Enactment of a uniform code of ethics governing the conduct of counsel in international arbitrations is a much-discussed topic. Whether cross-cultural standard-setters such as the International Bar Association can, or should, achieve such a complex and difficult mission remains to be seen.
A dimension of the problem that should not [...]
Article (V)(1)(e) of the New York Convention provides that a Court asked to confirm a Convention award may refuse to do so on the ground that the award has been or may be set aside by a competent court of the country in which, or under the law of which, the award was made. While [...]
As the debate rages on concerning the potential use of 28 USC 1782 to secure non-party discovery for use in international commercial arbitrations, rather little attention is paid to the fact that judicial assistance under section 1782 is a matter of discretion not of right, and that federal judges may not wish to interfere with [...]
The recent decision of a US court in New York confirming, under the New York Convention, an ICDR Panel award in favor of Hoffmann La Roche (HLR), and its US subsidiary and customer, comes a good news for at least two important reasons. One concerns arbitration rights of non-signatories; the other, the recovery of legal [...]
What is the status of a purported final arbitral decision on the merits, when the arbitrator declares her decision to be “final” but also states that she reserves the right to change her mind based upon new evidence? The US Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in a new decision held that the arbitrator’s decision in [...]
The US Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held in a new decision that the question whether a contract containing an arbitration clause ever existed should be decided by a federal district court when it is asked to compel arbitration, and not by the arbitrator in the first instance, unless the arbitration clause indicates that [...]