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Key international legal measures risk making the cost of green energy shift skyrocket
IIED | 5-Oct-2020
A complex set of international legal measures protecting the fossil fuel industry risks significantly increasing the cost of moving to green energy and tackling climate change, a new report reveals.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Cyprus bail-in. A back door solution perhaps?
Greek City Times | 5-Oct-2020
Greek investors who were affected by the Cyprus bail-in have sought legal resort and now seem to stand a fair chance to have their case tried and possibly recuperate a portion of their losses in a mass arbitration to be held before the ICSID.
keywords: Cyprus , finance | banking | taxes , Greece , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Costs rise in Vattenfall lawsuit over German government’s nuclear phase-out
Clean Energy Wire | 5-Oct-2020
The German government writes that around 21.7 million euros have been spent on lawyers, expert witnesses and court fees.
keywords: ECT , energy , Germany , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Empresario español presenta intención de arbitraje contra México
CIAR Global | 2-Oct-2020
Un empresario español importador de productos gourmet en el mercado mexicano ha notificado al Gobierno de México de su intención de acudir a arbitraje de inversiones apoyándose en el APPRI España-México por violación de los artículos relacionados con “Niviel mínimo de trato” y “Nacionalizacion y expropiación”.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , Spain
España alarga la ejecución de los laudos de NextEra y 9REN Holding
CIAR Global | 2-Oct-2020
España ha obtenido la suspensión de dos laudos relacionados con las arbitrajes de las renovables ante tribunales estadounidenses.
keywords: ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Spain
Alger-Orascom, les dates clés d’un interminable bras de fer
Jeune Afrique | 2-Oct-2020
L’Algérie a remporté le dernier round dans la bataille qui l’opposait au groupe du milliardaire égyptien Naguib Sawiris. Retour sur une saga judiciaire qui aura duré plus de dix ans.
keywords: Algeria , investor-state disputes | ISDS , telecommunications
NEQSOL HOLDING: Georgian Government seize foreign-owned asset, referred to international arbitration
Yahoo | 2-Oct-2020
Following the effective expropriation of a legally obtained asset by the Georgian National Communication Commission, NEQSOL have announced that their dispute with Georgia will be referred to the ICSID.
keywords: Georgia , investor-state disputes | ISDS , telecommunications
Al Kharafi-LIA : l’arbitrage à un milliard d’euros atterrit en cassation à Paris
Africa Intelligence | 1-Oct-2020
Le groupe koweïtien Al Kharafi veut faire confirmer ses saisies des actifs français du fonds souverain libyen LIA. Mais la sentence arbitrale dont il se prévaut a été annulée par la justice égyptienne.
keywords: France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Kuwait , Libya , services
Tanzanie : le Britannique Indiana réclame 95 millions $ à l’Etat pour « expropriation illégale » à Ntaka Hill
Ecofin | 1-Oct-2020
Indiana Resources réclame 95 millions $ comme dédommagement minimum en réparation du préjudice causé par « l’expropriation illégale » de son permis d’exploration au projet de nickel Ntaka Hill.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Tanzania
India to contest Vodafone arbitration judgement: Report
Deccan Herald | 1-Oct-2020
The Indian government plans to contest the judgement on the Vodafone arbitration award in Hague.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , India , investor-state disputes | ISDS , telecommunications