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Source: Prnewswire.com DALLAS, May 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Lone Star Funds (“Lone Star”) confirmed today that it has notified the South Korean government of its intention to initiate arbitration of its claim for damages suffered as a result of the Korean government’s unlawful interference with Lone Star’s rights as the major shareholder of Korea Exchange Bank (“KEB”) and other Korean companies Lone Star acquired Source: Huffingtonpost.com / By Sarah Anderson, IPS Global Economy Project Director. Source: The Council of Canadians By Stuart Trew, Thursday, May 24th, 2012 On May 23, the United States government posted this simple message to its Federal Register: The Government of Bolivia has delivered to the United States a notice of termination for the bilateral investment treaty between the two countries, a termination that will take effect on June 10, 2012. As of June 10, Source: Proactiveinvestors.com.au May 24, 2012 by Andre Lamberti Churchill Mining (LON:CHL) said it has now filed for international arbitration in its dispute regarding the East Kutai coal project (EKCP) in Indonesia, 75 per cent owned by Churchill. It has filed a claim yesterday, May 22, at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington, DC, against the Republic of Indonesia for breaches Source: Sojo.net / By Conrado Olivera and Jed Koball Source: Criticallegalthinking.com By Tomaso Ferando I. Arbitration as an incentive not to participate in the Greek recovery The agreement reached between the Eurogroup and the Greek government in the night between last February 20th and 21st has been considered by the former as ‘a comprehensive blueprint for putting the public finances and the economy of Greece on a sustainable footing and hence for safeguarding Source: Ft.com April 11, 2012 By Alex Barker and Guy Chazan in London Lobbyists fight to weaken graft rules Source: Tpplegal.wordpress.com By tpplegal on May 7, 2012 More than 100 jurists from New Zealand and other countries currently or potentially engaged in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, including some of their most eminent lawyers, have sent an open letter to the negotiators calling for the right of investors to sue governments directly to be excluded from the TPP. To date, only the Australian government Source: Bilaterals.org May 15, 2012 Click here for a pdf of the full critique. (Washington, DC, May 10, 2012) Representatives of public interest organizations have released a strong critique of the Obama administration’s new model bilateral investment treaty (BIT). In a joint statement, nine investment experts who served on an official advisory body to the administration on this issue provide a point-by-point analysis of Source: Stopesmining.org May 10, 2012 The defense of national sovereignty isn’t anti-development May 3, 2012 San Salvador The Canadian multi-national mining corporation Pacific Rim recently circulated a press release in the U.S. press, which was covered by some press in El Salvador, where the company claimed that the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) will rule before May 31st on whether the Source: Friends of the Earth Posted May. 4, 2012 / Posted by: Bill waren In 2001 William Greider, the famed progressive journalist, wrote about the North American Free Trade Agreement’s investment chapter in The Nation: “Multinational investors can randomly second-guess the legitimacy of environmental laws or any other public-welfare or economic regulation, including agency decisions, even jury verdicts…NAFTA’s arbitrators cannot overturn domestic laws, but Source: Bloomberg.com By Veronica Navarro Espinosa – May 1, 2012 Bolivia is nationalizing the local assets of Spain’s Red Electrica Corp. (REE), giving the government control of the Andean nation’s power grid two weeks after neighboring Argentina seized its biggest oil company. President Evo Morales signed the decree today, saying the Alcobendas, Spain-based company’s local investment was inadequate and energy should be controlled by |
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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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