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Husch Blackwell LLP

Fifth Circuit: Reference to Defunct Entity Did Not Abrogate Intent to Arbitrate

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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently reversed a district court’s denial of a motion to compel arbitration, finding that the parties’ arbitration clause expressed a clear intent to arbitrate and that the reference in...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The Fifth Circuit Held That Parties to an Arbitration Agreement Must Arbitrate Their Claims Even If the Forum They Selected No...

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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

Mayer Brown

Russia: Investment Protection and Arbitration | Part 4

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PART 4: JURISDICTIONAL BATTLEGROUND IN DISPUTES WITH SANCTIONED RUSSIAN PERSONS  - In a wave of recent decisions, including in proceedings involving a number of Western banks, the Russian courts have disapplied the...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Arbitration Clauses in International Agreements – Do’s and Don’ts

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Contractual engagements inevitably beget legal disputes. Even the best agreement is no guarantee the engagement will succeed. Accordingly, one of the most important provisions in any commercial agreement is the provision that...more

Carlton Fields

Fourth Circuit Finds Arbitration Clauses Are Valid and Enforceable, Confirms Chinese Arbitral Award

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The Fourth Circuit confirmed a foreign arbitration award issued in favor of third-party defendant Chongqing Rato Power Co. Ltd., a Chinese equipment manufacturer, against defendant Roger Leon. The parties negotiated and...more

Hogan Lovells

New year, new views - arbitration highlights in the Year of the Rat

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As the world welcomes in the Year of the Rat, we take a look back at five recent decisions that made big waves in the Year of the Pig in their different ways, across Hong Kong, Singapore, and England. ...more

Carlton Fields

Eleventh Circuit Clarifies Standard for New York Convention’s Public Policy Defense to Foreign Arbitration Awards

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The dispute involved an arbitration related to alleged medical malpractice by doctors selected by Carnival Cruise Lines to treat a wrist injury of a Serbian employee of Carnival. The employee’s employment agreement with...more

White & Case LLP

Which jurisdiction? Choosing where to litigate: A jurisdictional overview of the world’s court systems

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With ongoing advances in technology and communications, the number of contracting parties looking beyond their local jurisdiction when choosing a dispute resolution forum continues to grow It is easier than ever for...more

Jones Day

The Netherlands Commercial Court: An Attractive Forum for Litigation

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Specially designed for large and complex international commercial disputes, the NCC offers effective and economical litigation options. In December 2018, the Dutch Senate unanimously passed legislation to introduce the...more

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Eleventh Circuit Defers To Arbitrator’s Interpretation Of Forum Selection Clause In International Dispute And Affirms Award

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Questions of arbitral venue, even in international arbitration, are presumptively for the arbitrator to decide. The court so ruled despite arguments from an Israeli company that the arbitrator’s interpretation of an...more

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