investor-state disputes | ISDS


A losing proposition
The failure of Canadian ISDS policy at home and abroad.
Poland risks Bilateral Investment Treaty claims in adopting new law
The Polish Parliament has just passed a new law restricting investment in certain strategic Polish companies, which raises the risk of potential Bilateral Investment Treaty claims
TransCanada may recoup costs from US if Obama rejects Keystone
A provision in the North American Free Trade Agreement would let the Canadian company TransCanada Corp. recoup some of the $2.4 billion spent on its Keystone XL project
UK and France paid 24m euros in Calais migrants ISDS case
A spokesperson for the company Eurotunnel has revealed that the UK and French governments were required by a private arbitration tribunal to pay out nearly 24 million euros for failing to provide adequate security around the entrance to the Channel Tunnel between 1999 and 2002.
TPP: Australia considers 'modified' ISDS clause
Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb says he won't sign off on investor-state dispute settlement in the Trans-Pacific Partnership "until we're satisfied that there's a carve out for public policy on health and the environment,"
Analysis of foreign investment protection in Senegal’s bilateral investment treaties
Is Senegal providing a disproportionate level of protection to foreign investors through BITs?
El Salvador: “Arbitration with Pacific Rim has cost the State $12.6 million”
Luis Parada, a lawyer with the law firm Foley Hoag, is optimistic that the company, Pacific Rim, will not prevail in the proceedings.
Samsung Engineering files for arbitration with Oman
Samsung Engineering said that it filed an international arbitration complaint against the Oman government earlier this week over an oil refinery plant deal worth $1 billion.
Canada’s Gabriel Resources files international arbitration suit against Romania
Gabriel Resources has filed a request for arbitration before the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes against Romania over the Roşia Montană gold/silver project,
ACFI Brasil-Angola (2015)