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31 Mar, 2012

Venable | Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Enters Into Force

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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30 Mar, 2012

Gambia writer accuses Nigerian lawyers of misleading Jammeh govt

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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30 Mar, 2012

GSP | EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES BUENOS AIRES ...

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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30 Mar, 2012

Argentina/USA politics: Trade sanctions - ViewsWire

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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29 Mar, 2012

Gambia: It is Bungling Nigerian Mercenary Lawyers Who are Damaging the Gambia ...

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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29 Mar, 2012

Do Global Law Firm Mergers Expand an Arbitrator's ... - ABlawg

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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29 Mar, 2012

US Cuts Trade Preferences to Argentina

The move to suspend Argentina's access to a program which waives import duties on thousands of goods from developing countries is the latest effort to push the South American country to heed international arbitration rulings.See all stories on this topic »

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29 Mar, 2012

US suspends special tariffs for Argentina

It is the first time a country has been suspended from the GSP programme for failing to pay an arbitration award. The issue dates from 2005, when the World Bank's International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) ordered Argentina ...See all stories on this topic »BBC News

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