Daily Compliance News: July 11, 2025, The What is a COI Edition
Nonprofit Basics: Conflict of Interest Policies and Best Practices for Approving Insider Compensation
Nonprofit Basics: Insider Transactions and Nonprofits – What’s the Big Deal?
Conflicts of Interest in Healthcare and Elsewhere
Payment for Order Flow (PFOF) and Gamification: Your Questions Answered
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 124: Listen and Learn -- Duty of Loyalty (Corporations)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 282: Listen and Learn -- Duty of Loyalty (Corporations)
What to Do When Your University, FBI, or DOJ Knocks on Your Door: Responding to University, Criminal, and Civil Investigations
Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – The ADV season
Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – DOL: What’s ahead
Podcast: Credit Funds: Compliance Considerations for Valuation
CONVERGE18-Preview Podcasts-David Bunker on COIs in the Gig Economy
Podcast - Credit Funds: A Framework for Addressing and Mitigating Conflicts of Interest
Day 7 of One Month to Better Investigations and Report-How Investigations Inform Remediation
Day 15 of One Month to Better Compliance Through HR-Employment Separation Issues
Bill Beutler on Editing Wikipedia
Rules for rewarding 'super' condo board members
Bill on Bankruptcy: US Airways Need a Merger More than AMR
In Employers’ Innovative Network v. Bridgeport Benefits, No. 24-1350 (4th Cir. July 18, 2025), Employers contracted with Bridgeport, Capital Security, Inc., and a few other parties to obtain and administer employee health...more
The Situation: In February 2024, the International Bar Association ("IBA") updated its Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration ("Guidelines"). The Guidelines provide detailed guidance for arbitrators...more
Because we live in an imperfect world, disputes regarding the performance of contractual and legal obligations will occur. The growth in the volume of international transactions will lead to a corresponding increase in the...more
Users of arbitration know that one of the most important decisions they can make is the selection of the arbitrator. As arbitration grows more ubiquitous, more experienced arbitrators are being selected more frequently, and...more
Conflicts of interest are of great interest to law firms, prosecutors, and arbitrators. In two major international arbitrations, parties are seeking review by the United States Supreme Court of the standard that courts...more
Users of commercial arbitration — particularly those that employ the top institutional rules, such as those of the ICC or ICDR-AAA — have a number of basic expectations. They want their dispute to be decided by competent,...more
The parties in a $238-million dispute over the construction of the third set of locks for the Panama Canal is raising issues concerning alleged conflicts of interest on the part of the International Chamber of Commerce...more
The obligations of an expert services provider to avoid a conflict with its client’s interests should be assessed by reference to the expert’s retainer and not (as was held at first instance) by reference to a freestanding...more
This alert considers two recent English court judgments providing important guidance impacting expert evidence, first as regards conflicts of interest and, second, as regards the risks of an award being challenged for serious...more
In the case of (1) Secretariat Consulting Pte Ltd, (2) Secretariat International UK Ltd, (3) Secretariat Advisors LLC v A Company [2021] EWCA Civ 6, the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Technology and Construction...more
The General Court of the European Union (the "General Court") has confirmed this week that the eligibility rules of the International Skating Union ("ISU"), which penalized athletes participating in competitions not...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
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
The leading international arbitration institutions, including the London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”) and the International Court of Arbitration (“ICC”), are revising their arbitration rules to improve...more
The UK Supreme Court has delivered its long-awaited decision in Halliburton v Chubb1 regarding an arbitrator's duty to disclose multiple appointments in related arbitrations. In a decision of significance to the international...more
In a landmark decision handed down on November 27, 2020, the U.K. Supreme Court has confirmed that the English law of arbitration imposes a duty on arbitrators to disclose matters which would or might lead to the conclusion...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 2021 ICC Rules, which will enter into force on January 1, 2021, include a new requirement for disclosure of third-party funding arrangements. On October 8, 2020, the International Chamber of Commerce ("ICC") announced...more
Last month, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) started a review and revision of its 2016 Rules (the “2020 Review”). The 2016 Rules introduced a number of novel provisions to address “early dismissal of...more
Disputes - Supreme Court of Japan Overturns the Osaka High Court's Decision Setting Aside an Arbitral Award - On December 12, 2017, the Supreme Court of Japan (Third Petty Bench) overturned the Osaka High Court's...more
Decision adds new burden on arbitrators and creates ill-defined standard for compliance. Arbitrators conducting proceedings in Japan face new requirement of making “reasonable inquiries” throughout proceedings to identify...more
The Report illustrates wide-spread use of IBA soft law instruments; provides snapshot of international arbitral practice and regional trends. The Subcommittee on IBA Guidelines and Rules recently released the results of...more
A number of significant international arbitrations, particularly involving claims by investors against sovereign states, are venued in Washington, D.C. A September 30, 2016, decision by the U.S. District Court for the...more
Privy Council clarifies the nature of arbitration clauses, but uncertainties about the clauses’ effect still remain. “Non-exclusive” arbitration clauses provide that disputes “may” be referred to arbitration (rather than...more