The D.C. Circuit has approved a backdoor challenge to the validity of an international arbitration award, finding that a challenge to counsel's authority to enforce an award can never be forfeited....more
The U.S. Supreme Court has held that 28 U.S.C. § 1782 authorizes discovery to assist only governmental or intergovernmental adjudicative bodies, and not private adjudicative bodies like the international commercial and ad hoc...more
6/15/2022
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AlixPartners LLP v The Fund for Protection of Investors Rights in Foreign States ,
Arbitration ,
Business Disputes ,
Business Litigation ,
Commercial Arbitration ,
Discovery ,
Foreign Jurisdictions ,
Foreign Tribunals ,
International Arbitration ,
International Litigation ,
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ZF Automotive US Inc v Luxshare Ltd
In November 2017, S&P Global Ratings declared Venezuela in default after it failed to make a $200 million coupon payment on its sovereign bonds. Many saw this coming. Since 2014, the country has been mired in a recession that...more
3/12/2018
/ Arbitration ,
Bilateral Investment Treaties ,
Foreign Investment ,
Foreign Jurisdictions ,
ICSID ,
International Arbitration ,
Investors ,
Latin America ,
Mexico ,
NAFTA ,
Presidential Elections ,
Trade Agreements ,
Venezuela