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Pilatus Bank owner’s case against Malta for millions in damages moves forward
The Shift | 2-Oct-2024
The case filed by former Pilatus Bank Chair Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad against Malta in an international tribunal, disputing the decision to close the bank, is moving forward.
keywords: China , finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Malta
German player to pursue multibillion-euro arbitration over Russia energy assets
Upstream | 2-Oct-2024
The “de-facto expropriation of Wintershall’s interests in Russian gas ventures was formalised in December 2023 when President Putin issued decrees invalidating gas sale contracts and transferring assets to Russian companies.
keywords: ECT , energy , Germany , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Russia
Draft statute of a standing mechanism for the resolution of international investment disputes
United Nations | 1-Oct-2024
Possible reform of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS).
keywords: BITs (texts of) , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
Investors sue Finland for attempt to curb power transmission prices
XM | 1-Oct-2024
Investors in Finland’s largest power distributor Caruna are taking the Nordic country to arbitration, the Finnish foreign ministry said, due to the Finnish Energy Authority’s attempt to curb rising power transmission prices for ordinary consumers.
keywords: ECT , energy , Finland , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Des investisseurs poursuivent la Finlande pour avoir tenté de réduire les prix du transport d’électricité
Boursorama | 1-Oct-2024
Les investisseurs de Caruna, le plus grand distributeur d’électricité de Finlande, ont engagé une procédure d’arbitrage contre le pays nordique, en raison de la tentative de l’autorité finlandaise de l’énergie de freiner l’augmentation des prix de transport de l’électricité.
keywords: ECT , energy , Finland , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Indemnización millonaria a Odyssey Marine Exploration desacata principios de protección ambiental
Greenpeace | 30-Sep-2024
completamente las decisiones tomadas por la Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT) de negar la autorización de la Manifestación de Impacto Ambiental (MIA) al proyecto “Don Diego” en el Golfo de Ulloa
keywords: ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , mining , NAFTA | USMCA , natural resources
Anuncian más demandas contra Honduras tras declarar inconstitucional Ley ZEDE
CIAR Global | 30-Sep-2024
Unas diez compañías internacionales estarían preparando demandas de arbitraje internacional contra Honduras tras la declaración de inconstitucionalidad de la Ley de Zonas de Empleo y Desarrollo Económico (ZEDE) aprobada en 2013.
keywords: Honduras , investor-state disputes | ISDS , sovereignty | democracy
Tanzania faces $500 Million investment dispute from Aqua Power
Media Wire Express | 30-Sep-2024
In its claim, Aqua Power is demanding $500 million for lost business revenue over the past four years and for the value of its current projects within Tanzania.
keywords: ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mauritius , Tanzania
Mecanismos de solución de controversias en los TLC, un instrumento imperial contra el sur global
Sputnik Mundo | 27-Sep-2024
El próximo gobierno de Claudia Sheinbaum enfrentará 23 demandas de compañías trasnacionales, interpuestos principalmente por empresas estadounidenses, canadienses y europeas en paneles internacionales en los que exigen a México pagos por más de 13.600 millones de dólares por presuntas violaciones a los tratados de libre comercio y de inversión.
keywords: ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , NAFTA | USMCA , sovereignty | democracy
Mexico loses phosphate mining lawsuit in controversial arbitration process
Mongabay | 27-Sep-2024
Odyssey Marine Exploration, a deep-sea mining company based in Florida, sued Mexico after rejecting environmental permits for a phosphate mining project off the coast of the state of Baja California Sur.
keywords: environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , mining , NAFTA | USMCA , US