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Revisiting the Indus Waters Treaty: PCA Reasserts Competence

Kluwer Arbitration

India endorsed the request however Pakistan unilaterally retracted this request and proposed that the dispute be referred to arbitration, in 2016. India declined to participate by not appearing, contesting the tribunal’s jurisdiction since a Neutral Expert was also examining the issue and the IWT’s prohibition of parallel proceedings.

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Is the “Africanization” of International Investment Law Needed?

Kluwer Arbitration

A Clear Objective to Promote African States’ Interests and Participation in Dispute Settlement Mechanisms 1. Provisions Promoting African States’ Participation in Dispute Settlement The Model BIT and the Investment Protocol also contain provisions to promote Africa’s participation in dispute settlement mechanisms.

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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”). Rowley, KC observed that treaties have to be negotiated like contracts. Where do We Stand?

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Challenging Other Transaction Agreements – Navigating the Jurisdictional Highway

Government Contracts & Investigations

Although OTAs have been around for many years, since 2016 their use has, to use a pun, skyrocketed. 4022(f), which enables the DoD to award a follow-on production contract or transaction, without competitive procedures, to the participants in a successful Prototype OTA that was competitively awarded and successfully completed.

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2024 PAW: ISDS Post-Achmea – Legitimacy of Investment Arbitration and the Enforcement of Arbitral Awards

Kluwer Arbitration

Here, he cited the proposals made in the 2016 Non-Paper , outlining the creation of such a regime, with a specialised EU investment court being part of it. Ms Fatás Pérez added that negotiations on the creation of a multilateral investment court would still require significant work. Bermann saw no reason for not trusting EU courts.

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SBA Proposed Rule Would Enact Material Changes as Well as Promote Regulatory Uniformity Across Size and Status Programs

Government Contracts Legal Forum

Under both of these circumstances, the procuring agency cannot count the options or orders as an award to a small business or small business program participant for goaling purposes. 121.404(b)(4)(ii)). To that end, SBA’s commentary and proposed new 13 C.F.R. Clarifying that Non-Profits May Not Be Mentors.

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Friday Flash 07/19/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Last year, the Coalition was fortunate to raise $13,000 for PPH through the generosity of our members and participants of the tournament. In 2013, Paws for Purple Hearts launched its first Training Boot Camp, where Service Dogs who participated in Canine-Assisted Warrior Therapy® were matched with an impaired Warrior.