GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 20, 2023

On December 14, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Freepoint Commodities LLC, a Connecticut-based commodities trader, had agreed to a three-year deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) to resolve a DOJ investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

On April 24 2022 Serik organized a public event in the Academy highlighting approaches promoting interaction between government institutions and civil society in procurement. Rachmaninov went on to organize his own distance learning course for experts and activists in September 2022, with a mini-grant from the School.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 1, 2024

Nigeria arbitral award and the issue of fraud and corruption. Patocchi spoke about the issue of a challenges to awards on grounds of corruption or fraud tainting the proceedings. In Sorelec , the Paris CoA set aside the award even though the alleged corruption was not raised before the arbitral tribunal. He referred to Prof.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 19, 2024

In the 2022 case of Omega Engineering LLC and Oscar Rivera v. Additionally, the Claimants claimed that Panama’s actions included a smear campaign, which involved a criminal investigation into corruption allegations against Mr. Rivera, damaging his global reputation. Republic of Panama (ICSID Case No.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 20, 2023

1782/2022 (Commercial) , the DCC did not allow the claimant to have recourse to the courts to hear his claim. 1514/2022 (Commercial) (also discussed in a prior blog post ). The General Assembly has a number of powers amongst which is the power to consider and decide on points of law, which are complex, new or of significant importance.

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ivalua

AUGUST 21, 2022

Originally published in the 2022 ProcureCon Report “Transforming Procurement: Embracing Digital Innovation and Driving Sustainability” Ethical business practices and sustainability initiatives are forcing organizations to not only stand up, but to also set themselves apart from the competition by implementing ESG and CSR commitments.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

She’s also just been elected President of the African Public Procurement Network (APPN), which convenes procurement authorities from 54 countries and she emphasizes the importance of building on existing foundations to strengthen the network’s support for public procurement in Africa. Rwanda’s debarment regime was also revised in 2022.

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Open Contracting Partnership

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We are also very pleased that we achieved one of the closest gender balances in survey responses last year, closing the gap between Men and Women from a 22% differential in 2022, to an 11% differential in 2023. These will be important points to double down on in our new strategy.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

ICSID reported that, out of the new forty-five registered cases, twenty-one were brought against Latin American and Caribbean states (the annual report covers the fiscal year from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023). Corruption allegations in arbitration proceedings relating to Peru remain very common. As reported by Hon.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 9, 2024

While there is progress to be made in the thought leadership space and in ensuring greater independence from governments, Professor Rajoo considered the conference as an important opportunity “ to contribute to the collective momentum propelling us towards groundbreaking advancements in the field of arbitration” in Asia.

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MARCH 11, 2024

The general importance of climate change-related disputes can be measured on the steady increase of cases which are being brought by environmental advocacy organisations or governments in anticipation of the massive costs related to adapting to or mitigating climate change. 2 O 285/15 Essen High Court).

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AUGUST 21, 2024

In April 2024, a law passed by the Investment Authority opened the import, wholesale, retail and export (of raw coffee, khat, oilseeds, pulses, hides and skins, forest products, poultry and livestock bought from the local market) sectors to foreign investments. The digital financial services sector was just recently liberalized in 2022.

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JULY 17, 2024

How domestic courts approach challenges to arbitration awards is of increasing importance as foreign parties often decide to seat an arbitration in a jurisdiction that they believe will provide the greatest stability to governing the arbitration process.

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Kluwer Arbitration

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. Closing off, Ms.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 10, 2024

Sobota highlighted significant legislative measures enacted by the United States, such as the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 , aimed at bolstering domestic technology production and imposing restrictions on semiconductor imports.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 11, 2024

Against this backdrop, some important lessons can be drawn for practitioners. In 2022, the arbitral tribunal ruled that GBO’s termination was unjustified and ordered compensation to CAI. In 2022, judicial scrutiny has been greatly heightened by Belokon v. This has been the case in Germany ( KZB 75/21 , 2022), Sweden ( GE v.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The KSA’s Government Tenders and Procurement Law also received an important update in June 2023 with the issuance of Resolution No. An SCCA study of Saudi arbitration-related case law between 2017-2022 revealed that out of 131 annulment applications brought in Saudi courts, 92% were denied and only 3.8%

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 2, 2024

The risk of Russian courts not complying with the NYC can be demonstrated by the decisions of the Russian arbitrazh courts since February 2022. 79 of 28 February 2022 and Russian Presidential Decree No. 95 of 05 March 2022 ). 79 of 28 February 2022 and Russian Presidential Decree No. 95 of 05 March 2022 ).

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 22, 2023

He emphasised the importance of arbitration to business and society, particularly owing to the present burden on the courts. This 2022 Supreme Court judgment followed the leading Supreme Court judgment from 2016 (U.2016.1558/2H), A Need for a New Danish Arbitration Act? The Supreme Court decision (U.2022.1117)

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Since mid-2022, only limited gas volumes have been delivered. Since late August 2022, no gas whatsoever has been delivered. In November 2022, Uniper and Metha announced that they had initiated a Stockholm-seated ad hoc arbitration against Gazprom. They sought compensation of EUR 14.3

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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 25, 2024

On 16 November 2022, the tribunal rendered the arbitral award (“the Award”) obliging NHP to compensate Thywissen damages, interest, and arbitration costs, including legal costs. Pesa case and referred to the ECtHR’s practice which emphasised the importance of a judge’s impartiality (established in Kyprianou v. Cyprus and Revtyuk v.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Early this year, the European Union (“EU”) finalized the required internal procedures for the entry into force of the Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement concluded between the European Union and the Republic of Angola on 18 November 2022 (“SIFA” or the “Agreement”).

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

In October 2022, the KG requested through the Russian Ministry of Justice the service of documents to RZhD in accordance with the 1965 Hague Service Convention (“Hague Convention”). Straight to Service Through Public Notification? 3 of the German Civil Procedure Code (“ZPO”).

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Invoking the existing disclosure obligations in arbitration practice, such as those outlined in the new ICSID Arbitration Rules 2022 , he suggested alternative solutions to the abolition of double-hatting. As an alternative to ISDS, the Brazilian Model of Investment Arbitration (“BRAMIA”) was proposed. Yet, it is never an easy job.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 31, 2024

922-2022 , dated 24 June 2022). However, Article 1(3)(a) provides an important clue: the arbitration is international if the parties to the arbitration agreement have their places of business in different States “at the time of the conclusion of that agreement”. To begin with, the LACI does not expressly address the issue.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

2078 (June 13, 2022), certain Circuits permitted parties to private international commercial arbitrations to avail themselves of U.S. In June 2022, the Supreme Court issued its unanimous decision in ZF Automotive holding that §1782 did not apply to international commercial arbitrations. 21-MC-2547 (MKB) (RML), 2022 U.S.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The panel also stressed the importance of delivering on environmental and cultural commitments in order to build positive relationships and avoid disputes. The panel also noted the continued positive perception of arbitration within the energy sector, as reported in Queen Mary University of London’s 2022 Energy Arbitration Survey.

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MARCH 20, 2024

decisions made by referees or umpires or juries), unless there are fraud or corruption allegations, but this is a high threshold to reach. In this respect, the panelists referred to the well-known saying “ the most important thing is not to win but to participate ”. This does not cover field of play matters (i.e.,

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

A recent ruling by the Chilean Supreme Court has clarified the extent of control that Chilean tribunals can exert when reviewing the procedural rules applied in arbitration awards seeking recognition in Chile ( see Case N° 133.313-2022 , dated 27 July 2023). Claimant filed its enforcement petition on 21 October 2022.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 3, 2024

Particularly, unless licenses have been granted, arbitral institutions are prohibited from receiving sanctioned persons’ monies, while multiple Russian banks have also been expelled from the SWIFT banking system since March 2022. However, the imposition of sanctions can lead to issues in the implementation of enforcement proceedings.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Introduced in 2019, this law emphasized the importance of economic freedom, good faith, and the respect for contracts. That is why the Brazilian Economic Freedom Act might be important after all. Gazprom (2022), as well as the decisions issued in Portugal by the Court of Appeal of Lisbon ( Proc. 3409/21.2T8BRG.G1 [2022]).

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Decision 4A_575/2022 (7 August 2023) concerned a dispute arising from a licence agreement for the operation of a telecommunications network in a part of the southern Republic of Sudan (now the Republic of South Sudan), concluded on 15 October 2003 between C. Decision 4A_486/2022 (26 April 2023) concerned a tennis player (A.)

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The German Federal Court of Justice (“BGH”) set off a heated debate when it vacated an arbitral award based on the false application of certain sections of the German Competition Act (GWB) on September 27, 2022 (BGH KZB 75/21), conducting a full review of the arbitral award on the merits.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 3, 2024

For example, Article 34(6) of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre Rules 2022 (“ DIAC Rules ”) provides that “ [i] f signed in ink, the award shall be signed on each page. 42 of 2022. More importantly, a party may consider enforcing the award in a jurisdiction where electronically signed awards are not enforceable.

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OCTOBER 13, 2024

She brings national and international experience in leading disputes practices in Melbourne and in Paris as well as valuable in-house experience at the front end of projects and the back end of disputes in construction and energy—two of the most important industries at ACICA. Past interviews are available here.

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In instances of active waste, such suboptimal decisions are motivated by personal gain, as exemplified by corruption. For LAC countries, digital technologies can be an important ally in achieving this balance. This continuous data flow strengthens public trust by minimizing corruption risks and reaffirming a commitment to transparency.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 25, 2024

The importance of the subject matter of the claim has been confirmed by several court decisions (e.g., As such, in the final analysis, the subject matter of the claim is likely a more important factor than the parties against which the claim is brought. most recently, Decision No. 2023/PN.Jkt.Sel and Decision No.

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