Industry: Technology

A British Formula 1 racing team has asked a US court to enforce a US$36 million LCIA award issued by arbitrator Klaus Reichert SC against its former lead sponsor.

07 January 2022

A US developer of “virtual reality” theme parks has applied to enforce a JAMS award requiring its UK partner to pay US$45 million in capital contributions towards a joint venture – months after a related fraud suit was discontinued.

15 November 2021

Three Chinese entities have asked a US court to enforce a US$300 million CIETAC award against a Chinese billionaire over investments in a cinema company.

12 November 2021

Qatari media group beIN has been barred from raising piracy allegations against a Saudi broadcaster as a counterclaim in UK proceedings to enforce a DIFC-LCIA award.

25 October 2021

Saudi Arabia is lifting its ban on Qatari state-backed broadcaster beIN Sport, paving the way for the potential settlement of a billion-dollar investment treaty dispute and a UK arbitration over the purchase of an English football club.

07 October 2021

A month after Scotland’s Cairn Energy applied to use assets of India’s national airline to satisfy a billion-dollar investment treaty award, Mauritian shareholders in a telecoms company have launched a similar action to collect on an award against the state worth over US$111 million.

29 June 2021

As a tribunal is formed to hear a Chinese construction company’s investment treaty claim against Ghana, the same investor has launched a related LCIA arbitration against the west African state over the cancellation of its contract to develop an intelligent traffic management system.

17 June 2021

As the US Supreme Court receives amicus briefs on whether US law permits discovery in aid of foreign commercial arbitrations, a court in Washington, DC, has found that a DIFC-LCIA proceeding qualifies for such assistance because the institution is “state-sponsored”.

14 May 2021

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14 May 2021

A Hong Kong electronics company is seeking US discovery ahead of a claim at the German Institution of Arbitration, or DIS, over an alleged fraud in connection with its billion-dollar purchase of two car technology businesses.

26 February 2021