Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:06:05 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/International-Dispute-Resolution-Alert ebddfe9a-2607-4075-b307-b556163c1730 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:06:05 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/International-Dispute-Resolution-Alert/UK-Supreme-Court-Decision-Reinforces-the-Reputation-of-England-and-Wales-as-an-Arbitration-Friendly-Jurisdiction 14c4ea1f-5f00-40e5-82ca-7f63069161da Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:36:41 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/International-Dispute-Resolution-Alert/How-Companies-Can-Use-International-Investment-Agreements-to-Open-Markets-and-Protect-Their-Investments 84c01c5a-09b7-4bd2-b18a-e651562566fb Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:57:09 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/International-Dispute-Resolution-Alert/New-CIETAC-Arbitration-Rules-2012 07f882bb-8b7f-4c63-89fb-730e064db406 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:41:16 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/International-Dispute-Resolution-Alert/The-2012-ICC-Rules-of-Arbitration-New-Rules-New-Responsibilities 06d3eddf-84e8-44a0-b5af-1185165a49cb Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:45:50 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/International-Dispute-Resolution-Alert/Syria-and-Lebanon-Strengthen-Investment-Ties-Despite-Political-Uncertainty-and-Instability 47538909-7c35-445e-99b1-38763edc6597 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:01 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/International-Dispute-Resolution-Alert/World-Court-Upholds-Kosovos-Declaration-of-Independence On July 22, 2010, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations seated in The Hague (The Netherlands), ruled that Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence and secession from the Republic of Serbia over the latter's objection did not violate international law. 3d7967eb-e39c-42c7-86b6-7347f00b0d4c Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:01 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/International-Dispute-Resolution-Alert/Congress-Seeks-To-Pass-Legislation-Easing-Restraints-on-Suits-Against-Foreign-Manufacturers The U.S. Congress has been working on several versions of legislation which would make it more difficult for foreign manufacturers to avoid suit in the United States. Various committees have held hearings, and several bills have been introduced. The titles of the hearings and legislation are illustrative of where Congress might be going - Protecting the Playroom: Holding Foreign Manufacturers Accountable For Defective Products; Protecting Americans From Unsafe Products Act; Leveling the Playing Field and Protecting Americans- which all suggest a less than subtle bias against foreign companies and in favor of U.S. would-be plaintiffs. 9cf93ca2-adb0-4abb-88c1-6db433725022 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:01 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/International-Dispute-Resolution-Alert/New-Rotterdam-Rules-For-Maritime-Shipping On September 23, 2009, officials from sixteen nations, including major maritime and trading powers the United States, Norway, Greece, and The Netherlands, signed what is officially known as the "United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea," or the "Rotterdam Rules" for short. Three more states had signed by October 1. The treaty was negotiated over seven years and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2008. Representatives from the U.S. State Department have indicated that the treaty will be submitted to the U.S. Senate for ratification in early 2010. 4a0823b9-7e51-4829-b9b4-95f85a0c7c42 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:36:23 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/International-Dispute-Resolution-Alert/Second-Circuit-Decision-in-Frontera-v-SOCAR-Holds-that-Foreign-Sovereigns-and-their-Agents-Are-Not-Entitled-to-Due-Process-Protections-under-the-US-Constitution In a recent decision in Frontera Resources Azerbaijan Corporation v. State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a state-owned foreign corporation is not entitled to the Due Process jurisdictional protections under the U.S. Constitution where the corporation is deemed to be an agent of a foreign sovereign. Docket No. 07-1815-cv, -- F.3d --, 2009 WL 3067888 (2d Cir. September 28, 2009). The decision is a significant shift in precedent in the Second Circuit, a jurisdiction which includes federal courts in New York City, a hub for international financial transactions and a venue where many award creditors seek to confirm and enforce arbitration awards. While the decision opens the door for award creditors to petition for confirmation of an arbitration award against a foreign state or its agents without consideration whether the entity regularly does business in the jurisdiction, ... e87b155e-822c-4d7b-89b8-e01408a1dc36 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:15:38 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/International-Dispute-Resolution-Alert/Ecuador-Moves-Closer-To-Its-Withdrawal-From-World-Bank-Arbitration On May 30, 2009, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa announced that his country would be withdrawing from the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ("ICSID"), based at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. The move comes on the heels of Ecuador's approval of a new constitution in September 2008, which forbids the country from submitting to arbitration outside of Latin America. In accordance with that constitutional edict, Ecuador's Congress voted on June 12, 2009 to denounce ICSID's arbitration facility. Ecuador would be only the second country, after Bolivia, to withdraw from ICSID. 33e62444-834f-49fb-9572-69cdf85ef476 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:01 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/International-Dispute-Resolution-Alert/New-Law-Grants-Venezuelan-Government-Power-to-Take-Strategic-Control-Over-Oil-Industry-Services On May 7, 2009, the Venezuelan National Assembly enacted the Organic Law Reserving Goods and Services Related to Primary Oil Activities to the State (the "Oil Services Law"). The new legislation allows the Government to take control over essential areas of the oil industry in Venezuela. The Venezuelan National Assembly has justified the adoption of the Oil Services Law as a measure directed to correct an "improper attribution" of strategic areas of the oil industry to foreign companies by the old Petróleos de Venezuela ("PDVSA"). The contracts affected by the Oil Services Law were part of a massive subcontracting process that took place in the 1990s. Pursuant to the Oil Services Law, the Executive, PDVSA, or a subsidiary designated by PDVSA, are authorized to take possession of assets and control over the operations of companies which currently provide important services to the Venezuelan oil industry. We understand that as of ... 860ec877-c90f-441c-bfff-03ff38f15e1a Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:01 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/International-Dispute-Resolution-Alert/Court-Finds-that-ICC-is-Tribunal-for-Purposes-of-Section-1782-Discovery-Assistance 28 USC 1782 is a US statute authorizing federal courts to grant discovery assistance to persons and entities involved in disputes before a tribunal outside the US. In In re Application of Babcock Borsig AG, CA No. 08-mc-10128-DPW, Oct. 30, 2008, a federal district court in Massachusetts held that the ICC is a "tribunal" within the meaning of section 1782, and thus, the court had the statutory authority to order a person or entity within the US to provide documents or testimony for use in a foreign proceeding(here, an ICC proceeding).