FedScoop

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Some of Silicon Valley’s most prominent voices and influential players are working overtime to influence the election. In 2022, the top five technology companies with the largest lobbying presence spent a combined $76 million on lobbying efforts alone, according to a Responsible Innovation Labs analysis of OpenSecrets data.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The UNCITRAL Draft Codes of Conduct and Commentary (2022) recommended abolition of double hatting while introducing an extensive disclosure regime. Furthermore, such disclosure obligations have already been satisfactorily addressed by the new ICSID Arbitration Rules 2022 following the annulment decision in Eiser v Spain (2020).

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Thresholds Influencing Corruption IT 95

Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Between 2018 and 2022, QOL disseminated this information to its sales force with instructions to make sales calls for Sucraid to health care providers whose patients had positive Carbon-13 breath test results. Here, the defendants relied on free breath tests and misleading sales tactics to drive patients to their product.

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Manufacturing Influencing Distribution Demand 60

Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 30, 2024

Amid concerns over the influence tech companies wield, States are starting to insulate their economies from perceived foreign risks of influence, while seeking to champion home-grown tech juggernauts. These changes have profound political, economic, and societal implications. As observed by Henry A.

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Influencing Thresholds Accountability Negotiation 52

Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Four partial awards were rendered in the references, as follows: the Offshore Jurisdiction Award (15 March 2022); the Offshore Jurisdiction Award on Costs (22 July 2022); the Consolidation Award (22 July 2022); and the Onshore Jurisdiction Award (25 August 2023). Aiteo was unsuccessful in each and made an application under s.67

Finance 52

Finance Insurance Influencing Corruption 52

Kluwer Arbitration

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”). For example, in June 2023, the Arbitrazh Court of St.

Export 52

Export Influencing Contract Utilities 52

Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 11, 2024

The discussion then shifted to significant changes in the semiconductor industry, spurred by the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act that allocated $57 billion in grants to incentivize the domestic manufacturing of semiconductor chips, which historically had been concentrated in China. Unlike in the U.S.,

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Influencing Integration Integrity Manufacturing 59

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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AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

However, as HolonIQ reports in its 2024 Global Education Outlook , funding sources slowed across the board in 2023, dropping 59% from 2022 levels. The sector received huge investment from venture capital, private equity firms, and IPOs (initial public offerings) on the back of the rise in hybrid learning.

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Price Demand Education Efficiency 75

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In 2022, the effects were exceptionally severe: 197 people died, over 200,000 were displaced and 5 million were affected. For 2022, Assam released 648 crore (~US$80 million) as relief to make sure the money reaches the worst-affected districts. The impact of flooding in Assam each year on average.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

However, implementation of the final rule will be heavily influenced by opaque trainings and internal policy memos. To alleviate the strain on industry and contracting officers GSA published Acquisition Letter MV-22-02 on March 17, 2022. The Coalition for Government Procurement (CGP) commends GSA for promulgating the EPA rule.

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Price Negotiation Transparency Utilities 49

Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

The silence and sparsity of costs coverage in arbitral laws and institutional rules affords wide discretion that result in reliance on customary arbitral norms and practices influenced by national legal cultures and training. The report observes that only two of the 23 applications for security for costs yielded success.

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Balance Thresholds Accountability Influencing 52

Inter-American Development Bank

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

IDB staff calculations based on The Conference Board’s Total Economy Database (TED). (*) Data for 2022 is estimated and for 2023 is projected. The debt threshold is not the same for all countries because it can be influenced by different factors such as the economic structure, for example.

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Thresholds Quality Influencing Finance 105

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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Sustainability Transparency Influencing Negotiation 52

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

For example, after TenderNed noticed a high percentage of contracting procedures in the database had unrealistic award values, they activated their “team of e-procurement influencers” – external e-procurement experts with a large follower base. They used the data to address specific agencies, and posted about it on LinkedIn.

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Data Tender Procurement E-procurement 52

AWS Public Sector

APRIL 30, 2024

In 2022, Emory launched the AI.Humanity initiative to explore the societal impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) and influence its future development to serve humanity.

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Education Ethics Efficiency Accountability 83

ivalua

JUNE 28, 2022

Redwood City, CA, June 28, 2022 – Ivalua, a global leader in Cloud Spend Management solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with C2FO , the largest global platform for working capital, to empower Ivalua customers with enhanced supplier selection and the ability to streamline costs and drive targeted bottom-line growth. About C2FO.

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Supplier Finance Influencing Accountability 52

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 26, 2023

In a survey conducted by the Global Arbitration Review (GAR) in 2022 on hearing centre preferences, AIAC was ranked at the forefront among other international institutions, having the highest number of hearing rooms and largest room capacity. Our offices at Sulaiman Building are widely regarded as some of the best ADR venues in the world.

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GovSpend

MAY 17, 2024

Evolv has become the target of lawsuits and bad press after its system allegedly did not pick up a knife used in an October 2022 school stabbing in Utica, New York. While artificial intelligence is still unproven in many arenas, schools, like the rest of the world, are devoting more time and money to contend with its growing influence.

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Purchasing Data Influencing Contract 59

Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In 2022, the Old CPL was repealed through Federal Civil Procedures Law No. 42/2022 (“ New CPL ”). 411 of 2022 (Commercial) , in which the award debtor argued that the award was not signed on all pages. A number of factors have influenced this shift. For example, in Dubai Court of Cassation No.

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Capacity Influencing IT Corruption 52

Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In 2022, Krupski was fired for bad behavior, poor time management, and being a “negative influence.” Krupski of misappropriating company information and threatened to seek damages from him for documenting images of the battery removal table, claiming a violation of company policy.

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Education Whistle-blowing Media Data 94

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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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Case in point: As of June 2022, 100% of the private sector had recovered jobs lost during the pandemic, but only 55% of the public sector had. The government workforce tends to get a bad rap, which makes it hard for agencies to recruit and retain employees.

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Government Government Education Management 64

Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 23, 2024

DIAC, too, has shifted gears with its new set of arbitration rules that entered into effect on 21 March 2022. DIAC’s 2022 Arbitration Rules no longer require filing hardcopies, allow arbitral awards to be signed electronically, and provide the necessary flexibility for remote hearings and case management conferences.

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Thresholds Quality Efficiency Influencing 52

Government Contracts Legal Forum

APRIL 11, 2024

Specifically, the bill focuses on the following key objectives: defining federal standards for responsible AI use by codifying, in law, key safeguards for the development, acquisition, use, management and oversight of AI used by federal agencies; strengthening governmentwide federal AI use policy authority and requirements, by re-codifying and clarifying (..)

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Government Government Supply Chain Transparency 52

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 21, 2024

Arbitration Dynamics in the Two Regions Hjordis Birna Hjartardottir was the first to provide an arbitration analysis of the region, noting that, in 2022, the CEE and CA regions accounted for 10.5% of the ICC’s total caseload. This figure is only marginally less than North America’s 10.7%, but considerably lower than Western Europe’s 28%.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 22, 2024

815 of 2022. This understanding may influence the way courts interpret the parties’ agreement in cases of doubt. 6/05353/2023/02 , which highlights the influence of general concepts and understandings of dispute resolution mechanisms on the interpretation of dispute resolution clauses.

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Influencing Contract IT Corruption 52

Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 28, 2024

Building on the successful inaugural CIAW that took place in March 2022, the 2023 CIAW attracted over 1,500 attendees from all over the world, including Singapore, Armenia, Brazil, Mexico, South Korea, Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Japan. Vitaly Ivanovich Smagin, et al. and CMB Monaco fka Compagnie Monegasque de Banque v. 22–381 (U.S.

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Corruption Participation Efficiency Ethics 52

Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 14, 2024

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. Japan’s BIT with Bahrain that was signed in June 2022 entered into force in September 2023.

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Negotiation Innovation Efficiency Influencing 52

Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 19, 2024

In the 2022 case of Omega Engineering LLC and Oscar Rivera v. Panama’s decision to terminate a contract was influenced by the Claimants’ failure to provide the necessary operational expenses to support their change order requests. Republic of Panama (ICSID Case No.

Corruption 52

Corruption Balance Capacity Contract 52

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The ICC offices in São Paulo report that almost 85% of their total amount in dispute regards cases with Brazilian state entities [fn] As informed by the ICC’s Counsel during the 2022 Brazilian Arbitration Day organized by the ICC in São Paulo, Brazil. [fn].

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Balance Contract Transparency Tender 52

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The ICC offices in São Paulo report that almost 85% of their total amount in dispute regards cases with Brazilian state entities [fn] As informed by the ICC’s Counsel during the 2022 Brazilian Arbitration Day organized by the ICC in São Paulo, Brazil. [fn].

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Balance Contract Transparency Tender 52

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 15, 2024

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. The panel also predicted an increase in gas price review disputes as more LNG is used in power stations, which inevitably creates disputes concerning price.

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Price Negotiation Finance Accountability 59

Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In EcuadorTLC II , an Ecuadorian state-owned company, Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador (“CELEC EP”), has sought to challenge several adverse awards that have now surfaced, including a Phase I partial award dated December 21, 2022, and the Phase II award, both of which are subject to ongoing legal challenges.

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Participation Contract Influencing IT 52

Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

It is also worth noting that of the 204 cases administered over the course of 2022, 26% involved a party from Latin and Central American countries. For instance, the statistics demonstrate that of the 204 cases the PCA administered in 2022, 112 were investment treaty related and 88 were contract-based arbitrations of different types.

IT 40

IT Participation Influencing Logistics 40

Government Contracts Legal Forum

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Any number of factors can influence that multiplier, from the perceived strength of the claims and defenses, the overall value of the matter, and more. Here, the settlement agreement identified $2,727,545 as the single damages ( i.e., restitution) amount and $4,091,317 was the negotiated settlement total.

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Telecommunication Influencing Negotiation Networking 40

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 22, 2024

published in ICCA Congress Series 21 (Edinburgh 2022)). Whilst the outcomes they predict may look like “intelligent outcomes”, the focus is on predicting the outcome, rather than the reasons influencing why previous decisions have led to similar outcomes.

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