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Brexit 2.0: The United Kingdom Leaves the Energy Charter Treaty

Kluwer Arbitration

And so is their interplay (for a more detailed account of the relevant questions, see Kehl & Wuschka, ZEuS 2024 , 59 (67 et seq.)). In already formally notifying its withdrawal, the UK has therefore put itself into a position where it can no longer influence which version of the ECT it will sail into the sunset.

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New Guidance on Joint Venture Classified Information Access Determinations

Government Contracts Legal Forum

The Joint Notice is a response to questions arising out of a recent change to SBA regulations and a subsequent Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision. Among other things, this Joint Notice clarifies that companies should not rely on the SBA’s regulations for the proposition that a small business JV will never need to hold an EED.

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A missed opportunity to provide meaningful clarification on state aid analysis of procurement compliance and some problematic ‘obiter dicta’ (C-28/23)

How to Crack a Nut

This was a crucial issue and the outcome of this case could have provided much needed clarity on the extent to which the Commission does, and indeed must, take procurement law into account in the assessment of State aid measures that involve the award of public contracts. In this post, I will focus on issues 1 and 2.

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Government Contracts Issues for a Recession

Procurement Notes

will eventually ease monetary conditions to influence a lowering of interest rates. [15] And, if bond investors will only purchase Government debt at elevated interest rates, that will influence the interest rates across the wider economy—working against any moves that the Fed. treasuries. [13] 13] , [14] Think of it this way.

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The Eco Oro and Red Eagle Awards: Recent Divergence on How to Interpret Fair and Equitable Treatment Clauses Linked to the Minimum Standard of Treatment

Kluwer Arbitration

In recent years, many States have signed investment treaties containing this type of clause based on the US Model BIT (2004), which itself reflects NAFTA case law following the FTC 2001 Note of Interpretation , which clarified that tribunals must apply the MST and no other standard. 444-45, 448-49, 455ff.,

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Playing Dr. Frankenstein: DoD Memo Tries to Revive Joint Venture Facility Clearance Requirements

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16, 2020), which addresses JVs under the SBA’s programs, and a subsequent Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision (Aug. 27, 2021) that interpreted the SBA rule without addressing NISP requirements and 32 CFR 2004 or how the two interconnect, thus adding to the confusion.”