Elina Zlatanska, Visiting Research Fellow at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, has authored "To Publish, or Not to Publish Arbitral Awards: That is the Question…," 81 International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management, Number 1, 2015. In her research paper, Ms. Zlatanska examines some potential pros and cons of establishing a publication mechanism for international commercial arbitral awards.

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Texas’ 14th District Court of Appeals in Houston has overturned a district court’s order denying arbitration in an employment dispute. In The Subsea Co. v. Payan, et al., No. 14–13–00849–CV (Tex. App – Houston [14th Dist.], September 18, 2014), an oil and gas specialty component manufacturer, The Subsea Company, hired a woman to serve as an account manufacturer.

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