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Cert petition in the BG v Argentina case: No support from the US Solicitor General
In the latest development in Argentina’s challenge of the BG Group v Argentina arbitral award, the United States Solicitor General ("SG") has argued that …
UK: Myanmar (Burma) sanctions are lifted
As expected, the UK Government yesterday revoked the Burma/Myanmar (Financial Restrictions) Regulations 2009. These regulations contained criminal …
Recent Developments in India-related international arbitration
Herbert Smith Freehills has issued its latest Indian International Arbitration e-bulletin. The e-bulletin considers two pro-arbitration decisions from …
New EU Directive: Reporting by Extractive Companies on Government Payments
The European Parliament and Council of Ministers have agreed the final form of the new EU rules for the disclosure, on a project by project basis, of …
EU/UK: Recent sanctions developments concerning Myanmar (Burma), North Korea, Syria and Libya
Daniel Hudson, Karen Anderson Jeremy Sher and Richard Wright comment on recent developments concerning the EU sanctions regimes applying to Myanmar …
Myanmar accedes to the New York Convention
As reported in an earlier post, the Myanmar Parliament on 6 March 2013 approved plans to sign the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement …
US Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Alien Tort Statute Action in the Kiobel case
In a much-anticipated decision concerning the reach of the Alien Tort Claims Act ("ATS") to foreign actors, the US Supreme Court has concluded that ATS …
HSF held first in a series of webinars: 'A Beginner’s Guide to BITs: What are they and why do you need them?'. Have your say on what you want to hear next….
On Thursday 11 April 2013, Herbert Smith Freehills delivered a live audio webinar entitled: 'A Beginner’s Guide to BITs: What are they and why do you …
BIT claim brought against Turkmenistan following UN finding of human rights violations
Following a decision of the United Nations Human Rights Committee ("UNHRC") in 2010 that a Turkish businessman had suffered violations of his human …
Zimbabwe: a further relaxation of the EU financial sanctions regime
In our earlier post we commented on the EU's first step towards easing its sanctions regime in relation to Zimbabwe: with effect from 21 February …
Upcoming Webinar: A Beginner's Guide to BITs: What are they and why do you need them?
On Thursday 11 April 2013 at 9.30am (BST time), Herbert Smith Freehills will deliver a live audio webinar entitled: A Beginner's Guide to BITs: What are …
Further steps given by Ecuador to terminate its bilateral investment treaty with the USA
On 6 March 2013, Ecuador's President, Mr Rafael Correa, requested that Ecuador's legislature (the National Assembly) approve the denunciation of the …
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