Organisation: American Arbitration Association
Newmans Row supports three more arbitrators
US-based Henry Weisburg and Richard Levin and former England and Wales law commissioner and reformer of the 1996 Arbitration Act Sarah Green are the latest practitioners to turn to London-based Newmans Row to support their recently launched solo arbitrator practices.
03 January 2025
ICDR decides Asian health franchise dispute
A Pittsburgh-based health and wellness retailer has won ICDR awards worth over US$53 million against its franchisees in Singapore and the Philippines, which it is trying to enforce in the US courts.
04 October 2024
US bankruptcy court halts ICDR claim against Swedish e-commerce startup
A New York bankruptcy court has granted emergency relief to a Swedish e-commerce startup, staying an ICDR arbitration launched against the company by one its largest US creditors.
20 September 2024
Boeing settles with Embraer over aborted merger
Boeing has agreed to pay US$150 million to Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer to settle an arbitration after pulling out of a US$4.2 billion merger four years ago during the covid-19 pandemic.
17 September 2024
Bahrain builds disputes hub with series of decrees
Bahrain continues apace in the development of its planned disputes hub, with a new English-speaking international commercial court and enhanced arbitration offering, after issuing a series of edicts and decrees.
17 September 2024
Cicchetti award challenged in Madagascar power plant dispute
A US engineering company has challenged an ICDR award issued by Canadian arbitrator Tina Cicchetti in a dispute over a Madagascar power plant, alleging that the arbitration was “fundamentally unfair”.
11 September 2024
ICDR releases 2023 case statistics
The latest caseload report of the international division of the American Arbitration Association reveals the centre handled US$5 billion worth of claims last year – an increase on 2022 – with cases in the technology sector being by far the most common.
12 August 2024
Weisburg goes solo in New York
Henry Weisburg has left A&O Shearman after more than four decades at its legacy firm Shearman & Sterling to work as an independent arbitrator based in New York.
06 August 2024
Former US ambassador rejoins Winston & Strawn
Julissa Reynoso has rejoined the partnership at Winston & Strawn in New York, after she left the firm to serve in several political and diplomatic roles for the US government.
24 July 2024
Janssen settles claim over vaccine partnership
Belgium’s Janssen Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay US$50 million to end its dispute with a US manufacturer over their troubled partnership to produce covid-19 vaccines.
10 July 2024