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Smart Public Procurement for Better Public Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

Smart Public Procurement Can Contribute to Marofiscal Stability Smart public procurement spending can be a critical area for improving fiscal balances because it can improve the effectiveness of public expenditure by reducing waste. Better fiscal balances will contribute to greater macroeconomic stability.

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How to Effectively Deal with Climate Change Disputes? Proposals from the First Annual Conference of the Roma Tre-UNIDROIT Centre

Kluwer Arbitration

and Gabriella Palmieri (Italian Attorney General) highlighted the complex interaction between international, transnational and national law, and they agreed on the need to find a balance between environmental protection and economic competitiveness.

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2024 PAW: Sports Law and the Upcoming Olympics – What Role for Arbitration?

Kluwer Arbitration

decisions made by referees or umpires or juries), unless there are fraud or corruption allegations, but this is a high threshold to reach. Provisional measures can be awarded, applying the classic criteria in arbitration of risk of irreparable harm, chances of success and balance of the parties’ interests.

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Kluwer Arbitration ITA Arbitration Report, Volume No. XXII, Issue No. 5 (May 2023)

Kluwer Arbitration

To rule on Forbes IP’s petition, the Court applied the China Trade test which requires the movant to pass two threshold requirements and prevail on the balancing of five discretionary factors. Mexico and New York) and because Forbes IP’s anti-suit injunction would be dispositive of the Mexico Injunction.

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Achmea in America: The United States’ Amicus Brief Offers Spain Half-hearted Support

Kluwer Arbitration

The Court’s solicitation placed the US in a position to balance its interest in maintaining friendly relations with a key ally with its treaty obligations under the ICSID and New York Conventions to enforce international arbitral awards. The United States Argues that the District Court Must Determine that an Arbitration Agreement Exists.

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Arbitration Agreements and Insolvency Proceedings: Comparing the Pro-Arbitration Perspectives in Singapore, the United Kingdom, and India, and Calling for International Consensus

Kluwer Arbitration

The standard of “ existence of dispute ” without any bona fide requirements appears to be a comparatively lower threshold indicating heightened deference to the jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal when an operational debt is disputed. 13) Telnic at [29]-[32]. 18) At [18]. ↑ 17 Mobilox at [40]. ↑ 18 At [18].

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The Contents of Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management, Volume 89, Issue 4 (2023)

Kluwer Arbitration

All this is to be balanced with the desire and right of the claimant to have its claim resolved. However, there remains a lack of clarity as to the threshold of proportionality applied. The article suggests that challenges to LDs under English law have become more difficult.