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Introduction - In a recent decision, the Dubai Court of Appeal (Court of Appeal) in Case No. 8 of 2025 (issued on 28 April 2025) annulled an interim award, issued by an arbitral tribunal in an ongoing International Chamber of...more
When parties plan to resolve disputes by arbitration, there are several key considerations regarding procedure. In the fourth of a multi-part series, we look at two key features to consider when drafting (and applying) your...more
Background - In February 2024, the Dubai Court of Cassation (Court of Cassation) issued a surprising decision in Case No. 821 of 2023 (Commercial), in which it upheld the Dubai Court of Appeal’s (Court of Appeal) partial...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
Since 2017, Japan has been actively working to promote international arbitration. The updates to the Arbitration Act of Japan should help boost the country’s popularity as an arbitration seat....more
The Eleventh Circuit upheld an arbitral award last month despite the arbitrators’ failure to make certain disclosures regarding potential sources of bias. The litigation involved a dispute between the Panama Canal Authority,...more
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision last week upholding an arbitral award, despite the failure of the arbitrators to make certain pertinent disclosures. The case involves an international arbitration...more
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the confirmation of an arbitration award issued under a bilateral investment treaty between Libya and Cyprus. We previously described the underlying Southern District of...more
La présente contribution se propose d’étudier l’apparition, en arbitrage international, de décisions procédurales formant un véritable corps de jurisprudence ou de précédents. Tandis que le sujet du précédent a d’ores et déjà...more
The decision in the case of Kabab-Ji vs Kout Food issued on 28 September 2022 by France’s highest Court brings into particularly sharp focus the French and English court’s differing stance in deciding the law applicable to an...more
On March 23, 2022, a New York federal court confirmed an award in an arbitration before a tribunal of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) between Olin Holdings Ltd. and the state of Libya under a bilateral investment...more
Petitioner Andes Petroleum Ecuador Ltd. moved to confirm a $500 million arbitration award arising from a contract dispute involving hydrocarbon development in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The respondent, Occidental Exploration and...more
On April 2, 2019, the Supreme People’s Court of the PRC and the Department of Justice of Hong Kong signed the “Arrangements concerning the Mutual Assistance in Court-Order Interim Measures in Aid of Arbitral Proceedings by...more
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed a decision confirming a decision by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) that applied the law of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)....more
Welcome to Morrison & Foerster’s quarterly newsletter on dispute resolution. In this newsletter, we address recent developments in arbitrations, investigations, and commercial and intellectual property litigation that may...more
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has released revised arbitration rules, which are expected to become effective from 1 January 2021 and apply to arbitration proceedings commenced after that date. ...more
The International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) published on Dec. 1, 2020, a new version of its Arbitration Rules (2021 Rules), which will apply to all cases registered as of Jan. 1,...more
On 1 January 2021, nine years after the last major overhaul of the ICC Rules of Arbitration and less than four years after a very limited revision of these Rules in 2017,2 a new version of the ICC Rules of Arbitration will...more
As it continues to enjoy record caseloads during the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (the "ICC" or "Court") sets out its vision for the future of dispute...more
On October 6, 2020, the Executive Board of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) approved the revised ICC Rules of Arbitration (the “2021 ICC Rules”), which will replace the ICC Rules issued in March 2017. The 2021 ICC...more
Following the recent trend of periodic incremental updates to the arbitral rules of major institutions, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has published the draft text of its revised 2021 Arbitration Rules. The...more
Arbitration awards may be vacated or annulled based on arbitrator conflicts of interest and even just an appearance of impropriety. Read how different arbitrations deal with disqualification motions. The Importance of...more
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration, one of the leading international arbitral institutions, has released revised Rules of Arbitration to take effect in January 2021. The 2021 ICC...more
Party Nomination of Arbitrators - Parties benefit from a broad freedom in nominating arbitrators. In the context of an arbitration seated in France, the French law principle of égalité (equality) between the parties in...more
In a recently published annulment decision, the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt (docket no. 26 Sch 14/18) by way of obiter dictum expressed its views on dissenting opinions in domestic arbitration proceedings. Although the...more