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Malaysia Plans to Offer Whistleblower Awards as Part of New Anti-Corruption Strategy

Whistleblower Network News

On May 7, the Malaysian government launched its 2024-2028 National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS), a continuation of its 2019 National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP) that ended in 2023. billion per year and, using figures from the World Bank, make the average cost of corruption around 3% of annual GDP.

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

Kluwer Arbitration

On its part, the Respondent raised several objections to the jurisdiction of the Tribunal, specifically pointing to several instances of corrupt and illegal acts allegedly committed by Worley at the making and during the operation of the investment. Worley may have willfully failed to monitor and investigate Tecnazul’s corrupt activities.

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AML Whistleblowers Can Play a Key Role in Exposing the Illicit Side of Sports

Whistleblower Network News

The AML Whistleblower Improvement Act established the AML Whistleblower Program, an important tool for balancing the unregulated sports environment and targeting corruption within the industry. These provisions offer monetary awards and anti-retaliation protections to whistleblowers who report money laundering violations.

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Annulment Procedure on the Arbitral Awards Involving Long-standing Dispute between Rutas de Lima and Municipalidad de Lima

Kluwer Arbitration

It found that neither the contract nor the addendum was void due to the corruption allegations. The Municipalidad de Lima contended that the concession contract, the Bankability Addendum, and the 2015 and 2016 Memoranda of Agreement were null and void due to alleged bribery by Rutas de Lima. The seat of arbitration was Washington D.C.

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Countdown to RIDW24: Global Dispute Trends in the Age of Data and Climate Change

Kluwer Arbitration

Of these cases, around two-thirds (or 1,557 cases) have been filed since 2015, the year the Paris Agreement was adopted. According to a report published by the London School of Economics, 2,341 cases have been captured in the Sabin Center’s climate change litigation databases. We look forward to attending the SCCA24 Conference !

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Innovation procurement under the Procurement Act 2023 -- changing procurement culture on the cheap?

How to Crack a Nut

48 and 46 PCR 2015). 30 PCR 2015). And this is relevant because that training is not only for innovation procurement, but for all types of ‘different’ procurement under the Procurement Act 2023 (ie green, social, more robustly anti-corruption, more focused on contract performance, etc). 20 PA 2023). Devil will be in the detail.

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Examining the Delegation of the Power to Determine Arbitrability: Insights from Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd. v. Cypress Semiconductor Corp.

Kluwer Arbitration

A separate dispute resolution provision, with an integration clause, was formed when Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (“Cypress”) signed a Distributor Agreement with Fujitsu Electronics Inc. (“Fujitsu Electronics”), a subsidiary of Fujitsu Semiconductor, in 2015 after Cypress merged with Spansion. Opus Bank , 796 F.3d