Whistleblower Network News

MAY 23, 2024

Together, they embark on a perilous journey in their quest to expose the state capture of a corrupt South African security group and the double-dealing profiteers who benefit from warfare in Africa. South African whistleblowers face an uphill battle when it comes to reporting corruption.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

While meager annual award payouts hovered around $37 million throughout 2021 and 2022 , the average time to process an award soared to over 11 years. American taxpayers require an effective anti-corruption program at the IRS, and its Whistleblower Office is key to this initiative. The potential impact of these reforms is significant.

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Whistleblower Network News

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

According to data published by the SEC between 2011 and 2021 , whistleblowers in the United Kingdom are flocking to report to the SEC Whistleblower Program. Since the SEC Whistleblower Program was established in 2010, it has paid over $1.9 Notably, whistleblowers from outside the U.S.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JULY 10, 2024

The Court overturned the mayor’s 2021 bribery conviction, thus resolving a circuit split on the scope of Section 666 by narrowly limiting the statute to quid-pro-quo bribery only. As a result, the federal government will have less authority to prosecute corruption by state and local officials under this provision.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 8, 2024

The new organization of the company became relevant in 2021, amidst the “Lava Jato” scandal, a bribery scheme implemented by Odebrecht to secure contracts across Latin America. It found that neither the contract nor the addendum was void due to the corruption allegations. In 2020, the arbitral tribunal rendered its decision.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

The first phase, Introductory Course on Public Procurement, took place online from October to December 2021. So OCP supported Vitaliy Trenkenshu and his Datanomix team to prepare for the prestigious World Commerce & Contracting Innovation & Excellence Awards in 2021.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 11, 2024

Jackson Moot Court Competition 2021 with my peers. However, AFSA, in 2021, recorded an impressive number of international arbitrations (102, in fact). AFSA International Rules , amended in June 2021, reflect international best practices. I am in the final stage of obtaining my license to practice in South Africa.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 20, 2024

53 of 2021 clarified the uncertainty surrounding the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. 53 of 2021, there were two important aspects that were unclear under the Bahraini Law No. 53 of 2021 In Case No. 53 of 2021. The Bahrain Court of Cassation (“ COC ”) in Case No. Prior to Case No. COC’s Approach in Case No.

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Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 16, 2024

Not only was the whistleblowers’ information key for resolving alleged misuse of Medicare Part B between 2014 and 2017, but they also assisted the settlement of “false claims to Medicare by billing for diagnostic imaging procedures” from 2014 to 2021. These acts went against the Stark Law, or the Physician Self-Referral Law.

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Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 26, 2024

According to the government’s allegations, “between January 2021 and October 2023, HMIS engaged in a systemic and fraudulent overcharging of DOE for fire protection work at Hanford. We will continue to work hand-in-glove with our law enforcement partners to end fraud and corruption at Hanford and support environmental remediation.”

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Probuild [2021] VSC 849. Probuild [2021] VSC 849. More from our authors: Dealing with Bribery and Corruption in International Commercial Arbitration: To Probe or Not to Probe by Emmanuel Obiora Igbokwe € 190 Arbitration in Egypt: A Practitioner's Guide by Ibrahim Shehata € 190 Hydro-Québec, 2014 QCCA 948.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 8, 2024

34/2021 Concerning the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (“ Decree No. 34/2021 ”). 34/2021 gave rise to the creation of the Grand DIAC or DIAC 2.0 34/2021 is, in fact, enforceable and capable of producing proper legal effect at the risk of compromising the rule of party autonomy in international arbitration.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 3, 2024

law while streamlining the fight against animal trade and trafficking corruption. In 2019 and again in 2021, Representatives Don Young (R-AK) and John Garamendi (D-CA) introduced the bipartisan Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act (WCATA). NWC educates whistleblowers on the rights they are entitled to under U.S.

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Import and Trade Remedies

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This is yet another case of the EPPO, launched in 1 June 2021, as the first new supra-national prosecution authority in the EU. The EPPO has the power to investigate, prosecute and bring to judgment crimes against the EU budget, such as fraud, corruption or serious cross border fraud.

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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 21, 2024

Changes in the Arbitration Regime Ethiopia has been significantly reforming its arbitration regime by ratifying the NYC , enacting an arbitration law in 2021 titled the Arbitration and Conciliation Working Procedure Proclamation no. 1237/2021 (“the Arbitration Law”), and developing positive court precedents in favor of arbitration.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 12, 2024

As our readers may recall, Ecuador denounced the ICSID Convention in 2009, and later rejoined ICSID in 2021 under President Lasso’s right-wing administration. Corruption allegations in arbitration proceedings relating to Peru remain very common. Following the decision reported last year in Bacilio v.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 24, 2024

According to official statistics , between 2021 and 2022 the TSJM heard almost 40% of all annulment actions decided by Spanish Courts. This decision was followed by others issued in 2021 ( STC 17/2021 and STC 65/2021 ) and 2022 ( STC 50/2022 and STC 79/2022 ).

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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 5, 2024

In 2021, the arbitrator held that he was not functus officio and that he could in fact determine whether the conditions set out in the 2014 Award had been satisfied (“2021 Ruling”). As it transpired, however, the arbitrator’s reasoning was only given in the 2021 Ruling and was thus correctly rejected by the Court.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In October 2021, just over two and a half years since AHAB filed for financial restructuring, the Saudi Commercial Court issued its final decision approving the restructuring plan, which reportedly promises creditors around 26 cents in the dollar on debt claims totaling about USD 7.3 We look forward to attending the SCCA24 Conference.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Reference to “Vienna Rules” indicates the relevant Article of the Vienna Rules 2021, while references to previous versions are indicated as such. The abstracts include endnotes stating the corresponding provision of the Vienna Rules 2021 as a comparison. The cases refer to different versions of the Vienna Rules.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 8, 2023

The third judgment, with a comment by Etienne Marque, is the latest saga in the remarkable string of French cases pursuant to which the annulment judge is granted the power to investigate all the elements of corruption in law and in fact. 6 ECHR would be available.

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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 7, 2024

372-2021-CCL, 13 December 2022 Marianella Ventura Silva, Centro de Arbitraje, CCL, ITA Reporter for the CCL The arbitral tribunal dismissed the objection of lack of competence filed by the SEDAPAL. Contractor v. Employer (Award), CRCICA Case No. María del Carmen Pendavis Miranda Vda. de Basombrío and Others v. Industrias Triveca S.A.C.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

They were not made public until WNN reported on them in 2021 following a FOIA request. For example, during the 2021 fiscal year, the SEC awarded approximately $564 million to 108 individuals. The amended regulations were not made public until WNN published them in 2021 after obtaining them in response to a FOIA request.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In 2021 alone, the Saudi courts enforced 204 domestic and foreign awards. More from our authors: Dealing with Bribery and Corruption in International Commercial Arbitration: To Probe or Not to Probe by Emmanuel Obiora Igbokwe € 190 Arbitration in Egypt: A Practitioner's Guide by Ibrahim Shehata € 190

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 6, 2023

Giuseppe Busia, President of Italy’s National Anti-Corruption Authority (ANAC) highlighted digitalization as a key element to prevent corruption and improve efficiency in public procurement and provided concrete examples of how ANAC collaborates with civil society to pursue data-driven approaches to anti-corruption.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (“CAS”), on 19 March 2021, the club appointed Croatian lawyer, C, as an arbitrator. On 8 April 2021, C signed a declaration of acceptance and independence, in which he disclosed that there were no circumstances likely to compromise his independence.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Likewise, in Peru, 14 arbitrators were indicted on corruption charges in 2020 after a whistleblower allegedly admitted to receiving money from parties to an arbitration. Nataf observed differences in the views of French and English courts on corruption in arbitration and the power to investigate evidence.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 17, 2024

These statistics follow the 2021 amendments to the ICC Rules in Appendix IV on case management techniques, empowering the arbitral tribunal to encourage the parties to consider settlement. In addition, 34 proceedings ended with an award by consent.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

The keynote address also offered insights into ICC case statistics, revealing Paris as the consistent top choice throughout the years, 2008-2022, except for two instances in 2019 and 2021 when London briefly took the lead.

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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 23, 2024

2021) lends insight applicable to the Fujitsu ruling, particularly in the context of the California Code of Civil Procedure. 168 (2021). Supreme Court has supported this interpretation by holding that the term “may” in arbitration clauses is insufficient to overcome the presumption for arbitration in Allis-Chalmers Corp. 202, 204 n.1

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 2, 2024

Then, the arbitral tribunal’s new jurisdictional award of 17 June 2021 , which now accepted the tribunal’s jurisdiction by a majority of votes (with the arbitrator appointed by Venezuela, Raúl Vinuesa, dissenting), was challenged before the SFSC by the host state, Venezuela. decision 4A_398/2021 of 20 May 2022, para.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In June 2021 the MSC decided that the original summons had not been served on Malaysia in accordance with Spanish rules governing proceedings against States. Rather, it reasoned, the result of the MSC’s 2021 decision was that the tribunal was “not properly composed” within NYC Article V(1)(d) (HCA judgment [6.14]).

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

In the other arbitration, Aynès’ law firm had raised serious corruption allegations against high-level Iranian officials and was collaborating with Crescent’s lead counsel. Also, Mr. Aynès had himself worked alongside Crescent’s lead counsel in the past.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 23, 2024

The substantial award at issue is of a particularly high value and fraud and corruption elements arise in both the procurement of the underlying contracts and also the awards themselves. The court found that the awards were obtained by fraud in a manner that was contrary to England’s public policy.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

2021Na2010775 dated 8 December 2021 , the Seoul High Court reviewed whether a cryptocurrency exchange defendant violated its duty of care when the plaintiff requested that its cryptocurrency be transferred to one address, but the defendant transferred it to another. 2020Do9789 dated 16 December 2021. 2018 Do 3619 dated 30 May 2018).

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 3, 2024

of the LCIA Arbitration Rules 2020 simply requires signing the award while the ICC 2021 Arbitration Rules and the SIAC Rules 2016 do not even mention signing the award. In contrast to these provisions of arbitral institutions in the UAE, there is no similar requirement in the rules of leading arbitration institutions. 42 of 2022.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Australia: A Pro-Arbitration Shift Dr. Michael Pryles’ National Report for Australia presents a thorough analysis of the 2021 amendments to the ACICA arbitration rules. The 2023 ICCA Handbook updates and additions underscore the ongoing global efforts to refine and enhance dispute resolution mechanisms.

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