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
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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
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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
Impact of COVID-19 on Cross-Border Disputes -
Cross-border disputes in the year 2020 are likely to be significantly impacted by the current outbreak of COVID-19, and disputes involving Latin America are no exception. The...more
5/18/2020
/ Arbitral Authority ,
Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Arbitration Awards ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Cuba ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments ,
Federal Pleading Requirements ,
Helms-Burton Act ,
International Arbitration ,
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) ,
International Litigation ,
Latin America ,
Parallel Proceedings ,
SCOTUS ,
Signatures ,
Subcontractors ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
US Supreme Court Issues Trio of Arbitration Decisions -
During its 2018-19 term, the U.S. Supreme Court issued decisions in three cases involving arbitration matters. These decisions, discussed further in our September 26,...more
10/29/2019
/ 28 U.S.C. § 1782 ,
Arbitrators ,
Class Arbitration ,
Commercial Electronic Messages ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Cuba ,
Discovery ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Exceptions ,
Expropriation ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Foreign Arbitral Awards ,
Foreign Tribunals ,
FRCP 37(e) ,
Helms-Burton Act ,
Henry Schein Inc v Archer and White Sales Inc ,
International Arbitration ,
International Litigation ,
Lamps Plus Inc v Varela ,
Latin America ,
New Prime v Oliveira ,
Private Right of Action ,
Question of Arbitrability ,
Request for Production ,
SCOTUS ,
Text Messages ,
Treble Damages ,
U.S. Foreign Claims Settlement Commission (FCSC) ,
Venezuela
On September 30, 2018, the United States, Mexico and Canada announced they had reached an agreement to revamp the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which now will be known as the United...more
10/3/2018
/ Bilateral Investment Treaties ,
Canada ,
Expropriation ,
Foreign Investment ,
International Arbitration ,
Investor Protection ,
Investors ,
Mexico ,
Most-Favored Nations ,
NAFTA ,
Trump Administration ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)