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LIDW 2024: Lawyer (Mis)Behaviour in International Arbitration

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Diversity of Relevant Standards on Misconduct in International Arbitration The panellists first addressed the framework applicable to the behaviour of actors involved in international arbitration proceedings, and in particular the IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration (the “IBA Guidelines”) adopted in 2013.

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2023 in Review: Climate Change and ISDS – Reshaping Investment Arbitration to Achieve Climate Goals

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These developments suggest a move towards a more balanced approach between investor rights and states’ environmental duties, potentially leading to significant reforms in investment arbitration, enhancing awareness of its current limitations, especially in addressing climate challenges.

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Navy’s journey to new procurement system remains in peril

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She said the Navy completed an analysis of alternatives in 2013 that recommended holding a competition to select a commercial product that would be extended via business process modeling capability and data integration to fit capability gaps. PEO-MLB’s Rodriguez pushed back against the idea that there wasn’t competition.

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Worley International Services v. Ecuador: The What, When and How in Corruption Allegations

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Here, the Tribunal adopted a balanced standard as developed in Sanum v. 2013-13, Award of 12 September 2012, para. Finally, another intriguing discussion was the standard of proof for corruption allegations. Laos (PCA Case No.

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From the Editors of Kluwer Arbitration Blog: 2023

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In early 2013, we started developing the idea of expanding the regional coverage of the Blog, and creating the Editorial Board structure we have today, with associate editors, senior assistant editors, and assistant editors. Roger Alford as Managing Editor, and with Annalise Nelson, now an attorney at the U.S.

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Tackling Corruption in the Arbitral Process: Reflections on Nigeria v Process and Industrial Developments Limited

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While valuable ‘soft’ guidelines (such as those adopted by the International Bar Association in 2013) already exist, it will be important to consider going forward how such standards can be given real teeth and arbitrators given a means to enforce them. Inadequate Representation: Should a Tribunal Do More?

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CRCICA Launches New Arbitration Rules 2024

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Similar to the 2011 Rules, the 2024 Rules continue to be loosely based on the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules , as revised in 2010 (amended in 2013 and 2021), which leaving a wide room for party autonomy. The methodology of the comparison is explained in the first comment of the first page of the document.