Articles in English
The Indian Express | 8-Nov-2016
Global MNCs like Cairn Energy and Vodafone have invoked Bilateral Investment Treaty and served arbitration notice to India over tax disputes. While the tax demand on Cairn Energy is Rs 10,247 crore, that on Vodafone is Rs 14,200 crore.
Vieuws | 8-Nov-2016
The move follows the Commission’s pledge from last year to “start work, together with other countries, on setting up a permanent International Investment Court.”
CDM | 7-Nov-2016
Addiko Bank AG repeated its concern regarding the Proposal of the Amendment law for conversion of loans in Swiss francs to euros.
Reuters | 7-Nov-2016
The Croatian government is facing a lawsuit for forcing local banks to convert Swiss franc loans into euros.
Globe News Wire | 7-Nov-2016
The hearings of the international arbitration proceedings between AS Tallinna Vesi and the Republic of Estonia will be held from November 7th – 11th November 2016 and on November 14th – 15th, 2016 in Paris, France.
The Jordan Times | 4-Nov-2016
The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) signed a settlement agreement with Orange Jordan, ending a dispute related to the renewal of the company’s second-generation (2G) network.
keywords:
finance | banking | taxes ,
France ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Jordan ,
telecommunications
Bordelex | 3-Nov-2016
Once a desirable form of European international relations endorsed by the Commission, Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) became a problematic issue after the accession of former socialist countries in Central and Eastern Europe to the European Union, and with the emergence of the first intra-EU investment arbitration – ISDS – cases.
White & Case | 3-Nov-2016
Global law firm has won an arbitration award for Indian investor Flemingo DutyFree in a case brought against Poland under the India-Poland Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT)
European Law Blog | 31-Oct-2016
The Belgian federal government will seek the opinion of the European Court of Justice on the compatibility of the Investment Court System (ICS) in CETA with the Treaties.
Inequality | 28-Oct-2016
In a tale of people power over corporate power, a tribunal has ruled against a global company in a case over mining rights. Now we need to block trade deals that allow these “investor-state” lawsuits.
