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In the business community, almost 100% of arbitrations are initiated by companies. For them, arbitration is clearly an appropriate way to solve disputes when breaches of contracts or treaties...Read more

Legal Risk Management "LRM" is not a product that was contrived to create a need that doesn't exist. LRM consists of a combination of strategy, management and law. If a...Read more

It is commonly accepted to state that ethics refers to shared values. It is in essence a values – based approach. . It appeals to one’s sense of ethics,...Read more

When the “Ashurst Study on the conditions of claims for damages in case of infringement of EC competition rules” was published in 2004, it concluded that a "total underdevelopment" and...Read more

As in many European countries, French public authorities can contract out certain public functions through public-private partnerships. However, each public authority’s decision to contract out its public functions needs...Read more

Precedent in Belgium: For the first time a court sentenced Pay-TV pirates to severe imprisonment and heavy fines – Sky Deutschland will receive over 2 million Euros in damages. A...Read more

The development of science, technology and economic growth have always been a leitmotiv for many countries to prove they are wealthy and growing countries, these progresses having often been expressed...Read more

The use of land in China has been a hot topic since the opening-up of the Chinese economy some 30 years ago. An interesting feature of the land system in...Read more

The following practical advice, based on Bolivian experience, could help you to establish a set of preventive/mitigating actions that you, as in-house legal advisor, should implement in order to lessen...Read more

The dispute between Vivendi, its subsidiary Compañía de Aguas del Aconquija SA (CAA), and the Republic of Argentina has been the longest running dispute in the history of ICSID. Originally...Read more