Topic: Emergency arbitration
Arbitrator restrains former Meta employee’s “explosive” exposé
An ICDR emergency arbitrator has restrained a former employee of Meta from promoting a whistleblowing memoir of her time at Facebook while the company pursues a claim against her for breach of a non-disparagement clause.
13 March 2025
Chinese agribusiness group’s award upheld in fraud dispute
The former owners of a Dutch agricultural commodities trader have failed to overturn an ICC award that required them to pay US$125 million in damages to a Chinese multinational for committing fraud during a billion-dollar M&A transaction.
30 August 2024
Injunction granted in HKIAC dispute over leukaemia treatment
A Nasdaq-listed biopharma company says it has won emergency relief at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre requiring its Chinese partner to halt the commercialisation of a cell therapy treatment for leukaemia.
10 April 2024
US healthcare group wins damages in Indian M&A dispute
A US digital health services provider has won an ICC award worth over US$110 million against the sellers of an Indian healthcare business over their refusal to relinquish control of the company after the sale.
26 March 2024
Chilean hydro project owner overturns US injunction
A New York state court has vacated an injunction that prevented the owner of a Chilean hydropower project from drawing on a US$90 million letter of credit pending an ICC arbitration with Austrian construction group Strabag.
24 November 2023
Another emergency ICC case over Congo lithium project
An Australian mining company says it will again seek ICC emergency arbitration against a state entity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo over a lithium project that is already the subject of several pending claims.
30 October 2023
Chad pipeline dispute reaches New York
A UK-based energy company has asked a US court to freeze US$151 million in funds held by Citibank pending an ICC arbitration with Chad over an oil pipeline venture – putting an emergency arbitrator order in the public domain.
04 September 2023
Emergency arbitrator grants measures against Chad
The UK’s Savannah Energy has obtained ICC emergency arbitrator relief against Chad to halt attempts to oust it from an oil pipeline venture.
10 August 2023
Indian budget airline seeks to enforce emergency awards
An Indian low-cost airline has asked a Delaware court for the expedited confirmation of two emergency SIAC awards ordering a US manufacturer to supply spare engines, saying that without them it has been forced to file for bankruptcy.
03 May 2023
Emergency arbitrator restrains Cameroon in mining dispute
An Australian mining company says it has won an interim order from an emergency arbitrator barring Cameroon from granting exploration rights to an iron ore deposit while their ICC dispute over the project is ongoing.
05 April 2022