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Review of the AAA Updates to teh Commercial Arbitration Rules [L]

Freshfields reviews the AAA’s recent amendments to its widely used Commercial Arbitration Rules—effective as of 1 September 2022: The amendments provide new rules for consolidation and joinder, not in the prior version, bringing the AAA into alignment with the other prominent arbitration institutions […] The amendments also offer improved

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Weekly Roundup

Arbitration The biggest news of the week comes directly from the European Commission which called for a “coordinated withdrawal” of EU member states from the Energy Charter Treaty. The Global Arbitration Review helpfully summarised: In a major policy U-turn, the European Commission has proposed a “coordinated withdrawal” of EU member

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ICCA: New Tool for Assessing Damages in International Arbitration

ICCA has published its new online tool for understanding and valuing damages in international arbitration matters.

Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup

Arbitration Kluwer Arbitration Blog dove into a recent Swiss Federal Supreme Court decision which clarified when a subsequently discovered ground for challenging an arbitrator can also be a ground for challenging an award: According to the Court, a review of the award due to alleged bias of an arbitrator on

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Government To Strengthen Rules on Cryptocurrency Adverts

HM Treasury has announced plans to “strengthen the rules on crypto asset advertisements” in an effort to protect consumers. According to the government: Around 2.3 million people in the UK are now thought to own a cryptoasset with their popularity rising – but research suggests that understanding of what crypto

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Innovation Beyond Technology [L]

Pinsent Masons looks at unpicking what “innovation” means and the risk of jumping straight to technology before considering what problems need solving: Innovation’ is often a buzz word and a byword for ‘technology’. The rhetoric around the benefits of lawtech has been so great in recent years that many assume

Supreme Court Clarifies Directors' Duties near Company Insolvency [L]

Supreme Court Clarifies Directors' Duties near Company Insolvency [L]

Enyo Law reviews the Supreme Court’s lengthy decision in BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana, [2022] UKSC 25, concerning directors’ duties as a company nears insolvency: The Supreme Court has, for the first time, considered and ruled on the duties owed by directors of companies on the brink of insolvency.