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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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Can artificial intelligence bring corruption in public procurement to an end?

University of Bristol

It should then not be surprising that the possibility that artificial intelligence (AI) could ‘change the rules of the game’ (eg Santiso, 2019 ) and bring procurement corruption to an end is receiving significant attention.

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The Contents of Journal of International Arbitration, Volume 41, Issue 3 (June 2024)

Kluwer Arbitration

In both cases, the tribunals decided complex international business disputes solely on the basis of the 2016 edition of the UNIDROIT Principles. Two recent arbitral awards support the latter view.

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Delhi Arbitration Weekend 2024: India and the Evolving Nature of Investor State Dispute Settlement

Kluwer Arbitration

He supported this position by referring to India’s termination of 76 of 87 of its BITs in 2016. Ever since then, the Indian government has taken a more cautious approach with the 2016 India Model BIT (“India Model BIT”). The shift in India’s position has become more visible after the White Industries award and subsequent cases.

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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

Such provision was declared unconstitutional in Judgment C-035 of 2016 because it authorized mining activities in projects with pre-acquired environmental licenses in páramo areas. In June 2015, Colombia enacted Law 1753 , ratifying the mining ban in páramos , but reviving a grandfathering provision alike Law 1382.

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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

Such provision was declared unconstitutional in Judgment C-035 of 2016 because it authorized mining activities in projects with pre-acquired environmental licenses in páramo areas. In June 2015, Colombia enacted Law 1753 , ratifying the mining ban in páramos , but reviving a grandfathering provision alike Law 1382.

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What Limits Does German Law Impose on Externally Determined Arbitration Agreements in Sports and Commercial Arbitration?

Kluwer Arbitration

In parallel, the award was also challenged before the German courts, so far resulting in the Pechstein Decision reversing a judgment of the German Federal Court of Justice ( Bundesgerichtshof ) dated 7 June 2016 ( KZR 6/15 , previously discussed here ) and remanding the case to the Higher Regional Court of Munich. 40 et seq.).

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