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Source: Law.com . The two maps below chart the hot spots of international arbitration: the countries with most disputants. They plot the 261 cases from our 2011 Arbitration Scorecard according to the location of parties involved. [See the Focus Europe feature article, "High Stakes" for complete analysis.] The Treaty Arbitration map shows the respondent nations that face the most arbitrations arising out of investment Source: Financial Times January 23, 2012 By Kevin P. Gallagher Emerging markets have fallen victim to unstable capital flows in the wake of the financial crisis. In an attempt to mitigate the accompanying asset bubbles and exchange rate pressures that come with such volatility, a number of emerging markets resorted to capital controls. Although these actions have largely been supported by the International Monetary Source: Thehindu.com HYDERABAD, January 13, 2012 Special Correspondent Co-Chair of the U.S. Senate’s India Caucus Senator Mark R. Warner said that they were pushing the Obama administration to expedite the signing of a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) with India to protect investors from both countries. Addressing a press conference along with two other senators, Michael Bennet (Colorado) and Tom Udall (New Mexico), on Source: Settysoutham.wordpress.com January 16, 2012 They have been talking about it for years, and they keep talking. Here’s a tidbit from a PDVSA statement from last night: El presidente de PDVSA informó la decisión del Gobierno Bolivariano de retirar a nuestro país del CIADI: “de acuerdo con las líneas del presidente Chávez, nosotros hemos decidido salir del CIADI, hay una serie de acciones que Source: The New York Times By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: January 15, 2012 CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela plans to leave the World Bank’s international arbitration body and try to settle disputes with foreign companies within its own judicial system, Rafael Ramírez, the country’s oil minister, said Sunday. Mr. Ramírez also announced that Venezuela would seek to renegotiate dozens of international investment-related agreements. “We |
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We provide this documentation from the ICSID web page for a critical analysis. It includes the list of cases that this tribunal has filed and managed historically and until 2009.
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