International arbitration statistics are back in season. In the first couple of months of 2024, the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement...more
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently denied a motion to reconsider its prior confirmation of a “multihundred-million-dollar” arbitration award by a Chinese arbitration panel. In the...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
This article discusses the rules applicable to the enforcement of international arbitral awards in the Cayman Islands pursuant to the Arbitration Law 2012 and related legislation with particular reference to Asia-seated...more
Earlier this year, in In re New York State Dept. of Health (Rusi Tech. Co., Ltd.), Albany County Commercial Division Justice Richard Platkin issued a decision to permanently stay the arbitration before the China International...more
The Northern District of New York confirmed this month an arbitration award made in June 2018 by the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) in favor of two Chinese companies and against a U.S....more
On April 2, 2019, the Supreme People’s Court of the PRC and the Department of Justice of Hong Kong signed the “Arrangements concerning the Mutual Assistance in Court-Order Interim Measures in Aid of Arbitral Proceedings by...more
In these series of posts, we discuss the differences that have emerged in rulings by federal appeals courts in the United States Circuits on certain issues that may affect the ability of a party in an international...more
Interpreting a key statutory provision for cross-border discovery, on July 8, 2020, the Second Circuit held that parties to a private international arbitration cannot obtain discovery in the United States in aid of that...more
A federal court in the Northern District of California has adopted the reasoning and conclusion of a recent Sixth Circuit decision in holding that 28 U.S.C. § 1782 applies with respect to private foreign/international...more
On October 12, 2018, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre ("SIAC") signed a memorandum of understanding ("MOU") in Beijing with the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission ("CIETAC")....more
Decision encourages a deferential approach to enforcing foreign awards in England and confirms narrow interpretation of the public policy exception under the New York Convention. The English Court of Appeal has confirmed...more
The court ruled that ACC Resources is bound by an arbitral award issued by the China International Economic & Trade Arbitration Commission (“CIETAC”). The award required the mineral company to pay its supplier, Calbex Mineral...more
As cross-border business in China has exploded, so has the frequency of business disputes there. With both Western and Chinese firms wary of conducting litigation on the other’s home turf, parties can often agree on...more