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Russian firm escalates dispute with Canada over seized cargo plane
Owner of aircraft parked at Toronto's airport invoking 1989 bilateral investment treaty.
India’s experience with investment treaty disputes and related damages
The experience with investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms has been mixed, with India facing several adverse awards and financial compensation in certain high-profile cases.
Court says renewable firms can seize Spain’s property after subsidy cuts
The Energy Charter Treaty, which Spain is trying to leave, protects investments in fossil fuels and in renewables.
Lone Star files to cancel $200 mln ICSID ruling against S. Korean gov’t
US private equity firm Lone Star Funds has filed an application to cancel an international tribunal's ruling that South Korea pay over 200 million US dollars in compensation.
Exxon awarded $77 million in claim against Venezuela
The World Bank arbitration court awarded $77 million to Exxon Mobil Corp. in a resubmitted claim worth $1.4 billion over the nationalization of Venezuela’s Cerro Negro and La Ceiba crude projects in 2007.
Indiana Resources Limited - Publication of ICSID Award
ICSID Tribunal unanimously ordered Tanzania to pay more than US$109.5million plus costs for the unlawful expropriation of the Ntaka Hill Nickel Project (India).
Intra-EU investor-State ICSID arbitration: the German Federal Court of Justice’s new inadmissibility ruling
On 27 July 2023, the German Federal Court of Justice (German FCJ) declared three intra-EU investor-State ICSID arbitrations inadmissible under German arbitration law given their incompatibility with EU law.
RWE’s arbitration case against Dutch state over coal ban inadmissible under EU law
Dutch taxpayers have already incurred € 5.4 million in arbitration costs in RWE and Uniper cases.
EU countries can challenge energy company arbitration claims in court
Energy companies cannot force European governments into arbitration over compensation demands for investments hit by changing state climate goals, Germany's highest civil court ruled.
Mexico set to offer Vulcan $390 million to buy land to settle spat
Mexico plans to offer $390 million to US construction company Vulcan Materials for land it holds in the southeast of the country, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said.