International Law & Trade, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Labor & Employment Law

New FIDIC Guidance: Should a party to a FIDIC contract be able to enforce a ‘binding’ DAB decision before the decision has become...

by Gordon Bell, Elinor Crowther | Reed Smith on 5/13/2013

On 1 April 2013, FIDIC issued guidance on how to deal with a contracting party who has failed to comply with a ‘binding’ decision of a Dispute Adjudication Board - The standard FIDIC form of contract contains a tiered...more

Chinese Supreme Court Guidelines Make It Easier for Employers to Enforce Non-Compete Covenants

by Ron Cai, Victoria Ding | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/6/2013

On Jan. 18, 2013, the Supreme People’s Court of China promulgated Judicial Interpretation IV on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Hearing Labor Dispute (the “Interpretation”). The Interpretation went into...more

Lawyers Claim Carnival Nightmare Cruise Employees Overworked

by Aaron Kase | Lawyers.com on 4/22/2013

At the root of an uptick in cruise ship mishaps and disasters may be overworked and fatigued crew members, a maritime law firm is claiming. The spread of foreign arbitration clauses in employee contracts that prevent workers...more

Bernstein Shur Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter #26

by Paul McDonald, Daniel J. Murphy | Bernstein Shur on 3/29/2013

We are pleased to present the 26th edition of the Bernstein Shur Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter. This month, we highlight a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision favoring the emerging gray market, arbitration of...more

Eleventh Circuit Reiterates Its Rejection of Public Policy Defenses To the Compelled Arbitration of Federal Claims in Non-U.S....

by Cadwalader - International Practice Law Group on 8/23/2012

Fernandes v. Carnival Corp., No. 09-15675 (11th Cir. 2012), provides a concentrated refresher of several international practice principles that the courts, especially in the Eleventh Circuit, have applied in increased rigor...more

Reducing the burden on business – changes to employment law in the UK? By Matthew Howse and Emma Damiral

by Morgan Lewis on 8/10/2012

Introduction - The UK labour market is one of the least regulated labour markets among developed countries, with only the US and Canada having lighter overall regulation. Nevertheless, the UK government is concerned to do...more

UK Supreme Court Confirms Parties’ Right to Choose Nationality of Arbitrators

by McDermott Will & Emery on 8/4/2011

On 22 June 2010, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, ruling on Jivraj v Hashwani [2010] EWCA Civ 712, [2010] ICR 1435, held that arbitrators are employees for the purposes of UK law. This decision caused considerable...more

Who Decides What? A Review of Last Week’s U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Affecting Employers

by Miller & Martin PLLC on 7/12/2010

In This Alert: I. Rent-A-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson On June, 21, 2010, in Rent-A-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson, the United States Supreme Court held that when an employee signs an arbitration agreement that...more

Tension Between Choice of Law and Mandatory Rules in International Employment and Agency Arbitration

by Ellyn Law LLP on 3/7/2008

The hallmark of international commercial arbitration is the right of parties to select the law to govern their dispute. However, choice of law or party autonomy is subject to limits. Sometimes arbitrators are obliged to...more

International Legal News Volume 4 Issue 2 - July 31, 2007

by International Lawyers Network on 7/31/2007

In this Issue: *The European Company in France: Two Years On Lefèvre Pelletier & Associés, Paris by Roland Montfort / Véronique Deau *The Family Office Nigel Harris & Partners, Channel Islands by Anita...more

International Legal News Volume 1 Issue 3 - June 20, 2006

by International Lawyers Network on 6/20/2006

In this Issue: *China Issues Implementing Opinions on Approval and Registration of Foreign-invested Enterprises Lehman, Lee & Xu, Beijing, China by by Feng (Sandy) Lin *Bankruptcy - A New Guise PETERKA & PARTNERS...more

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