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The Government of Georgia defeats an ICC arbitration claim of US$ 1.5 billion at its highest over its termination of an investment...

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On 29 July 2024, an ICC arbitration tribunal, chaired by Stephen Drymer and including Jean Kalicki and Charles Adams as co-arbitrators, issued, by majority, an award in favour of the Government of Georgia in a high-profile...more

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Disputes Between Shareholders May Not Be Governed by Fiduciary Duties but Could Be Covered by Insurance

Disputes regarding ownership interests often arise in the context of closely held corporations, particularly when directors, officers, or majority shareholders sell or acquire ownership interests in the company. These...more

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10th Circ. Highlights US Court Discretion On Arbitral Awards

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In Compañía de Inversiones Mercantiles SA v. Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua SAB de CV, a panel of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuitrecently held in a 2-1 decision that the U.S. District Court for the...more

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Delaware Court of Chancery Holds Buzzfeed Not Bound by Pre-SPAC Merger Employment Agreements

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On October 28, 2022, Vice Chancellor Morgan T. Zurn of the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that the declaratory action brought by Buzzfeed Inc. against 91 current and former employees is not bound by arbitration provisions...more

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"Finality or justice" – Hong Kong court considers challenges to arbitral awards Talking Point Asia – May 2022

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In two successive decisions, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance has refused applications for extensions of time to set aside arbitral awards, in one case suggesting that there would need to be legislation to grant the...more

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Arbitration over Shareholder Disputes in German Law Companies

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1. Upsides of Arbitration on Shareholder Disputes over Litigation before Civil Courts - Generally, shareholder disputes in German law companies are subject to litigation before ordinary civil courts. If shareholders wish...more

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Getting Ready for the Big Day – Keys for Planning a Successful Virtual Trial

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British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) companies are widely used as corporate vehicles for joint ventures in Asia, especially at their pre-listing stage. There are over 450,000 active BVI companies set-up by users around the world....more

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Latin American arbitration in transition

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A disruptive era portends a new wave of disputes using well-established frameworks for commercial and investment arbitration - Arbitration is now deeply entrenched in the private and public sectors in Latin America, and...more

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Ninth Circuit Upholds Arbitration Provision Delegating Enforceability Determination to Arbitrator

In Brice v. Haynes Investments LLC, No. 19-15707 (9th Cir. Sept. 16, 2021), the Ninth Circuit considered an appeal by shareholders in Native American tribe-linked online lenders of a district court order denying the...more

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Chancery Upholds Well-Pled Claims Relating to Former Fiduciaries’ Retention of Derivative Arbitration Award

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Optimiscorp v. Atkins, C.A. No. 2020-0183-MTZ (Del. Ch. July 15, 2021) - In Optimiscorp, the Court upheld claims against former directors and officers of plaintiff Optimiscorp arising out of the defendants’ failure to turn...more

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Commercial Division Renders a Split Decision on a Petition to Stay an Arbitration

Recently, the Commercial Division rendered a split decision on a petition to stay an arbitration in Gol v. TNJ Holdings, Inc., Index No. 652304/2020, Doc. No. 75 (Sup. Ct., NY Cnty. Aug. 13, 2020). Based on an analysis of...more

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Contracting with Disclosed Principals: Who is Your Counterparty?

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It is often taken for granted that only the named parties to a contract can enforce it. The English Court of Appeal has recently considered an important derogation from that assumption in the context of an arbitration claim....more

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China Practice Newsletter: July-August 2019

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Holland & Knight invites you to read our China Practice Newsletter, in which our authors discuss pertinent Sino-American topics. The firm provides legal assistance to Chinese investors and companies doing business or making...more

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Unnamed principal can sue under arbitration agreement for foreign law remedy

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An unnamed disclosed principal of a party to a shareholders’ agreement (SHA) could sue under an arbitration agreement; the tribunal could also order a buy-out of shares of a foreign company, despite the remedy not being...more

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SEC Continues to Grapple with Mandatory Arbitration Hot Potato

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has again had to confront how to react to a mandatory arbitration provision that would have the effect of denying investors the ability to pursue federal securities law claims as a class...more

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No Action Relief Prompts Clarification from SEC Chair on Mandatory Arbitration

In a novel sequence of events, SEC Chair Jay Clayton issued a statement on February 11, 2019 expressing the Commission’s non-view on mandatory shareholder arbitration provisions implemented by publicly-listed companies. ...more

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Blog: On shareholder proposal for mandatory arbitration bylaw, Corp Fin passes the hot potato

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The issue of mandatory arbitration bylaws is a hot potato—and a partisan one at that (with Rs tending to favor and Ds tending to oppose). And in this no-action letter issued yesterday to Johnson & Johnson—granting relief to...more

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Blog: SEC Chair Confirms Mandatory Shareholder Arbitration Provisions And Dual-Class Share Structures Not Near-Term Priorities

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Last week, at a meeting of the SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee, SEC Chair Jay Clayton delivered an opening statement, part of which addressed two governance topics of recent debate. One of the topics—dual-class share...more

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Chris Lazarini Analyzes "Common and Usual Meaning" Interpretation of Insurance Contracts

Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini analyzed a case in which UBS Puerto Rico sought to overcome its insurance carriers' refusal to defend and provide coverage for two civil actions, settlements with the SEC and FINRA...more

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Blog: Mandatory shareholder arbitration provisions for IPOs? SEC Chair says “not on my list”

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Depending on your point of view, you may have experienced either heart palpitations or increased serotonin levels when you heard, back in July 2017, that SEC Commissioner Michael Piwowar had, in a speech before the Heritage...more

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International News: Focus on Health Care - Fall 2017

Nationalism and Cross-Border M&A: Navigating Populist Politics in Deal Making - More than half of the G20 countries voted-in campaigns that focused on harming foreign, outside interests as a means to strengthen domestic...more

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Business Litigation Reporter - August 2017

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In This Issue - Though law firms have been handling litigation on behalf of corporate clients for decades, industrywide surveys continue to suggest that, in a significant portion of cases, these clients feel they are not...more

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SEC Commissioner Supports Mandatory Shareholder Arbitration

Reuters is reporting that SEC Commissioner Michael Piwowar urged IPO companies to request relief from the SEC to include mandatory arbitration provisions for shareholder disputes. Commissioner Piwowar apparently made the...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Shareholders have accused Under Armour of “concealing the impact” of Sports Authority’s bankruptcy from investors in order to artificially inflate its stock price. The suit comes on the heels of a disastrous Q4 for UA, in...more

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International News: Focus on International Dispute Resolution

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Overview of the Proposed Reforms of the EU Merger Control Regime - In October 2016, the European Commission launched a public consultation to continue the process of identifying possible areas of the EU Merger Regulation...more

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