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IPS | 20-Apr-2017
ISDS provisions of investment treaties, free trade and other agreements have increasingly provided an investment opportunity to make money by speculating on lawsuits.
keywords:
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS
Stock Market Wire | 20-Apr-2017
Churchill filed an annulment application after an ICSID Tribunal granted Indonesia’s application to dismiss the company’s claims for damages following the revocation of mining licences.
Economic Times | 19-Apr-2017
Free trade agreements tend to treat intellectual property as an investment made by investor corporations, allowing private investment disputes to be raised against the host country.
Reuters | 19-Apr-2017
El Salvador froze bank accounts and assets belonging to OceanaGold Corp after the mining company refused to pay the country $8 million as mandated by an international court.
CIGI | 14-Apr-2017
A clean break is needed to restore trust, but these stiff tests must be met.
The Whig | 14-Apr-2017
The Ontario government says it has paid a $28-million award that a NAFTA tribunal ruled was owed to a wind power company over a provincial offshore wind moratorium.
Bloomberg BNA | 13-Apr-2017
The Indian government nudges Cairn to accept the terms of its tax dispute settlement scheme instead of pursuing the international arbitration route.
Public Eye | 12-Apr-2017
Confidential documents obtained by Public Eye show that Novartis has threatened Colombia with international investment arbitration under its BIT with Switzerland to avoid the issuance of a compulsory license
keywords:
Colombia ,
corporate interests ,
intellectual property ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
leaks ,
medicines ,
Switzerland
Politico | 11-Apr-2017
The Teamsters labor union has escalated an investor dispute against Peru, arguing that its members’ pensions could be thrown into jeopardy as a result of the government’s alleged failure to pay investors $5 billion worth of debt tied up in land bonds.
The Hindu | 10-Apr-2017
Most have expired; partners unwilling to renew them under Finance Ministry’s model draft
