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French court rules in favor of Russia’s Roscosmos in Yukos assets seizure case
Moscow Times | 14-Apr-2016
Russian space agency Roscosmos has won a court action in France concerning $700 million in payments owed to the company, which were seized by French authorities.
keywords: ECT , energy , France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Russia
Court rules in favour of Spain in suit against renewable energy cuts
Reuters | 26-Jan-2016
An international arbitrator threw out claims from two investors protesting against Spain’s 2010 cuts to renewable energy subsidies, setting a potential precedent for other lawsuits pending.
keywords: ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Spain
Why we should all be worried about our BITs – or at least what foreign investors are doing with them
Open Democracy UK | 4-Dec-2015
Britain’s role, not just with TTIP, seems to be that of facilitating and encouraging excessive corporate power over governments all around the world.
keywords: ECT , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
The rise in arbitration claims filed by renewable energy investors under the Energy Charter Treaty
Lexology | 4-Nov-2015
The number of claims filed by renewable energy investors under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) has risen significantly.
keywords: ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
ISDS: courting foreign investors
S2B | 7-Oct-2015
Why the Commission’s proposal for an “Investment Court System” still fails to address the key problems of foreign investors’ privileges
keywords: actions | resistance , ECT , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS , TTIP
Resisting the ‘law of greed’
Green Agenda | 11-Sep-2015
There has been an explosive increase of cases of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). Modern investor-state disputes often revolve around public policy measures and implicate sensitive issues such as health and environmental protection
keywords: CPTPP , ECT , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA , TTIP
Commission won’t ask EU judges to decide on legality of ISDS
Euractiv | 8-Sep-2015
The European Commission will not ask EU judges to decide on the legality of the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism in free trade agreements.
keywords: ECT , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
Spain facing compensation bill of billions over renewables cuts
El País | 7-Aug-2015
Spain has suffered its first setback in an international arbitration process over its cuts to renewable energy subsidies.
keywords: ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Spain
The obscure legal system that lets corporations sue countries
The Guardian | 10-Jun-2015
Fifty years ago, an international legal system was created to protect the rights of foreign investors. Today, as companies win billions in damages, insiders say it has got dangerously out of control
keywords: ECT , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Stopping the corporate power grab — it’s not all just about TTIP
The Ecologist | 25-May-2015
In the rush to oppose TTIP we mustn’t lose sight of the context in which the deal is being negotiated — the hundreds of bilateral treaties that give corporations the right to sue in secret ’trade courts’.
keywords: actions | resistance , Argentina , ECT , Ecuador , Ethiopia , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TiSA , TTIP