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Pakistani Energy Sector Parties Challenge Arbitration Awards in the English High Court on the Grounds of ‘Serious Irregularity’

Kluwer Arbitration

The High Court challenge emanated from the Award that was issued in favour of SNGPL in August 2022, by Chantal-Aimée Doerries, KC (the ‘ Tribunal ’), against QATPL, a public sector company. In QATPL v SNGPL , the High Court underscored the extreme nature of irregularity that would meet the threshold in Section 68.

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New FAR Rule Mandates the Use of PLAs on Large Construction Projects

LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

14063) issued on February 9, 2022. Under the proposed rule, contractors performing “large-scale construction projects” will be required to “negotiate or become a party to a [PLA] with one or more appropriate labor organizations.” 14063 addresses the use of PLAs in the government contracts.

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Violations of Competition Law as Grounds for Setting Aside Arbitral Awards: Lessons from the Paris Court of Appeal in GBO v. CAI

Kluwer Arbitration

Despite negotiations, GBO notified CAI that the agreement was terminated, alleging several breaches. 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. Onix or Indagro ) to be set aside.

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Turning up the Heat on Tech Investors: Navigating the New “Tech Cold War”

Kluwer Arbitration

Countries are enacting new national security laws to limit foreign influence, including China’s 2017 National Security Law; the US’s 2022 National Security Strategy; and the EU’s 2023 Economic Security Strategy. a negotiation period, time limitations, or excluded disputes). As observed by Henry A.

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Efforts to Curtail the Global Race on Industrial Subsidies

Import and Trade Remedies

For example, the submission proposes that the current prohibition under Article 3(1)(b) of the SCM Agreement against conditioning access to subsidies on the satisfaction of local content requirements should not apply to developing country Members, provided that the use of domestic goods does not exceed a threshold to be agreed by Members.

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Friday Flash 08/16/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

This ruling follows the Court’s August 2022 decision in Hydraulics Int’l (discussed in a previous Legal Update ) finding jurisdiction over a prototype OT competition when a follow-on production contract was contemplated. The negotiated pricing is the first in a series that will be conducted through the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program.

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An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor

Procurement Notes

In September 2022, iron ore was valued at approximately 99.8 ” [6] Turning to labor costs, BLS’ July 2022 Employment Cost Index (“ECI”) revealed that “[c]ompensation costs for private industry workers increased 5.5 percent from June 2021 to June 2022. .” percent from June 2021 to June 2022. percent.” [7]