Region: North America
Russia fails to stop enforcement of Crimea award
A US court has refused to dismiss a bid by Ukraine’s largest private energy company to enforce a US$267 million treaty award against Russia over the expropriation of its Crimean assets.
22 April 2025
Ex-Arnold & Porter partner launches advocacy resource
US academic and ex-Arnold & Porter partner Mallory Silberman has set up a new freelance consultancy for practitioners – offering mocks and moots, advocacy practice and other forms of practical guidance.
17 April 2025
Mining disputes in focus at third annual ITA conference
The third edition of the Institute of Transnational Arbitration’s conference on international arbitration in the mining sector took place in Toronto last month, focusing on critical minerals, regulatory frameworks and the increasingly debated concept of the “social licence to operate”. Tom Villalón of Three Crowns in Washington DC reports.
17 April 2025
Nigeria settles dispute with Chinese investor over treaty award
Nigeria has settled its dispute with a Chinese investor in a free trade zone over a US$70 million treaty award, meaning the state has dropped its bid to have the US Supreme Court rule on the scope of sovereign immunity under the New York Convention.
16 April 2025
Colombian state agency liable in highway dispute
A construction company has been awarded more than US$300 million in an ICDR dispute with a Colombian government agency over a highway project that was halted because of its proximity to freshwater springs.
15 April 2025
Trump’s tariffs – the legal fallout
After US president Donald Trump’s unprecedented tariff policy put the world on the brink of a global trade war, Mark Mangan and Gillian Lee of boutique firm Lindsay Francis & Mangan consider the types of disputes that could arise – and whether that includes investment treaty cases.
10 April 2025
Lenovo and Ericsson settle global patent dispute through arbitration
China’s Lenovo and Sweden’s Ericsson have agreed to drop litigation over licensing of cellular patents in various countries and resolve their remaining disputes through arbitration.
04 April 2025
WilmerHale and Jenner & Block challenge Trump executive orders
A US court has temporarily restrained President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing measures targeting WilmerHale and Jenner & Block while the law firms challenge their legality.
31 March 2025
US appeals court sends Algerian power plant dispute to ICC
A US appeals court has affirmed that a group of insurers must take their US$28 million claim against GE over a turbine failure at an Algerian power plant to ICC arbitration.
21 March 2025
Schlumberger applies to stay Guatemalan oil claim
US oil services group Schlumberger has sought to stay an UNCITRAL arbitration worth at least USS$230 million over alleged corruption in a Guatemalan oil project, arguing it is not a signatory to the underlying contracts.
20 March 2025