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Resolving Supply Chain Disputes in Compliance With the UN Guiding Principles

The lockdown measures introduced in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic have exacted an unprecedented toll on global supply chains. In some instances, these disruptions may give rise to claims—for...

26 June 2020

Julianne Hughes-Jennet

Ram Mashru

What is an Arbitration? Artificial Intelligence and the Vanishing Human Arbitrator

Within the universe of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), arbitration enjoys a prominent status. If the disputing parties need a binding decision, but do not want to go to court, arbitration...

24 June 2020

Horst Eidenmüller

Faidon Varesis

Law and Autonomous Systems Series: How to Resolve Smart Contract Disputes - Smart Arbitration as a Solution

Recent developments in 'smart' digital technologies, in particular blockchain technology, are changing and challenging the framework in which business is conducted. A prominent feature of the decentralized world of blockchain is...

1 June 2018

Mateja Durovic

The future of arbitration in the world of Big Data

Where once knowledge was power, data now rules. With huge processing capabilities (literally) in the palm of the hand, the internet and ‘smart’ devices are changing ways of working and...

7 November 2017

Norton Rose Fulbright

Brexit Negotiations Series: ‘The Effect of Brexit on the Resolution of International Disputes - The Impact of Brexit on International Commercial Arbitration’

The role of London as a center for international commercial arbitration is unlikely to be affected by Brexit. The sources of law governing arbitration (the 1958 New York Convention and...

14 April 2017

Marco Torsello

The Centrotrade Decision: A Two-edged Sword?

This decision is the first major ruling where the Indian Supreme Court has been called upon to clarify the interpretation of the public policy exception after the passing of the...

6 March 2017

Nihal DSouza

Building Enforcement Capacity for Brazilian Corporate and Securities Law

The weakness of legal institutions supporting finance is a problem shared by most emerging markets, and indeed many developed markets. Prior scholarship and policy work has...

28 February 2017

John Armour

Caroline Schmidt

Arbitration of Trust Disputes: A Procedure Whose Time Has Come?

Trusts and their civil law equivalents form a vital part of the global economy, holding trillions of dollars’ worth of assets and generating billions of dollars’ worth of revenue and...

23 December 2016

S.I. Strong

It’s Time to Give Customers of Financial Services and Products Their Day in Court

Forced arbitration clauses are now almost impossible to avoid in consumer contracts for financial services and products ranging from credit cards to private student loans. Despite their ubiquity, most consumers...

6 October 2016

James Goodwin

Security Recommendations and the Liabilities of Broker-Dealers

In the United States, investors often receive investment advice from two types of financial intermediaries: broker-dealers and investment advisers. Regulatory agencies and self-regulatory agencies have the responsibility to examine broker-dealers...

8 August 2016

Matthew Kozora

Resolving Supply Chain Disputes in Compliance With the UN Guiding Principles

What is an Arbitration? Artificial Intelligence and the Vanishing Human Arbitrator

Law and Autonomous Systems Series: How to Resolve Smart Contract Disputes - Smart Arbitration as a Solution

The future of arbitration in the world of Big Data

Brexit Negotiations Series: ‘The Effect of Brexit on the Resolution of International Disputes - The Impact of Brexit on International Commercial Arbitration’

The Centrotrade Decision: A Two-edged Sword?

Building Enforcement Capacity for Brazilian Corporate and Securities Law

Arbitration of Trust Disputes: A Procedure Whose Time Has Come?

It’s Time to Give Customers of Financial Services and Products Their Day in Court

Security Recommendations and the Liabilities of Broker-Dealers

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