"Boards packed with bros don’t get IPOs": a good move forward for Goldman Sachs -- in step with mounting evidence that director diversity improves a company's LT performance. nypost.com/2020/01/23/gol…

Great ICC Arbitration #YAF luncheon training on valuation of early-stage investments, hosted by Alston & Bird, and supported by OGEL and TDM Law Journals / @ogeltdm.bsky.social w/ Dana MacGrath (BenthamIMF); Ben Love (Reed Smith LLP); Preeti Bhagnani (White & Case LLP); Kiran Sequeira (Versant Partners); & Rajat Rana (A&B)

#BREAKING Dutch court upholds shareholder appeal in $50bn Yukos case: statement

Kazakhstan defeats SIAC claim over road project: bit.ly/2VnXHel #Law #Arbitration

Mourning the loss of V.V. Veeder today - a giant in the field of international law who could make just about anything sound fascinating. He leaves behind a legacy built up over decades of pioneering scholarship and decisions: iaiparis.com/profile/vv.vee…

#ICSID tribunal in Mr. Eyre & Montrose Devt. v. Sri Lanka declines jurisdiction. No evidence of contribution/risk in acquiring lake-side land --> no protected #investment. Shareholder claims are "parasitical" --> also fail. Award, ¶¶ 292, 297-303, 306: icsidfiles.worldbank.org/icsid/ICSIDBLO…

As I imagine to be the case for many of you out there, Prof. Dolzer's masterful book was my first introduction to the enchanting world of investment arbitration. With his passing, the world has lost yet another great legal mind. Rest in peace. x.com/StefanTalmon/s…

Remember this day. 4/20/2020 marks the first time, ever, that the price of US crude oil futures fell below zero. Yes, you read that right. Negative. Prices. At this moment, sellers are paying BUYERS $37.63 for each barrel of WTI they agree to accept w/ May 2020 physical delivery.

Good primer in this thread by Bruno Gélinas-Faucher on US Republican legislators' request to initiate (some form of) State-to-State dispute proceedings v. China for #COVID19 damages

Heartbreaking end to a brilliant life & career -- and just one more indicator of the extreme pressure weighing on Big Law managers these days. on.ft.com/2MNHv0E

Never thought I would see the day when ARSIWA, Twitter, and the WTO intersect. But here it is... Good catch Martins Paparinskis.

We'll be speaking w/ CIJ_ICJ President, H.E. Judge Yusuf on Thurs. @ 3PM CEST. Topics we plan to cover: place of United Nations Charter in int'l dispute settlement; ICJ's 75th anniversary; & Court's new policy on participation of judges in #internationalarbitration. lnkd.in/gmepYDy

Unanimous #SCOTUS shuts door on 28 USC § 1782 discovery in aid of int'l arb: "only a gov'l or intergov'l adjud. body constitutes a 'foreign or int'l tribunal' [...]. Such bodies are those that exercise gov'l auth. conferred by 1 nation or multiple nations" bit.ly/3O9Qff8

Neat opinion from the 11th Circuit re. the FSIA's expro exception reminds that "'expropriation has a very precise meaning.' And to establish jurisdiction under the FSIA, the plaintiffs must show to the court that []actions satisfy that precise meaning." cases.justia.com/federal/appell…

Today the Delhi High Court set aside a US$560 million ICC arbitration award rendered in 2015, on grounds it "suffers from patent illegalities and fraud and is in conflict with the Public Policy of India." (Antrix Corp. Ltd v. Devas Multimedia Pvt. Ltd). images.assettype.com/barandbench/20…

Prof. Lucy Reed, International Council For Commercial Arbitration President delivering plenary talk on the topic of "AI vs IA: End of the Enlightenment?" at #ICCAEdinburgh2022

Is service of a summons required to apply to a court for an order confirming a foreign arbitration award? In a case of first impression, the Second Circuit held this week that it is not. Full opinion here: law360.com/articles/15365…

The 30th WILLEM C. VIS MOOT problem is now out! vismoot.org/wp-content/upl…