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Windstream Energy awarded damages after Ontario cancels wind farm project
A company that planned a huge offshore wind farm in Lake Ontario says it has been awarded more than $25-million in damages, because the Ontario government cancelled its project.
ConocoPhillips sues Venezuela's PDVSA, calls bond swap 'fraudulent'
ConocoPhillips has for nearly a decade been pursuing a case against Venezuela in a World Bank tribunal to obtain billions of dollars in compensation for the 2007 takeover of its Venezuela assets.
US FTA claim could cost taxpayers $260 million
Australian taxpayers are facing a $260 million legal claim under the US-Australia free-trade agreement over the alleged expropriation of four gas turbines.
Vattenfall AB and others v. Federal Republic of Germany - Public hearing
The hearing on jurisdiction, merits and quantum in Vattenfall AB and others v. Federal Republic of Germany is scheduled to take place before a three-member arbitral tribunal from Monday, October 10, 2016 through Friday, October 21, 2016.
Canada’s civil society calls for Chevron’s assets to be frozen so Ecuador judgment can be paid
Some of Canada’s largest environmental, labor and civil society organizations have now joined the growing international community demanding that Chevron clean up its toxic waste in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Case between Ecuadoreans, Chevron heading to Ontario court
The latest salvo in a marathon multibillion-dollar legal battle between global energy giant Chevron Corp. and a group of Ecuadorean residents over environmental damage has begun in a Toronto court.
Dozens of Indigenous absolved in Peru's 2009 'Baguazo' massacre
Dozens of Indigenous people in Peru have been absolved of accusations that they were responsible for a massacre seven years ago that killed at least 32 people, due to intense conflict triggered by the country's free trade agreements.
"Let's make them poorer, and we'll get rich"
Financial companies have figured out how to turn a controversial global legal system to their own very profitable advantage.
US court rules for Chevron in Ecuador rainforest-damage case
Ecuadorean plaintiffs cannot collect a $9-billion judgment in the US against Chevron Corp. for rainforest damage, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
Rental power dispute: ICSID completes hearing
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes has completed hearing on a dispute between Government of Pakistan and a Turkish firm M/s Karkey Karadeniz Elektrik Uretim A.S.