US Court of Appeals upholds exception to functus officio doctrine and remand to arbitrator to provide missing reasons for arbitration award 

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a 26 February 2021 judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern...

McCandlish Holton, PC, CHIAO & WU, LLP

Australian court enforces USD 27 million foreign arbitration award against Australian registered corporation

The Federal Court of Australia has ordered the enforcement of a USD 27 million foreign arbitration award made in favour of a Chinese construction...

Minter Ellison Lawyers, Chen Shan Lawyers

UK Appeal Court rejects application of separability principle, sets aside arbitration award over arbitrator’s lack of jurisdiction

Does an arbitration agreement always have a life independent of the main contract of which it forms part? In a dispute arising from a contract to...

Holman Fenwick Willan, Reed Smith

US District Court Excludes ICSID Arbitrations From Access to Section 1782 Discovery

Is an ICSID arbitration panel a “foreign or international tribunal” within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 1782? “It is hard to...

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, Steptoe & Johnson

Uruguay’s President Intends To Advance FTA Negotiations With China Despite Resistance From Other Mercosur Member States

As announced on 13 July 2022 by Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou, Uruguay and China have decided to enter formal negotiations on a free trade...