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The 2023 SIAC Draft Rules: Raising the Bar for Efficiency

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b) proposes raising the monetary threshold for Expedited Procedure from SGD 6,000,000 to SGD 10,000,000, positioning SIAC as the institution with the most substantial threshold amount in place for Expedited Procedure. In 2022 alone, SIAC received 87 requests for Expedited Procedure, of which 48 were accepted. Draft Rule 14.1(b)

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Arbitration Agreements and Insolvency Proceedings: Comparing the Pro-Arbitration Perspectives in Singapore, the United Kingdom, and India, and Calling for International Consensus

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The High Court relied and emphasized on the decisions of the Court of Appeal in Metalform Asia Pte Ltd v Holland Leedon Pte Ltd [2007] 2 SLR(R) 268, AnAn Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd v VTB Bank [2020] 1 SLR 1158 and BWG v. BWF [2020] 1 SLR 1296. 18) At [18].

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Government Contracts Issues for a Recession

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3] The last eight recessions include the 2020 COVID-19 recession, the 2007-2009 Great Recession, the 2001 dot-com recession, the 1990-1991 savings & loan crisis recession, the 1981-1982 second double dip recession, the 1980 first double dip recession, 1973-1975 oil crisis recession, and the 1969-1970 guns and butter recession. [4]

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Red Eagle v. Colombia: Colombia’s Decisions to Protect Páramos Do Not Constitute a Violation of the Minimum Standard of Treatment vis-à-vis an Investor with No Vested Right

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937, which adopted the cartographic information of a 2007 Páramo Atlas to identify and delimit Colombian páramos. In his opinion, although the threshold for a breach of the MST is stringent, it includes an obligation to the State not to frustrate the investors’ legitimate expectations.

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Red Eagle v. Colombia: Colombia’s Decisions to Protect Páramos Do Not Constitute a Violation of the Minimum Standard of Treatment vis-à-vis an Investor with No Vested Right

Kluwer Arbitration

937, which adopted the cartographic information of a 2007 Páramo Atlas to identify and delimit Colombian páramos. In his opinion, although the threshold for a breach of the MST is stringent, it includes an obligation to the State not to frustrate the investors’ legitimate expectations.

Balance 52
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An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor

Procurement Notes

18] And, for DoD, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) 216.203-4 limits the use of the FAR EPA clauses to DoD contracts that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold (presently $250,000 with exceptions), and performance is longer than six months. [19] GAO’s competitive prejudice threshold should be similar.

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Violations of Competition Law as Grounds for Setting Aside Arbitral Awards: Lessons from the Paris Court of Appeal in GBO v. CAI

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Cytec , 2007) and the Netherlands ( Marketing Displays v. This regulation grants a safe harbor for vertical agreements under certain conditions (among others, a 30% market share threshold and the absence of “hardcore” listed restrictions). This has been the case in Germany ( KZB 75/21 , 2022), Sweden ( GE v.