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Coal generator uses investment treaty to fight Netherlands coal phaseout
Climate Change News | 22-May-2020
Uniper is using a controversial investor dispute system to claim up to €1 billion compensation for being forced to close a coal power station early.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands
Los grandes bufetes alientan arbitrajes millonarios por las medidas frente al covid-19
Cinco Días | 20-May-2020
Preparan una avalancha de demandas contra los Estados apelando a los tratados de inversión, según un informe de CEO y TNI
keywords: corporate interests , covid , health , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Nuevo arbitraje contra Perú por la mina Cerro Verde
CIAR Global | 19-May-2020
El 13 de mayo de 2020, la Secretaría del CIADI registró la presentación del arbitraje de la holandesa SMM Cerro Verde BV contra Perú invocando el Tratado Bilateral de Inversiones Países Bajos-Perú (1994).
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Peru
Des multinationales pourraient attaquer les Etats qui ont pris des mesures sanitaires et sociales
Basta! | 19-May-2020
Les cabinets juridiques spécialisés dans les conflits entre investisseurs et États étudient d’éventuelles plaintes contre les mesures suspendant les activités économiques, instaurant un moratoire des loyers ou rendant accessible à tous un futur vaccin.
keywords: corporate interests , covid , finance | banking | taxes , health , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Cashing in on the pandemic: How lawyers are preparing to sue states over COVID-19 measures
TNI | 19-May-2020
As governments take action to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and prevent economic collapse, they could face multi-million dollar lawsuits.
keywords: audio , corporate interests , covid , finance | banking | taxes , health , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Exclusive: Countries to face a ‘wave’ of corporate lawsuits challenging emergency COVID-19 measures
Open Democracy | 19-May-2020
Research claims top law firms are preparing to ‘cash in’ on the pandemic by helping corporations sue states for measures that have impaired profits.
keywords: covid , health , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Yukos shareholders seize Russian vodka assets in the Netherlands
Reuters | 18-May-2020
Shareholders in the now defunct Russian oil giant Yukos have seized Netherlands-based assets of two well-known vodka brands controlled by the Russian state in their most recent legal move to obtain $57 billion in damages from Moscow.
keywords: ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands , Russia
La Russie conteste en justice sa condamnation dans l’affaire Ioukos
Sputnik | 18-May-2020
La Russie a contesté devant la Cour suprême néerlandaise sa condamnation à verser 57 milliards de dollars d’indemnisation aux ex-actionnaires de l’ancien groupe pétrolier russe Ioukos.
keywords: ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Russia
Russia appeals decision of Hague Court of Appeal on Yukos
TASS | 18-May-2020
On February 18, The Hague Court of Appeal reinstated an order of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, which obliged Russia to pay more than $50 bln to the companies associated with former Yukos shareholders in 2014.
keywords: ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Russia
The unknown climate-killer deal we’ll have to tackle next
Friends of the Earth Europe | 18-May-2020
The Energy Charter Treaty takes an axe to climate action.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS