Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 2, 2024

March 2 is the anniversary of the signing of the False Claims Act by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. The law is America’s first whistleblower award law and according to some experts the most effective whistleblower law ever passed. In recognition of the historic day, National Whistleblower Center (NWC) is urging supporters to take action on their Seven Major Campaigns of 2024 by urging Congress, the White House, and federal agencies to prioritize stalled pieces of whistleblower legislation wh

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 2, 2024

We are happy to inform you that the latest issue of the journal is now available and includes the following contributions: Maxim Osadchiy, Calibrating De Novo: Judicial Review of Arbitral Jurisdiction De novo review of arbitral jurisdiction at the post-award stage, that typically involves full, independent assessment of arbitrators’ findings with respect to questions of law and fact, has become the norm under most legal regimes.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 2, 2024

On 23 October 2023, the English High Court handed down a landmark decision setting aside a USD 11 billion arbitral award (the final award) obtained by a British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) company, Process and Industrial Developments Limited (“P&ID”), against the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Judge upheld Nigeria’s challenge of the arbitral award on the basis that P&ID had procured the final award through fraud and in a manner contrary to public policy under Section 68(g)

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