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Final hearing in Cairn Energy tax issue in August
Live Mint | 14-Mar-2018
Under international arbitration proceedings the final hearing of Cairn’s claim under the UK-India Bilateral Investment Treaty is scheduled for August 2018 in The Hague.
keywords: energy , finance | banking | taxes , India , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
EU-Mexico FTA: Draft investment chapter (Feb 2018)
| 14-Mar-2018
keywords: EU , FTAs (texts of) , investor-state disputes | ISDS , leaks , Mexico
Renaud Beauchard on ISDS - arbitration tribunals from an investor against a State
CEO | 13-Mar-2018
Renaud Beauchard, law professor, explains the arbitration tribunals of CETA and TTIP which enable multinationals to sue States.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , video
Naftogaz expects to recover from Russia $8 bln over assets seized in Crimea
UNIAN | 13-Mar-2018
According to the holding’s chief commercial officer, once Ukraine wins in court, the question will arise of physically taking this money from Russia.
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Russia , Ukraine
The CJEU ruling in Achmea: death sentence for autonomous investment protection tribunals
EU Law Analysis | 13-Mar-2018
My prediction for CETA and TTIP is that an opinion would be a death sentence for the investment protection provisions, since they are capable of being applied to various aspects of EU law.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands , Slovakia , TTIP
Letter: Gambia is about to pay half a million dollars at the International Settlement Investment Dispute Court
Freedom Newspaper | 13-Mar-2018
Shocking information from insiders tells us that the authorities are about to make a payment to the International Settlement of Investment Disputes of nearly US dollars 500,000 as a prepay for the three litigations.
keywords: energy , Gambia , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS
The CJEU in Slovakia v Achmea or is justice best served cold?
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 13-Mar-2018
CJEU’s decision in Slovakia v Achmea finally bringing justice to the most recent members of the EU.
keywords: health , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands , services , Slovakia
Belgium firm to sue Turkey over Gülen-linked assets
Ahval | 13-Mar-2018
The claim alleges that Cascade’s investment’s in a media services company were unlawfully expropriated by the Turkish state in the crackdown that followed the coup attempt of July 2016.
keywords: Belgium , investor-state disputes | ISDS , services , Türkiye
Fears tobacco giants will use TPP to sue Australia over plain packaging as secrecy shrouds legal costs in Philip Morris case
South China Morning Post | 12-Mar-2018
Political party says the newly signed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, which contains similar clauses to the Hong Kong deal, could prompt more costly challenges in The Hague
keywords: Australia , health , Hong Kong , investor-state disputes | ISDS
El Tribunal de Justicia de la UE rechaza el ISDS incluido en los tratados intra europeos
No al TTIP | 9-Mar-2018
El Tribunal de Justicia de la UE rechaza el ISDS incluido en los tratados intra europeos Por No al TTIP | 6-3-18 El Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea (TJUE) emitió hoy la sentencia que dictamina que la cláusula arbitral incluida en el Tratado celebrado entre los Países Bajos y Eslovaquia sobre la protección de las inversiones no es compatible con el Derecho de la Unión. El dictamen afecta a otros 195 tratados bilaterales de protección de las inversiones firmados entre los (...)
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , Netherlands , Slovakia