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Lithuania and Veolia reach €38m settlement to end decade-long legal disputes
LRT | 18-Jul-2025
Lithuania and French energy group Veolia have reached a €35 million settlement that ends most of their decade-long legal disputes over municipal heating contracts, the Lithuanian Energy Ministry announced .
keywords: France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Lithuania , services
South Korea wins UK appeal over arbitration ruling in Samsung merger case
Reuters | 18-Jul-2025
South Korea won its latest appeal in its dispute with US hedge fund Elliott over the 2015 merger of two affiliates of Samsung, shortly after the electronics group’s Chairman Jay Y. Lee was cleared by South Korea’s top court.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Korea , US
EU refers Hungary to the highest court
Kosova Press | 18-Jul-2025
The European Commission has referred Hungary to the Court of Justice of the European Union for refusing to comply with a key European Union ruling on investor-state arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty.
keywords: ECT , energy , EU , Hungary , investor-state disputes | ISDS
L’UE traduit la Hongrie devant la plus haute juridiction
Kosova Press | 18-Jul-2025
La Commission européenne a saisi la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne à l’encontre de la Hongrie pour avoir refusé de se conformer à une décision clé de l’Union européenne sur l’arbitrage entre investisseurs et États en vertu du traité sur la Charte de l’énergie.
keywords: ECT , energy , EU , Hungary , investor-state disputes | ISDS
New Zealand confirms opposition to ISDS in RCEP
AFTINET | 18-Jul-2025
New Zealand has firmly opposed including Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, which covers 15 Asia-Pacific countries.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , New Zealand , RCEP
French investment protection agreements: an obstacle to the ecological transition
Veblen Institute | 17-Jul-2025
Study on the French network of bilateral investment treaties.
keywords: climate , France , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Les accords de protection des investissements français : un obstacle à la transition écologique
Institut Veblen | 17-Jul-2025
Etude sur le réseau français de traités bilatéraux d’investissements.
keywords: climate , France , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Credit Suisse: un bulldozer juridique menace la Confédération
Watson | 17-Jul-2025
Le feuilleton judiciaire autour du rachat de Credit Suisse occupera la Suisse pendant encore plusieurs années. Un cabinet d’avocats londonien compte attaquer la Confédération en justice – un dossier qui vient s’ajouter à la pile de plaintes déjà déposées contre la Suisse.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Switzerland
Update on status of notice of termination of mining leases
Blue Gold | 16-Jul-2025
Ghana terminated FGRBPL’s mining leases in 2024, prompting BGHL to challenge the decision under the UK-Ghana BIT via arbitration in 2025. If unsuccessful, BGHL risks losing its leases and mining plans. The outcome remains uncertain.
keywords: Ghana , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
Costa Rica is facing a multi-million dollar lawsuit for protecting its environment and its communities - and following the law
Linkedin | 16-Jul-2025
A Canadian company is threatening private arbitration under the Canada–Costa Rica investment treaty, claiming Costa Rica violated the treaty by halting a landfill project in Turrúcares, even as the proper domestic legal process is unfolding.
keywords: Canada , Costa Rica , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , services