Saturday, Mar 31 2012 :: Venable | Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Enters Into Force under BITs (FIPAs) - Bilateral Investment Treaties (Foreign Investment Promotion & Protection Agreements)
It also grants investors a right to commence arbitration against the host State in the event of a dispute arising out of an investment. KORUS broadly defines the types of investments that are protected as “every asset that an investor owns or controls, ...See all stories on this topic »...
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Friday, Mar 30 2012 :: Gambia writer accuses Nigerian lawyers of misleading Jammeh govt under BITs (FIPAs) - Bilateral Investment Treaties (Foreign Investment Promotion & Protection Agreements)
The on-going case of Carnegie Minerals Gambia Ltd v The Republic of the Gambia before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Case Ref No. ARB/09/19,in New York and London is a shocking testimony of this.See all stories on this topic »Senegambia News...
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Friday, Mar 30 2012 :: GSP | EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES BUENOS AIRES ... under BITs (FIPAs) - Bilateral Investment Treaties (Foreign Investment Promotion & Protection Agreements)
ICSID arbitration tribunals awarded $133 million plus interest to Blue Ridge Investments in 2005 and $165 million plus interest to Azurix Corporation in 2006, ...argentina.usembassy.gov/pr110411/press-release.html...
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Friday, Mar 30 2012 :: Argentina/USA politics: Trade sanctions - ViewsWire under BITs (FIPAs) - Bilateral Investment Treaties (Foreign Investment Promotion & Protection Agreements)
Argentina has the highest number of pending cases before the ICSID of any ... treaties generally contain a clause requiring ICSID arbitration in such cases.viewswire.eiu.com/index.asp?layout...article_id......
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Thursday, Mar 29 2012 :: Gambia: It is Bungling Nigerian Mercenary Lawyers Who are Damaging the Gambia ... under BITs (FIPAs) - Bilateral Investment Treaties (Foreign Investment Promotion & Protection Agreements)
By Nfally Kebbeh In 2005, Gambia lost to Alimenta groundnut company $12 million in a bungled legal tussle (Ref ICSID Case No. ARB/99/5); now it is likely to lose more to Carnegie Minerals, thanks to the advice of amateurish Nigerian mercenary so-called ...See all stories on this topic »Freedom Newspaper...
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Thursday, Mar 29 2012 :: Do Global Law Firm Mergers Expand an Arbitrator's ... - ABlawg under BITs (FIPAs) - Bilateral Investment Treaties (Foreign Investment Promotion & Protection Agreements)
Do Global Law Firm Mergers Expand an Arbitrator's Continuing Obligation to Disclose Conflicts of Interest Under the ICSID Arbitration Rules? Written by: Elizabeth Whitsitt. Decision considered: ConocoPhillips Company et al. v The Bolivarian ...ABlawg.ca
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