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Santa Marta process can confront trade protection for fossil fuels, experts say
Academics at the first fossil fuel phase-out summit urged governments to recognise investor protection treaties as a barrier to the energy transition.
Switzerland and KSA sign new Bilateral Investment Treaty
Switzerland and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) signed a new Bilateral Investment Treaty. The KSA is one of the most important destinations for Swiss foreign investment in in the Middle East.
Silver Bull resources announces dismissal of its NAFTA claim against Mexico on jurisdictional and time limitations
Silver Bull Resources, Inc. announces that its Arbitration case against the United States of Mexico has been dismissed in its entirety and the company has been ordered to pay a portion of Mexico's legal costs totaling approximately US$998,000.
EU Commission to defend Spain in €106 million US energy lawsuit
When firm Blasket Renewables sought to enforce compensation in a US court, the European Commission argued that Spain could not legally pay it, highlighting a clash between international arbitration and EU law.
Taxpayers face potential £300m bill over scrapped West Cumbria mine
British taxpayers could be forced to pay up to £300 million in compensation to the backers of a cancelled West Cumbrian coal mine.
What’s at stake in calls for revamping India’s BIT framework
Instead of relying on an investment treaty-based approach and weakening the 2015 Model BIT framework, India should initiate domestic policy reforms such as strengthening the rule of law.
Third-party funding continues to reshape international arbitration
Third-party litigation funding is becoming one of the most influential and closely debated developments in international arbitration, as investors and law firms increasingly rely on outside capital to pursue large and complex disputes.
The West only discovers property rights when the landowners are white
Zimbabwe will return 67 farms, which were seized during the country’s land reform programme and are protected under investment agreements, to European nationals from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
ICSID tribunal rejects Sanitek’s $36 million claim against Armenian government
The arbitral tribunal of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes issued an award fully rejecting all claims brought against the Republic of Armenia by the Lebanese company Sanitek and its owners, the Armenian government said.