February 19, 2018
France To Debut English-Language Court To Handle English Law Disputes
France will soon open a specialized appellate court that will resolve international commercial disputes in English. Starting…
February 9, 2018
Will India Follow Neighbors and Allow Third Party Funding?
Third party funding is currenlty prohibited in India. However, given rising arbitration costs in India,…
February 6, 2018
ICCA Creates Cybersecurity Working Group
The International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) created a new Working Group to study Cybersecurity in International Arbitration.…
February 2, 2018
ICC Expands Its New York Presence
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has a new partnership with the New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC) to facilitate ICC arbitrations seated in New York. NYIAC does not…
January 25, 2018
New Trans-Pacific Partnership Deal
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (“TPP”), the multilateral trade deal designed to increase trade by lowering tariffs and using…
January 22, 2018
Mexico Signs ICSID Convention
On 11 January 2017, Mexico signed the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States…
January 21, 2018
GAR Reports on Stanford Conference
The Global Arbitration Review (GAR, paid site) reported on the Stanford conference where Eric Z. Chang was a panelist…
December 13, 2017
Kazakhstan’s “Judicial Apathy” Allowed Expropriation by Executive
An ICSID Tribunal awarded Aktau Petrol Ticaret A.Ş. (“Aktau Petrol”) roughly $25M for an expropriation related to…
December 7, 2017
CIETAC Mandates Disclosure of Third Party Funding
As recently reported on Lexology, the Chinese International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) has a…
November 14, 2017
Portfolio Funding: An Interview with Iain McKenny of Vannin Capital
Eric Z. Chang interviewed Iain McKenny, General Counsel of Disputes at Vannin Capital, about portfolio funding, a…