ISDS Case Map
investor-state disputes | ISDS
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.
The European Commission faces an EU court battle to keep secret its lawyers’ analysis on whether the controversial investor-state-dispute (ISDS) clause in draft trade deals with the USA and Canada is illegal.
In a quite short period the new government, led by the recently elected President Mauricio Macri, has turned around its foreign policy and alignments.
There is a loophole that may allow private investors to bring a dispute against states.
The Joint Interpretative Declaration on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) reaffirms that investors can bypass the domestic court systems and will enjoy ample rights without any obligations.
The Liberals’ relative flexibility on investor-state dispute systems and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and an expected visit to India by the PM, may help to move talks along.
Lawyer for Philip Morris’s bid to take Australia to court over cigarette laws says Australia has nothing to fear from trade deals that allow investor-state disputes
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.
Romania's government agrees to a complete lack of transparency in the Rosia Montana arbitration case
In disregard with official requests, Romania's government and Gabriel Resources decided to play out their dispute behind closed doors.
A Mekorot subsidiary is threatening to sue Cyprus under its investment treaty with Israel.
