The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently compelled two parties to arbitrate their claims despite the abolishment of the forum that they selected in their international commercial arbitration clause. The case...more
Amid the flurry of expected international trade actions by the second Trump administration, the outgoing Biden White House reached a significant (but overlooked) agreement of its own to curtail investor-state dispute...more
Two U.S.-based arbitral institutions and two international institutions recently released global caseload data from 2023. The American Arbitration Association–International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA-ICDR) experienced...more
Background On May 19, 2023, the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Green Enterprises, LLC v. Hiscox Syndicates Ltd. at Lloyd’s of London that the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral...more
In this continuation of updates on international arbitration trends in 2022, several additional arbitral institutions have published their annual reports, confirming a busy recovery year in the international arbitration...more
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The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) has recently released their statistics for 2022, providing an interesting glimpse into the state of international arbitration in Hong Kong....more
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in the case of ZF Automotive US v. Luxshare that parties to private foreign or international arbitrations may not seek discovery assistance from U.S. federal courts for use in their...more
On 1 October 2020, the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) implemented its newly promulgated and updated rules, seeking to improve and expedite its international commercial arbitration proceedings....more
A current hot topic concerning international arbitration is whether parties can obtain discovery through the U.S. courts. Under 28 U.S.C. § 1782, an interested person may petition a district court for an order requiring a...more