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Raytheon to Pay $950 Million in Major FCA and FCPA Case Aided by Whistleblower

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Among the charges are allegations that Raytheon engaged in a bribery scheme to obtain contracts with the Qatari military and misrepresented its costs during contract negotiations with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). 428 million of the total $950 million DOJ settlement stems from the FCA violations. “The

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Mongolia: Investment Related Developments in the Mining Sector

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Since 2016, Mongolia has been working to establish a new model BIT to guide the negotiation of new BITs and the renegotiation of existing BITs. In 2011, the tribunal ruled that the windfall profit tax did not breach the BIT. In 2006, the parties settled and the case was discontinued. State Department. million to $4.5 million in 2015.

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Ivalua Further Grows its Procurement Solution Business in Canada

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TELUS’ procurement team set out to reduce off-contract buying in order to avoid the erosion of negotiated pricing and service levels of its suppliers. Since 2011, Optis Consulting has served Fortune-level and high-growth clients across North America since 2011 in pursuit of Source-to-Pay excellence.

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Aggravating Australia’s Arbitration Ambivalence: Zeph’s ISDS Claims

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However, such developments do open up the possibility of Australia advancing an “investment court” alternative to ISDS when reviewing older IIAs and negotiating new ones. It had reinstated in late 2022 a policy over 2011-13 of not agreeing to ISDS in new IIAs.

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Clean Slate: The Interface Between Arbitration and Insolvency Processes in India

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Even for disputes that stem from pre-insolvency rights and obligations, arbitration agreements should not be enforced against the liquidator where they affect the substantive rights of other creditors, to protect the policy aims of the insolvency regime ( Larsen Oil and Gas Pte Ltd v Petroprod Ltd [2011] SGCA 21, [45]–[50]).

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The Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement Between the EU and Angola: A New Model for Investment Agreements?

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Some argue that these provisions may be detrimental to investors while, simultaneously, not sufficiently ambitious towards States.

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COVID-19: Fundamental Change of Circumstances or Force Majeure? Insights from Portugal

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This privatisation captured substantial public attention and scrutiny, given the importance of the services provided by CTT and the fact that these services had been rendered by public entities for almost five centuries.