This article discusses the arbitrability of “gateway” issues in a litigation. Specifically, New York courts permit parties to ...

Stifel Financial Corp.’s broker-dealer unit has seen yet another unfavorable outcome in an industry dispute, and on Friday a ...

Almadex is pursuing this Claim together with Almaden Minerals Ltd. (“Almaden”), on behalf of themselves and their Mexican subsidiaries (the “Claimants”). Prior to the illegal acts of Mexico which ...

An arbitration provision placed in more than 600 pages of investment prospectus documentation isn’t enough to kick cases out of open court, a New Jersey appeals panel ruled Tuesday.

Chief Justice Rizine Mzikamanda says the Judiciary will not thwart any arbitration process as the country establishes a ...

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company subsidiary to pay ~$132M in a dispute over its investment recommendations, the firm disclosed on Thursday. The company plans to seek a judicial review of the award, which it ...

Investment treaties are instruments of economic governance at the centre of policy debates and the practice of international arbitration. After the Second World War, many States agreed to minimum ...

One of the most notable reforms is the new default rule that, in the absence of an express agreement between the parties on the law governing ...

It begins by highlighting the historical, political, and economic forces that drove governments to adopt investment treaties that combined standards of sovereign conduct with a standing offer for ...