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

Inter-American Development Bank

In instances of active waste, such suboptimal decisions are motivated by personal gain, as exemplified by corruption. This implies using simple processes for straightforward transactions and more sophisticated processes for complex ones, such as relational contracts introduced by Nobel Laureate Oliver Hart during the event.

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Open Procurement in Europe: 100 experts share their vision for the future

Open Contracting Partnership

Giuseppe Busia, President of Italy’s National Anti-Corruption Authority (ANAC) highlighted digitalization as a key element to prevent corruption and improve efficiency in public procurement and provided concrete examples of how ANAC collaborates with civil society to pursue data-driven approaches to anti-corruption. Stay tuned.

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

Kluwer Arbitration

On 19 March 2024, as part of the 8 th edition of Paris Arbitration Week, the Comité Français de l’Arbitrage (CFA) organized a much-awaited and well-attended event on Arbitration, Sports Law and the Olympics, only a few months before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024. This does not cover field of play matters (i.e.,

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The Eco Oro and Red Eagle Awards: Recent Divergence on How to Interpret Fair and Equitable Treatment Clauses Linked to the Minimum Standard of Treatment

Kluwer Arbitration

But, at the same time, the majority also referred to the NAFTA-style high threshold of gravity required to find a breach (referring to actions “unacceptable from an international law perspective,” paras. In any event, the Claimant failed to demonstrate that “any legitimate expectations arose, or were relied upon” (para.

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2023 Copenhagen Arbitration Day Recap: The Future of Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration

This post summarises the discussions held during the event. She also highlighted the high threshold in Denmark to set aside an award based on an arbitral tribunal’s action, especially if such action is covered by the national law, institutional rules and/or procedural orders. 1, to what arbitration could be like in 2035.

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Ascendancy of Institutional Arbitration in the Gulf: Abu Dhabi Adds New International Arbitration Centre

Kluwer Arbitration

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 million – a response to the growing criticism directed at DIAC’s significantly lower threshold of around USD 270,000. million in value.

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The End of a Saga: Swiss Federal Supreme Court Upholds Clorox v. Venezuela Final Award

Kluwer Arbitration

In any event, the request would have to be rejected as Venezuela merely questioned the arbitration award’s compliance with the applicable law, attacked the arbitrators’ findings of fact, and their assessment of evidence and reasoning. Discussion During the more than nine-year long course of the Clorox v.