Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 9, 2024

The Court considered that “the suggestion that it was unnecessary to call any expert witnesses was plainly not an expression of a balanced and impartial view, or merely a concern about the hearing over-running, or an attempt by the arbitrator to impose an orderly and economical procedure on the parties.”

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Insurance Influencing Import Balance 104

Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 12, 2024

The case subsequently came under the review of the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”), which issued its ruling on 4 October 2018 ( 40575/10 and 67474/10 , previously discussed here ). Instead, a balancing of interests is required (para. Ms Pechstein unsuccessfully challenged the arbitral award before the Swiss courts.

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Balance Quantity Corruption Quality 52

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Modifications to the rules also accelerated during the end of the commodity cycle between 2016 and 2018 (also highlighted in red), allowing countries to remain “compliant”. On one hand, the structural balance rule (SR) is the highest and stands at 79%. A certain level of flexibility is important to deal with unexpected shocks.

Balance 52

Balance Budget Sustainability Influencing 52

Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

2018-55) (“Mason”), reaching the same substantive result as last year’s award in Elliott Associates L.P. 2018-51) (“Elliott”), while disagreeing on the attribution to the State of Korea’s National Pension Service’s (the “NPS”) conduct. On 11 April 2024, the Permanent Court of Arbitration published the award in Mason Capital L.P.

Corruption 52

Corruption Budget Management Balance 52

Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 22, 2024

Therefore, on March 21, 2018, Red Eagle initiated an ICSID arbitration claiming compensation for damages that allegedly exceeded CAD$ 110,000,000. 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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Balance Participation Impact Assessment Thresholds 52

Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

See, e.g., Brazil-India BIT (2020) ; Brazil-Ethiopia BIT (2018) ; Brazil-Malawi BIT (2015).) The PIA, which came into effect in 2018, introduced several changes. The third and less common approach followed by some countries such as Brazil is to exclude FET from investment treaties. ( 6, 12-13).

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Balance Negotiation Thresholds Ethics 52

Federal News Network

AUGUST 22, 2024

These are two of steps the agency is taking to fully implement the Evidence Based Policymaking Act, which became law in 2018. NIST officials said they want to balance security and access when it comes to proving your identity online. It also is close to finishing up a new scientific integrity policy.

Networking 59

Networking Insurance Accountability Contract 59

Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 24, 2024

Therefore, on March 21, 2018, Red Eagle initiated an ICSID arbitration claiming compensation for damages that allegedly exceeded CAD$ 110,000,000. 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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Balance Participation Impact Assessment IT 52

How to Crack a Nut

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

To unleash the potential that these arrangements have for enhanced efficiency and effectiveness in public procurement, more balanced regulation is needed, and more work is needed on regulatory, policy as well as implementation matters. However, in other respects, the regulation could be too rigid.

Purchasing 52

Purchasing Framework Agreement Public Procurement Public Procurement System 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Erika Kurockina, the Deputy Minister of the Economy says: “Public procurement is certainly an effective tool to achieve strategic objectives, including SME engagement, inclusion, environment, and it is important to achieve a good balance between these goals. We used the LPPO dashboard to track the progress.”

Procurement 89

Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 28, 2024

This approach arguably struck a sensible balance between party autonomy and due process considerations. The Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada (CAM-CCBC) introduced, in 2018, an Administrative Resolution regulating the proceeding of the Emergency Arbitrator, which was updated in 2020.

Contract 52

Contract Balance Import Utilities 52

ivalua

OCTOBER 8, 2021

To accommodate changing shopping behaviors and deliver experiences that delight customers, retailers will need to find the right balance. According to KPMG’s 2018 Retail Trends Report, the costs of GNFR goods and services accounts for 8-14% of the total cost base for retailers. Attack GNFR Spend.

Retail 52

Retail Procurement Supply Chain Supplier 52

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 15, 2024

However, the focus on delivering a conventional energy business in a value-focused way has led to more disputes due to finely balanced economics and resource shortages. This is because there is still a need to supply conventional energy to ensure energy affordability, security, and sustainability of supply while the energy transition occurs.

Price 59

Price Negotiation Finance Accountability 59

University of Bristol

OCTOBER 14, 2019

This raises complex issues of business to government (B2G) data sharing, which is only a nascent area of practice and where the guidance provided by the European Commission in 2018 leaves many questions unanswered. * Available on SSRN: [link].

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Procurement Public Procurement IT 52

Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

How do you balance the multiple competing demands on your time? The answer of my family and my assistants concerning the balancing would probably be: not very well. So far, it has worked … but there is definitively room for improvement. The last three years, after taking over the chairmanship at the DIS have been challenging.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Supplier Participation Balance 52

Federal News Network

AUGUST 20, 2024

The latest iteration of ePS is partly a spin-off of CON-IT, the platform the Air Force has been implementing for Defense contract writing since 2018. This misalignment could lead to operational inefficiencies, user dissatisfaction and ultimately, an unsuccessful implementation.”

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Procurement Electronics Contract Evaluation 119

Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Defendant then issued a statutory demand pursuant to section 125(2)(a) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 for claims awarded under a partial final award (the “ PFA ”). 13) Telnic at [29]-[32]. 17) Mobilox at [40]. Subsequently, in K. M/S Vijay Nirman Company Pvt. 18) At [18].

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Thresholds Bidding Demand Distribution 52

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The Honourable Wayne Martin AC KC is an arbitrator, mediator, and former Chief Justice of Western Australia (2006-2018). Do you think the balance is right in Australia? As Chief Justice, Mr Martin was a notable pioneer, particularly for his creation of the Supreme Court of Western Australia’s Arbitration List.

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Efficiency Balance Management Integration 52

Nitrous: Public Procurement

AUGUST 12, 2020

These figures aren’t helped by the fact that the proportion of public sector contracts awarded without a competitive tender is rising ( 15 per cent in 2016 to 22 per cent in 2017 and then 23 per cent in 2018 ). There seem to be ever-increasing hurdles in order to do business with the government if you’re a small supplier.

Procurement 52

Procurement Tender Supplier Bidding 52

Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 20, 2024

The other group suggested enhancements and more pronounced checks and balances of the existing arbitration system. In 2018 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued the Achmea judgment, in which it declared the incompatibility of investor-state arbitration clauses in BITs between EU Member States with EU law.

Ethics 52

Ethics Balance Corruption Transparency 52

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 20, 2024

Not only is it now one of the busiest international arbitral institutions (with 900 cases per year on average), but it also ensures the rendering of effective awards under its aegis, as confirmed by the Swiss Federal Tribunal (SFT) in 1993 in the Gundel case and by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in 2018 in the Pechstein case.

Corruption 52

Corruption Participation Import Thresholds 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

MARCH 29, 2024

their balance sheets and infrastructure) to more rapidly produce and integrate capabilities at scale. Volume 1, January 2018. This can allow small businesses to thrive in their element– nimbly developing capabilities–and allow larger defense contractors to leverage some of their core competencies (i.e., See: [link]

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Purchasing Business Strategy Integration Integrity 49

Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

The panel’s analysis focused on the toolbox offered by Annex 3 of the 2018 DIS Rules (“ Annex 3 ”). There was a need for and a benefit in publishing awards ( e.g. , for research purposes), but the right balance between transparency and the right to confidentiality had to be found.

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Efficiency Transparency Balance Import 52

The Procurement School

JUNE 25, 2023

Freedom of Information Legislation strives to balance two competing public interests: that every citizen has a right to know how his or her tax dollars are being spent. At the same time, however, citizens are entitled to the right of privacy; to have their personal information protected from disclosure.

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Procurement Public Procurement Thresholds Transparency 52

Import and Trade Remedies

AUGUST 30, 2023

Back in 2018, the EU, the United States of America (“ U.S. The European Union (“ EU “) and the African Group (composed of 44 WTO Members and 9 observers from Africa) have each put forward submissions on this topic. The EU’s call for the strengthening of multilateral subsidy disciplines is not new.

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Export Negotiation Manufacturing Import 40

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In 2018, I joined the Board of Directors of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Centre (LACIAC) and in December 2020, I was appointed as Chairman of the LACIAC Board of Directors. Please give our readers a concise introduction about yourself and the path that led you to assume the role of Chairman of LACIAC?

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Capacity Collaboration Networking Strategic Planning 52

Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

billion in 2018. Yu addressed recent innovations and proposed changes in ISDS arbitration to restore the public nature and enhance the effectiveness of the ISDS mechanism while considering a more fair and balanced procedural framework. The total sum in dispute with Philippine parties in 2021 was USD 1.9 billion and USD 1.7

Purchasing 52

Purchasing Participation Efficiency Influencing 52

Inter-American Development Bank

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This allows sovereign debtors to obtain partial relief on the balance or service of their public debt in exchange for redirecting part of these fiscal savings to investments in environmental conservation. A 2018 report by the U.S.

Finance 52

Finance Sustainability Price Budget 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 31, 2023

However, given that the AI WP follows the same deregulatory approach first suggested in 2018 and is strongly politically/policy entrenched—for the UK Government has self-assessed this approach as ‘world leading’ and claims it will ‘turbocharge economic growth’—it is doubtful that much will necessarily change as a result of the public consultation.

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Innovation Consulting Collaboration Supply Chain 52

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. 97] See Bowen v.

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Government Government E-procurement Contract 40

Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Nonetheless, from 2013 to 2018, “[y]ear-over-year [wage] growth has mostly ranged between 2% and 3%[.]” [8] So, with recent wage growth of 5.5%, wage growth has been accelerating. 7, 2018), available at [link]. [9] Wages and salaries rose 5.7 percent over this period, while the costs of benefits increased 5.3 percent.” [7] 1491(b)(3).

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Government Government Price Contract 40

Procurement Notes

MARCH 16, 2023

” [23] Data is also provided by occupational group (currently relying on the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (“SOC”)), industry group (currently relying on the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (“NAICS”)), geographical census division (there are nine (e.g., 7, 2018), available at [link]. [28]

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Government Contracts Government Government Contract 40

The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The PAP includes other directives and guidance that raise questions regarding equity and balance in the evaluation and negotiation of FSS pricing terms. Significantly, FSS Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs), which leverage individual agency requirements, now account for over 53% of the dollar value of orders under the program.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Price E-procurement Contract 52

WashngtonExec

MARCH 30, 2025

This marks the 24th launch success in 2025 and 333rd consecutive success since the team assumed launch infrastructure operations responsibilities in 2018. Were both proud and humbled to follow the lead of our space leaders in the great power competition that has freedom of space hanging in the balance, Ziegler said.

Supply Chain 40

Supply Chain Sustainability Engineering Balance 40

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 2, 2025

On 6 November 2018, the investor obtained a second enforcement order. Accordingly, it ruled that the request dated 6 November 2018 was time-barred, as the award had been issued on 30 July 2013. This example illustrates that there is room for more flexibility, while creating a more balanced bargain between the parties.

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Balance Efficiency Corruption IT 59

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 25, 2025

The Lahore High Courts recent judgment in SpaceCom International, LLC v Wateen Telecom Ltd 2024 LHC 5494 (SpaceCom) is a landmark pronouncement that seeks to establish a balanced and principled interpretation of the New York Convention (the Convention). v Acro Textile Mills Ltd PLD 2018 Lahore 597 ( Louis Dreyfus )).

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Balance Efficiency IT Media 52

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 19, 2025

In other parts of the world, international arbitration frameworks, such as the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (2018) , emphasize party autonomy while acknowledging the need to protect weaker parties, such as consumers, from unfair terms. Best Travel Ltd [1993] 1 All E.R.

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