020 caseload statistics.
This information indicates...more
On September 10, former US State Department lawyers filed a joint amicus brief in the Supreme Court encouraging the justices to reverse a DC Circuit court decision altering the FSIA.
The Amicus Brief -
Filed in support...more
On July 8, 2020, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rendered its decision in In Re Application and Petition of Hanwei Guo for an order to take Discovery for Use in a Foreign Proceeding Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1782...more
In the past month, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) released their annual reports. The reports reflect on the growth of the PCA and SIAC as international...more
The release on December 12, 2019, of the Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration (the BHR Rules) offers a new and innovative dispute resolution option in the field of corporate responsibility. As self-described,...more