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IBA Mediation Committee Publishes Rules for Investor-State Mediation
By Victoria VanBuren - May 11, 2012
The International Bar Association (IBA), Mediation Committee has recently published a draft version of rules for investor-state mediation. The scope of the Rules is as follows: These rules are designed for the mediation of investment–related differences and disputes involving States and State entities, whether or not they arise out of an agreement. These rules apply when: a) the mediating parties have agreed that these rules shall apply whether b
ICC Conference on International Arbitration in Latin America | Miami, Nov. 11-13, 2012
By Victoria VanBuren - May 10, 2012
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) will host its conference on International Arbitration in Latin America in Miami on November 11-13, 2012. The conference will include discussions on recent developments on arbitration in Latin America and is expected to attract 400 participants from 30 nationalities. Who should attend? Practicing lawyers, corporate counsel, arbitrators, mediators, academics and professionals involved in the conduct of bu
Article | Empowering Settlors: How Proper Language Can Increase the Enforceability of a Mandatory Arbitration Provision in a Trust
By Victoria VanBuren - May 9, 2012
In a new article, Empowering Settlors: How Proper Language Can Increase the Enforceability of a Mandatory Arbitration Provision in a Trust, forthcoming in REAL PROPERTY, TRUST AND ESTATE LAW JOURNAL, available now in SSRN, Professor S.I. Strong discusses the increasingly important topic of trust arbitration. Here is the abstract: With hostile trust litigation reaching epidemic proportions, many people within the trust industry are interested in i
Fulbright & Jaworski Publishes Its 2012 International Arbitration Report
By Victoria VanBuren - May 8, 2012
Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP has recently published its 2012 International Arbitration Report, Issue 1. The issue includes the following topics: China-Related Arbitration Agreements, a Comparative Study of the French and English Arbitration Acts, Regulation 11/2001 Reform Update, and Section 1782 Case Update. You may download the Report (for free) here.
Training on the 2012 ICC Rules of Arbitration | Paris, Oct. 8-9, 2012
By Victoria VanBuren - May 3, 2012
Mark your calendars! The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) will host a two-day session on the 2012 ICC Rules of Arbitration in Paris, on October 8-9, 2012. Learning outcomes acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of the main changes in the 2012 ICC Rules of Arbitration on important topics such as Emergency Arbitrator; Case Management and Joinder, Multi-party/Multi-contract Arbitration and Consolidation study the 2012 ICC Rules o
Article | The Errors of Comity: Forum Non Conveniens Returns to the Second Circuit
By Victoria VanBuren - May 2, 2012
We invite you to read Professor Alan Scott Rau’s (pictured right) most recent article entitled “The Errors of Comity: Forum Non Conveniens Returns to the Second Circuit,” American Review of International Arbitration, Forthcoming August 2012, Energy Center Research Paper No. 12-04. Here is the abstract: What a federal court is expected to do when asked to enforce a foreign arbitral award — what constraints the Conventions i
GUEST-POST | The US Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Announces Its Review of Mandatory Pre-dispute Arbitration Agreements
By Victoria VanBuren - May 1, 2012
By Mark Kantor On April 24, the US Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it is commencing its review of mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreements with respect to consumer finance products and services. See the Bloomberg report of the CFPB announcement here. As readers may know, there has been heated discussion that the US Supreme Court decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion will enable financial institutions to comp
Recent Developments in International Arbitration | April, 2012
By Victoria VanBuren - April 30, 2012
Following are this month’s recent developments in international arbitration law published by the International Law Office (free registration is required to view the articles): United States: Arbitrability as a threat to finality of international arbitration awards France: Award annulled due to withdrawn counterclaims introduced by insolvent defendant International: Best practices: the importance of experienced arbitration counsel United Kin
Arbitration and Mediation Legislative Update | April, 2012
By Victoria VanBuren - April 26, 2012
The following bills relating to alternative dispute resolution were introduced by the 112nd U.S. Congress. The session convened in Washington, D.C. on January 3, 2011 and will end on January 3, 2013. Click on the bill number to read its text and on the status link to find the bill’s most recent legislative action. Bills that passed: Patent Reform Act of 2011 (a.k.a. America Invents Act). The Act provides, among other things that parties to a deri
Article | Arbitration of Trust Disputes: Two Bodies of Law Collide
By Victoria VanBuren - April 25, 2012
We invite you to read professor S.I. Strong (pictured right) latest draft article, S.I. Strong, Arbitration of Trust Disputes: Two Bodies of Law Collide, 45 VANDERBILT JOURNAL OF TRANSNATIONAL LAW __ (forthcoming 2012). Here is the abstract: Once considered nothing more than “mere” estate planning devices, trusts play a large and growing role in the international economy, holding trillions of dollars of assets and generating billions of dollars o
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