Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 7, 2024

The federal Anti-Kickback Statute intends to ensure that medical provider’s judgment is not influenced by any improper financial incentives and prohibits offering any incentive to influence referrals of items or services covered by Medicare and other federally funded programs. The bill is widely supported by whistleblower advocates.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 30, 2024

In 2023, investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) reform has been influenced by growing concerns over climate change and state responsibility. This post summarizes key ISDS and climate change developments that took place in 2023. This led more EU member states to notify their withdrawal.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 7, 2024

In 2023, the United States courts expanded the role of international arbitration under existing law and wrestled with the application of new arbitration law and fact patterns. 2023) and Yegiazaryan v. 2023) , which harmonized U.S. This post reviews some highlights and looks forward to developments anticipated during 2024.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 26, 2024

This post provides a recap of notable arbitration-related developments in France in 2023. However, 2023 saw a trend towards the restriction of the scope of this control. On a separate note, in 2023, a number of French investors lodged investment claims against Spain , Morocco , Qatar , and Senegal. In Al-Kharafi v.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The third edition of the annual Uzbek Arbitration Week (UzAW 2023), held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan between 10-15 September 2023, continued its mission to establish Uzbekistan as the preferred seat for arbitral proceedings in the CIS region and beyond. This post provides an overview of the key highlights from the event.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In 2023, Canadian courts were called to rule on a multitude of fascinating issues, including distinguishing arbitration from expert determination ( Clearspring Capital Partners II v. In addition to judicial developments, several initiatives and events enriched 2023. Additional 2023 year in review posts are available here.

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GovCon & Trade

JANUARY 22, 2024

The Procurement at Issue On February 10, 2023, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) issued an RFP for the procurement of a geostationary extended observations (GeoXO) sounder (GXS) instrument for the weather satellite program. On September 11, the agency notified L3Harris that the contract was awarded to Ball.

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Whistleblower Network News

AUGUST 6, 2024

“Our office will take decisive action to address allegations that medical providers are receiving improper financial benefits that could influence medical decision making. We are grateful to our law enforcement partners for their excellent work in investigating this matter.”

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 26, 2023

What are some of the watershed moments from your time as director of AIAC and can you please share your thoughts on what it’s like to be back at the helm as of March 2023? One example is the recent modernisation of the Centre’s institutional ADR rules in August 2023. Let’s talk about the revised AIAC Arbitration Rules (2023).

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Federal News Network

JULY 12, 2024

As a result, there has been no shortage of procurement legislation and regulation prohibiting or curtailing the federal government’s purchase of Chinese products: Section 889 of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (restrictions on the use of telecommunications equipment and services); Section 847 of the FY 2020 NDAA (..)

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 30, 2023

On 23 November 2023, Young Arbitrators Sweden (YAS) held its fifteenth annual Arbitration Day (Sw. The influence of counsel was often more discernible in written witness statements than oral evidence. skiljeförfarandedagen ) at the historic Central Post Office Building (Sw.

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Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Federal law prohibits money from influencing where a doctor refers a patient for treatment to keep doctors focused solely on what is best for the patient,” said United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis. “We We contend that Methodist’s affiliation with the West Clinic ran afoul of that law.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Factors influencing these choices include the backing of a robust and pro-arbitration judiciary, comprehensive legislative frameworks, and legal predictability. They further predicted an uptick in construction, ESG, and technology disputes across these regions.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 9, 2024

Rightly or wrongly there is always room for an uneasy fear that there might have been some improper influence affecting the mind of the judge where he lacks independence. The independence of the judiciary is not an empty principle which can be forgotten simply because one thinks that a correct conclusion has been reached.

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GovSpend

MAY 17, 2024

Opinions on weapons detections [in schools] are very mixed,” Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero said during a June 2023 school board meeting to discuss increasing school safety. 205 (IL) 3/19/2024 $9,999 Weapon detection system ZeroEyes Inc Sourced from GovSpend data. made to Evolv Technologies for Evolv equipment.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The Draft Code of Conduct for Arbitrators in International Investment Disputes was adopted by UNCITRAL in July 2023. This illustrates the possibility of an arbitrator getting influenced by his counsel role in other cases. It has been prepared to address the major concerns in investment disputes and ensure reform of the ISDS system.

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Whistleblower Network News

MAY 10, 2024

Prospective students are entitled to make their enrollment decisions without the improper influence of recruiters who pursue their own financial gain at the expense of students’ best interests.” Boynton, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JULY 12, 2024

As a result, there has been no shortage of procurement legislation and regulation prohibiting or curtailing the federal government’s purchase of Chinese products: Section 889 of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (restrictions on the use of telecommunications equipment and services); Section 847 of the FY 2020 NDAA (..)

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The experience with the implementation of fiscal rules in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) shows that compliance with fiscal rules is far from perfect, and understanding the multiple factors that influence compliance is key to enhance the effectiveness of this instrument to promote the sustainability of public finances.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 7, 2024

The outcome of these cases will significantly influence the role of sanctions in arbitration and reshape the broader legal framework that governs these disputes. Judicial Developments Ongoing legal proceedings in the UK and beyond highlight the evolving landscape of sanctions in arbitration.

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Inter-American Development Bank

AUGUST 1, 2023

Source: Valencia, Gamboa-Arbeláez y Sánchez (2023). Source: Valencia, Gamboa-Arbeláez y Sánchez (2023). Our analysis reveals that demand shocks have a significant and positive influence on the primary balance. Source: Valencia, Gamboa-Arbeláez y Sánchez (2023). Source: Valencia, Gamboa-Arbeláez y Sánchez (2023).

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

The Arbitrator issued two awards: a Liability Award on November 24, 2023, and Costs Award on January 10, 2024, in the Applicant’s favour (together the “ Award ”). There is, therefore, no evidence of any relationship between Firm Capital and the Respondent while the Loan was outstanding that would have influenced the Arbitrator.

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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.

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Inside Government Contracts

OCTOBER 26, 2023

On October 5, 2023, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) issued an interim Federal Acquisition Regulation rule (FAR rule) that implements the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act (FASCSA). Additional information about the rule and its relationship to existing FASCSA regulations is outlined below.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 24, 2024

The October 2023 Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence recognized both the dangers and the potential of AI for workers. Influencing/Negotiating Persuades others; builds consensus through give and take; gains cooperation from others to obtain information and accomplish goals.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 31, 2024

In April 2023, Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls of England & Wales gave the annual McNair Lecture when he spoke on the future of London as a pre-eminent dispute resolution centre. Crypto, block-chain and AI technology will all influence business transactions over time, meaning the type of disputes will evolve.

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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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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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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 22, 2024

The Bahrain Court of Cassation (“Court of Cassation”) recently examined the relationship between arbitration and a pre-required mediation step in its decision of 19 June 2023 in Case No. This understanding may influence the way courts interpret the parties’ agreement in cases of doubt. 815 of 2022.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Colonel Davis was one of the speakers participating in a panel at the IMAGINE 2023 conference for education, state, and local leaders from Amazon Web Services (AWS). We could stop an individual for driving under the influence, process the next steps, and release them on summons.

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How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 10, 2023

© Mateo Mulder-Graells (2023). Especially as I will now turn my attention to seeing how the different pieces of the puzzle fit together, while I edit the manuscript for submission before end of July 2023. I thought the time would never come, but the last piece of my book project puzzle is now more or less in place.

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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 23, 2024

22-mc-80313-VKD, 2023 U.S. June 5, 2023 ), the court ruled that arbitration was proper for the parties. Notably, Fujitsu partially breaks with precedent in other jurisdictions on how carve-out provisions influence the delegation of arbitrability. In Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd. Cypress Semiconductor Corp., LEXIS 97717 (N.D.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The divergent conclusions reached in these decisions invite an analysis of the principled bases of this remedy and how they influenced their outcomes. On 11 October 2023, the Court of Appeal published its full reasons for allowing an appeal from Bright J’s judgment, in Deutsche Bank AG v RusChemAlliance LLC [2023] EWCA 1144 ( DBAG ).

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 15, 2024

In already formally notifying its withdrawal, the UK has therefore put itself into a position where it can no longer influence which version of the ECT it will sail into the sunset. Hence, a continuity of binding obligations could only be established with respect to the treaty prior to its modernization.

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Inter-American Development Bank

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

2023) and Tax Foundation (2022). This indicator can help policymakers understand whether taxes are influencing companies’ decisions to invest in new projects. Statutory and Effective Corporate Income Tax Rates, 2021 (country average) Source: Hanappi, Nieto Parra, Orozco and Rasteletti (2023). the tax base).

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Biden administration’s call to improve citizens’ experience with government has taken hold among federal agencies, whose CX successes have gained the attention of FedTech’s 2023 federal IT influencers. “By

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 23, 2024

The 2023 SCCA Arbitration Rules (commented on in a previous blog post ) increased the threshold amount in dispute for expedited proceedings to approximately USD 1.07 Time will tell how this competitive environment will influence the performance and appeal of these institutions on the international stage. 34 of 2021 (“ Decree No.

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