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The Story of India’s “First Whistleblower:” Stalled Progress in the Wake of Satyendra Dubey’s 2003 Murder

Whistleblower Network News

Satyendra was murdered over 20 years ago upon exposing corruption involved in the construction of India’s largest highway project at the time, which resulted in poor quality of work and the looting of public money. Many think of a specific name of a whistleblower whose story became a national sensation.

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The Implications of Koch v. Canada for Emissions Trading Schemes

Kluwer Arbitration

KS&T was a market participant in OCTP with tracking accounts for emission allowances in Ontario and California. Relying on this definition, the Claimants argued that KS&T’s emission allowances constituted “property” and therefore qualified as an investment under NAFTA. The Koch v. Emission Allowances as “Property”?

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From Draft to Published Version: A Commentary on the Changes Implemented in the SVAMC AI Guidelines

Kluwer Arbitration

This includes a fairly broad and future-oriented definition of AI, provisions on safeguarding confidentiality and furthermore, ensuring the integrity of the arbitral proceeding. However, before having a deeper look into the Guidelines themselves, one question needs to be answered: is there even a need for further rules?

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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

These and other constraints under the model law are commendable anti-corruption measures, but may make it more difficult to accommodate emerging “green procurement” approaches. Article 8, for example, warns the procuring agency, “when first soliciting the participation of. the environmental characteristics of the subject matter.”

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Misreporting of Tesla Safety Violations Highlight Narrow Parameters of SEC Whistleblower Program and Need for Employee Education

Whistleblower Network News

In a joint letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Krupski and Greenspan raised questions about Tesla’s accounting practices. Whistleblower advocates argue that these restrictions dissuade potential whistleblowers from engaging with the program, interfering with the agency’s objective of identifying corruption.

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

Kluwer Arbitration

Commercial considerations : tax, accounting, regulatory, and pensions considerations must be accounted for (including how profits can be repatriated from one jurisdiction to another), as well as change of control provisions that may be triggered. a negotiation period, time limitations, or excluded disputes).

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LIDW 2024: Lawyer (Mis)Behaviour in International Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration

The panel discussion was followed by a Q&A session during which questions primarily focused on issues of corruption.

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