On September 1, 2022, amendments to the American Arbitration Association’s (AAA) Commercial Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures went into effect. The amendments are significant but they are not retroactive. Thus the...more
Investor-State arbitration is designed to protect investors from unfair conduct by foreign governments. The quintessential example of a violation is an unlawful factory expropriation (e.g., a State taking over an oil refinery...more