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Distributed Data Makes Protection More Complex While hackers, ransomware and insider attacks are attention-grabbing threats, data is also vulnerable to more mundane risks — accidental deletions, misconfigurations, file corruption, failed hardware. And as that data becomes more distributed, it’s harder to protect.”
Whilst the distribution of funds from the estate will take time, these judgments at least bring certainty to creditors who have been chasing their debts for some 14 years. More recently, in May 2023, the Saudi Commercial Court of Appeal issued its final judgment regarding approved creditors in the liquidation of Maan AlSanea’s estate.
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993 of 2017 The Appellant, a distributor, and the Respondent, a foreign distributor, entered into an agreement on the distribution of a specific range of sports products in various territories. Some territories were designated as exclusive distribution areas, while other territories were considered to be non-exclusive.
The relationship between Matteo and Gabriele soured towards the end of 2015 when Matteo withdrew from Gabriele’s businesses and in October 2016, Delanson distributed the entirety of the trusts to Gabriele, as settlor of the trusts, on the ground that it was necessary to protect the underlying assets.
Additionally, AFSA administers disputes related to engineering, architecture, cession, supplies, distributions, consulting, and joint venture agreements. Past interviews are available here.
Édouard Bruc, Nonarbitrability and Mandatory Rules: Brothers, Not Twins Notwithstanding the lack of clear legislative intent, Belgian judges have unilaterally prohibited the arbitration of exclusive distribution disputes, unless a specific Belgian pro-distributor statute was applied or unless similar substantive foreign rules were applied.
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The arbitration concerned obligations under a distribution agreement, and both parties had claimed compensation for unpaid invoices. They had both contested the other party’s claims and admitted paying parts of the claimed amounts. However, when the outcome is affected – there needs to be some way to challenge a defective award.
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