Danny McFadden, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Fellow, Director of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (“CEDR”), and Managing Director of CEDR Asia Pacific, has published “Developments in International Commercial Mediation: US, UK, Asia, India and EU,” Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 299-336, November 2015.

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by Rustam Dubash and Saionton Basu Cross-border agreements into India – the arbitration clause International agreements in most cases will include an arbitration clause, setting out the governing law of the contract and the seat of arbitration. When dealing with an Indian party, this may not entirely prevent litigation before the Indian courts, since judicial intervention in Indian courts could still occur unless specific language excluding

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Those of you who missed the “Borders Skirmishes” symposium last week at University of Missouri’s Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution can view the keynote address by Gary Born at the symposium website (click on the link under “Keynote Webcast”). Gary Born is widely regarded as the world’s preeminent authority on international commercial arbitration and international litigation, having been selected to receive the Global Ar

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We came across this Mayer Brown LLP article identifying ten characteristics of an enforceable dispute resolution clause. Ten Hallmarks of Effective International Arbitration Agreements By William H. Knull Article – International Arbitration, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Americas, Asia, Europe 19 January 2010 International arbitration can provide the security of a neutral forum and a framework of enforcement treaties that is far supe

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