Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

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FedInsider

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The challenges that civilian agencies must overcome are different than those facing the Department of Defense, for instance, while the components of the Department of Homeland Security often must balance their security requirements against their law enforcement or emergency services missions.

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SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Back in 2015 , the Office of Federal Procurement Policy tested out a simple survey system for offerors to provide feedback on the acquisitions process. That’s a lot of acquisitions that are not subject to any feedback from outside the agency. But things might change now with the new rule that the FAR Council enacted.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 5, 2024

He observed that a lot has changed since the Conference of Parties 21 in 2015, and noted the increased criticism of ISDS as a mechanism used to direct claims against environmental reforms. Where do We Stand?

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2024

He was the last live afternoon host on Federal News Radio, hosting “In Depth with Francis Rose” from 2008 to 2015 after joining the station in 2006. Before joining SNG, he hosted “Government Matters” on Washington, DC’s ABC 7 from 2016 to 2021.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

See, e.g., Brazil-India BIT (2020) ; Brazil-Ethiopia BIT (2018) ; Brazil-Malawi BIT (2015).) In 2014, South Africa terminated its BITs with six European countries and in 2015 passed the Protection of Investment Act (“PIA”) , which will eventually replace all BITs. The PIA, which came into effect in 2018, introduced several changes.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 22, 2024

In June 2015, Colombia enacted Law 1753 , ratifying the mining ban in páramos , but reviving a grandfathering provision alike Law 1382. This behavior showed that Colombia acted with a legitimate purpose, giving meaningful consideration to competing economic, environmental, and social interests to produce a balanced policy.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 26, 2024

To rule on Forbes IP’s petition, the Court applied the China Trade test which requires the movant to pass two threshold requirements and prevail on the balancing of five discretionary factors. Mexico and New York) and because Forbes IP’s anti-suit injunction would be dispositive of the Mexico Injunction.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 24, 2024

In June 2015, Colombia enacted Law 1753 , ratifying the mining ban in páramos , but reviving a grandfathering provision alike Law 1382. This behavior showed that Colombia acted with a legitimate purpose, giving meaningful consideration to competing economic, environmental, and social interests to produce a balanced policy.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

13,129/2015 , which expanded arbitration’s scope, especially in infrastructure-related disputes involving public administration. Professor Armesto highlighted the 2015 Paris Agreement (also reported here ), noting the difficult position of Latin American countries that must balance infrastructure development with environmental protection.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Quansah , 2015 ONCA 237 , and Australia ( Allied Pastoral Holdings Pty Ltd v. In striking this balance, as acknowledged in Tui , the overriding criterion should be the overall fairness of the arbitration. A party who fails to do this will be deemed to have accepted as truthful witness evidence, and unable to challenge it.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

In 2012, SANESSOL requested a tariff revision, arguing for the necessity of re-establishing the contractual balance. Background The Appeal was filed by SANESSOL, a company that was awarded a public bid for the provision of sanitation services in the City of Mirassol by the Municipality of the city in 2007. Pursuant to Municipal Decree No.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 29, 2024

Since the PIL’s creation in 2015, one of its main goals has been to spread the culture of innovation not just throughout DHS, but across all agencies. But it’s also really important because it helps us to balance our books and it brings back money that actually can be spent on other things.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

To strike an appropriate balance, SIAC, for its part, has adopted a noteworthy approach – according to one of its practice notes , “the parties are not to bear any fees for the use of an administrative secretary where the amount in dispute is under S$15,000,000” (para.

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Import and Trade Remedies

MAY 14, 2024

It was observed that the deployment of these various trade policy tools remains a delicate balancing act, as the US and EU seek to de-risk their relationship with China without doing unintended harm to a trading relationship that holds the key in many sectors to the EU meeting its policy objectives, including environmental.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 1, 2024

India, for instance, terminated a large number of its BITs whose initial term had lapsed, generally accompanied by offers to renegotiate on the basis of India’s 2015 Model BIT. Her remarks underscore the need for reforms that actually address the real disparities and ensure a more balanced and equitable resolution of investment disputes.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 18, 2024

Rather, the Italian Supreme Court considers the time limit an essential element of the arbitration (Corte di cassazione, decision of 19 January 2015, No. The parties have to make corresponding provisions in their balance sheets and the labour of their employees is utilised for an indefinite period of time.

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FedInsider

MARCH 4, 2024

The challenges that civilian agencies must overcome are different than those facing the Department of Defense, for instance, while the components of the Department of Homeland Security often must balance their security requirements against their law enforcement or emergency services missions. A graduate of the U.S.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

b) the Arbitration Act being a self-contained code, its “dependence on other legislations is either absent or minimal,” and (c) balancing party autonomy with referral to arbitration. This makes the Judgment an important exposition of law in the field of arbitration for India.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The new NAI Rules, which had been last revised in 2015 , introduce a number of innovative features and aim to provide for more efficient and expeditious dispute resolution, thereby responding to the needs and increased sophistication of users of international arbitration. Hetterscheidt, LinkedIn post, February 2024 ).

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Inter-American Development Bank

JULY 7, 2023

OECD (2015), “Governance of State-Owned Enterprises in Brazil: Strengthening Transparency and Accountability to Implement the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises,” OECD Corporate Governance Working Papers, No. Fixing State-Owned Enterprises: New policy solutions to old problems. 9, OECD Publishing, Paris.

Finance 52

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 2, 2024

According to the Claimant, these actions constituted violations of multiple standards outlined in the Treaty; The Internal Revenue Service audited Worley’s tax returns for 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016. Here, the Tribunal adopted a balanced standard as developed in Sanum v. Laos (PCA Case No.

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Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Interview transcript: Jason Mallare Umbra was founded in 2015. Through the mechanisms of how the company is structured, it’s been able to bring down the cost of those satellites. To explain more about how they do that, Jason Mallare, vice president of Umbra, joined the Space Hour. And so that kind of defeats itself.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 29, 2024

According to a 2021 study , since the 2015 Dutch court decision (upheld on appeal) in Urgenda v. As such, the decision may embolden claimants elsewhere to bring similar human rights-based claims seeking action on climate change. Climate litigation asserting human rights violations has already grown significantly in the past decade.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 14, 2023

She was also the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Ogun State Nigeria between 2013 and 2015. Balancing being Chairman at LACIAC and a Partner at Banwo & Ighodalo has certainly been challenging particularly in the area of time management. Welcome to the Kluwer Arbitration Blog, Mrs. Akeredolu!

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University of Bristol

OCTOBER 21, 2024

From February 2025, it will introduce a new system of procurement regulation that is meant, among other goals, to create flexibility and to allow for a different balancing of competing considerations in guiding procurement in the public interest. It is thus interesting to see how the PA23 has articulated its view of the public interest.

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Procurement Notes

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The sovereign acts doctrine attempts to balance[ ] the Governments need for freedom to legislate with its obligation to honor its contracts by asking whether the sovereign act is properly attributable to the Government as contractor. [62] Generally speaking, the Government seeking to balance the budget is laudable. 962 (2015).

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

We balanced these considerations for and against applying a longer time-frame by selecting one year before and after the transparency intervention which limits the incidence of confounding factors while also taking care of seasonality biases.

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Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

” [5] Iron ore prices are down from 2021, but still above 2015-2019 averages. “In For contracts being developed or negotiated during this period of unusually high inflation, an EPA clause may be an appropriate tool to equitably balance the risk of inflation between the Government and contractor. 2015 WL 1529861, at 4 (D.

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Procurement Notes

JUNE 13, 2022

So, how does a contractor/subcontractor balance these competing obligations? In contrast to the preceding, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (“INA”) generally makes it unlawful for an employer to discriminate in hiring or firing based upon citizenship status. Unfortunately, the solution may not be practical. 112] See 41 C.F.R. §

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 16, 2023

The federal funds rate is the interest rate at which depository institutions trade federal funds (balances held at Federal Reserve Banks) with each other overnight.” [50] 5, 2015), available at [link]. [58] On February 1, the FOMC announced the current federal funds rate range of 4.5 Sarah Foster, edited by Mary Wisniewski, The U.S.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The majority was of the view that following the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015, there are stricter standards for impartiality and independence under Section 12(5) read with the Seventh Schedule of the Act (incorporating the Red List in the IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration2014 ).

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Facts In 2015, DJO was negotiating various contracts for the operation of a network of railway lines in India. Enforcing ethical standards in arbitration requires striking a balance between accountability and confidentiality. The DJO decision suggests that this balance may not be sufficiently well-struck.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 31, 2025

These features, often enabled by default, adjust brightness, contrast, and colour balance without user input, potentially altering the original appearance of the footage. For example, in 2015, Google faced widespread online criticism when its Google Photos app mistakenly labelled people of colour as gorillas. For example, Adobe Inc.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 26, 2024

This, if applicable, risks rendering section 29A ineffective and undermining the legislative intent behind the 2015 Amendment. The 2015 Amendment specifically added section 29A in order to make the arbitration process more efficient and ensure that it does not become as cumbersome as litigation. This raises two key issues.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 19, 2025

Similarly, in the United Kingdom, the Consumer Rights Act 2015 introduced provisions to ensure that arbitration clauses do not disproportionately disadvantage consumers. In Wilson v. Best Travel Ltd [1993] 1 All E.R.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 24, 2025

In Brazil, pioneering projects on reforms have sparked discussions about the balance between public accountability and confidentiality in class arbitrations, while also expanding the professional pool of arbitrators to include public notaries. These changes reflect a broader trend towards modernizing arbitration frameworks in the region.

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