Daria Kim, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Fellow (2012-2013) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law Research Associate (2013-2014), has published “Protecting Trade Secrets Under International Investment Law: What Secrets Investors Should Not Tell States,” John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law, Vol. 15 (2), 2016.

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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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Disputing would like to thank Don Philbin for alerting us to the recent publication of Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP’s 2011 International Arbitration Report, Issue 1. According to the firm’s website, Issue 1 topics include: Section 1782 Update The State of Necessity Defense in Investor-State Arbitration The Compatibility of EU Law with Bilateral Investment Treaties between EU States New Arbitration Law Passed in Hong Kong A complimentary copy of

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The international law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP has just published its Spring/Summer 2010 Newsletter. This edition has several interesting articles, including “Enforcement of Non-Domestic Arbitral Awards in China.” Here is an excerpt: The ability of parties to international contracts to enforce Hong Kong arbitral awards in China is crucially important to Hong Kong’s future as a leading regional arbitration c

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To follow up on our earlier post, here are more details about Hong Kong’s mediation initiative: Mediation in Hong Kong December 10, 2009 By Alfred Ip, Partner at OLN and CEDR Accredited Mediator From 1st January 2010, the court will require parties to civil proceedings to consider using mediation as an alternate means to settle their dispute. The court will require the parties to justify their decision in case they refuse to attempt mediati

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Karl Bayer came across this interesting recent reform affecting the resolution of disputes in Hong Kong: Judiciary makes case for mediation Monday, January 04, 2010 Mediation, a process that aims to resolve disputes and keep them out of the courts, takes another step forward today with the Judiciary opening an information office on the practice.The Mediation Information Office has been established under the Judiciary’s Practice Direction 31

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