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New Index Helps Governments Design Better Escape Clauses to Bridge Fiscal Rigidity with Crisis Adaptability

Inter-American Development Bank

JANUARY 12, 2024

These clauses, designed to provide temporary flexibility from strict fiscal targets during crises, aim to strike a balance between upholding fiscal rules and effectively responding to unexpected circumstances. signifies a 30% margin for improvement in the definition of the escape clause, pinpointing dimensions that received lower scores.

Government

Government Government Balance Quality

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

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 12, 2024

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.

Finance

Finance Sustainability Balance Export

Responsible AI for mission-based organizations

AWS Public Sector

JULY 24, 2024

As technology evolves, the definition of responsible AI will also evolve. It offers the ability to balance your data through various techniques. Organizations can leverage Guardrails with configurable thresholds to filter hate speech, insults, misconduct, and prompt injection attacks. What is responsible AI?

Transparency

Transparency Import Data Thresholds

For contractors, a lot to ponder five months into the fiscal year

Federal News Network

JANUARY 30, 2024

On the face of it, it’s obviously a big deal for small businesses because now if you’re on one of these multiple award IQ contracts, the onus is going to be on the buying agency to come up with justifications to not give you task orders up to the simplified acquisition threshold, currently $250,000.

Price

Price Thresholds Buyers Data

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

Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 26, 2024

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.

Insurance

Insurance Thresholds Media Contract

The Faith of the Fair and Equitable Treatment Clause in Africa

Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Such framing sets a higher threshold for establishing a violation of FET. The Protocol on Investment represents yet another attempt to balance the interest of investors and state parties by adding a narrowly defined standard of treatment—the administrative and judicial treatment—in lieu of an FET clause.

Balance

Balance Negotiation Thresholds Ethics

A missed opportunity to provide meaningful clarification on state aid analysis of procurement compliance and some problematic ‘obiter dicta’ (C-28/23)

How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 22, 2024

First, in addressing some aspects of the definition of public works contracts that keep coming up in litigation in relation to relatively complex real estate transactions. This part of the dispute concerned the definition of ‘public works contracts’ under Directive 2014/24/EU (issue 1). The case was very interesting in three respects.

Procurement

Procurement Finance Purchasing Public Procurement

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

Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

18] And, for DoD, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) 216.203-4 limits the use of the FAR EPA clauses to DoD contracts that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold (presently $250,000 with exceptions), and performance is longer than six months. [19] GAO’s competitive prejudice threshold should be similar.

Government

Government Government Price Contract

Friday Flash 3/08/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

MARCH 7, 2024

Like the FAR rule, the new DFARS rule: Modifies the definition of domestic end product, qualifying country end product, and domestic construction material by increasing the domestic content threshold to 65 percent for calendar years 2024 through 2028, and to 75 percent beginning in calendar year 2029.

Supply Chain

Supply Chain E-procurement Price Thresholds

Government Contracts Inflation Update

Procurement Notes

MARCH 16, 2023

First , PPI “does not include imports, because imports are by definition not produced by domestic firms.” [10] The federal funds rate is the interest rate at which depository institutions trade federal funds (balances held at Federal Reserve Banks) with each other overnight.” [50] There are other key differences between CPI and PPI.

Government Contracts

Government Contracts Government Government Contract

Friday Flash 11/03/23

The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Background, of PAP 2021-05. While the PAP’s Background section cites this definition of what is “fair and reasonable,” the PAP’s “guidance” sets standards and directives that raises questions whether, when read as a whole, it provides guidance that will result in a price and terms that are fair to both parties in a transaction.

Supply Chain

Supply Chain Price E-procurement Contract

The English Arbitration Act 2025: What Does This Mean for LCIA Arbitration?

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 17, 2025

While wholesale reform was neither necessary nor desirable, the amendments are significant and strike the right balance by clarifying several key issues that impact international arbitrations (including arbitrations administered by the LCIA).

Efficiency

Efficiency Balance Thresholds Import

Real Discussion of the COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Contractors and Subcontractors

Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 13, 2021

ENSURING ADEQUATE COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS (OCT 2021) (DEVIATION) (a) Definition. But, when balancing the pros and the cons, there is a natural expectation that contractors will accept the mandate, without challenge, so long as there is a financial upside for doing so. Here is what the clause says.

E-procurement

E-procurement Procurement Contract Negotiation

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New Index Helps Governments Design Better Escape Clauses to Bridge Fiscal Rigidity with Crisis Adaptability

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

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Responsible AI for mission-based organizations

For contractors, a lot to ponder five months into the fiscal year

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

The Faith of the Fair and Equitable Treatment Clause in Africa

A missed opportunity to provide meaningful clarification on state aid analysis of procurement compliance and some problematic ‘obiter dicta’ (C-28/23)

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

Friday Flash 3/08/2024

Government Contracts Inflation Update

Friday Flash 11/03/23

The English Arbitration Act 2025: What Does This Mean for LCIA Arbitration?

Real Discussion of the COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Contractors and Subcontractors

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