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Misreporting of Tesla Safety Violations Highlight Narrow Parameters of SEC Whistleblower Program and Need for Employee Education

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Part of a crew established to prepare Teslas for delivery to Norwegian customers, Krupski was hailed a hero by CEO Elon Musk when he put out a fire catalyzed by an improperly modified charging device, severely burning his hands, at a motor show in Oslo in 2019. They plan to dispute that Krupski had been subject to retaliation.

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Interviews with Our Editors: In Conversation with Datuk Sundra Rajoo, Director of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)

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Amongst others, I faced several criminal charges in 2019 relating to certain acts allegedly committed during my earlier tenure as Director of AIAC. Can you please tell us about one particular position or experience that you held and how it influenced your career?

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

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Notably, Fujitsu partially breaks with precedent in other jurisdictions on how carve-out provisions influence the delegation of arbitrability. In 2019, Kaga-Fujitsu Electronics sued Cypress in California state court for breach of contract, and Cypress filed a cross-complaint against Kaga-Fujitsu Electronics and Fujitsu Semiconductor.

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Climate Change or Change of Climate?

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Focusing on arbitration, Odynski referred to the 2019 ICC Task Force Report on Climate-Related Disputes in Arbitration. Netherlands ), and the increasing number of environmental obligations in investment treaties as a basis for States’ counterclaims ( e.g. , 2019 Dutch Model BIT ; Burlington v. Ecuador for an example).

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Cross-Fertilisation in International Commercial Arbitration, Investor-State Arbitration and Mediation: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly?

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It teases out some connections or influences among ICA, investor-State arbitration (“ISA”), and international and domestic mediation, which I have also sought to represent visually in the graphic below. My address will take an even more encompassing view (and will be available as a full paper here after the public lecture).

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Bahrain Court of Cassation Explains the Effects of Mediation on the Arbitration Agreement

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22 of 2019 Concerning Mediation For The Settlement Of Disputes (“Mediation Law”), mediation is a mechanism whereby a third party aims to bring the disputing parties closer to each other to be able to reach a settlement. This understanding may influence the way courts interpret the parties’ agreement in cases of doubt.

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2023 Year in Review: Trends and Developments in East and Central Asia

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Influenced by civil law practice, these rules stand out for its requirements of tribunals to offer preliminary opinions on factual and legal issues, thus facilitating settlement discussions based on case strength and enhancing arbitration efficiency. The focus is to ease access to Japanese courts for enforcing arbitration awards.