TVL Int’l, LLC v. Zheijiang Shenghui Lighting Co., No. 3:19-CV-00393-RJC-DCK (W.D.N.C. Feb. 2, 2021) [click for opinion] In 2014, Plaintiff TVL International, LLC (“TVL”), a Delaware corporation, and Defendants Zheijiang Shenghui Lighting Co., Ltd. (“Zheijiang”), a Chinese LED light bulb manufacturer, and SengLED USA, Inc. (“SengLED”), Zheijiang’s U.S. subsidiary, executed a non-disclosure agreement relating to their efforts to jointly develop a “battery back-up LED light bulb”. By 2015, the parties had stopped working together and eventually…
Cognac Ferrand S.A.S. v. Mystique Brands LLC, No. 20 Civ. 5933 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 31, 2021) [click for opinion]…
Petitioner Pao Tatneft (“Tatneft”), previously OAO Tatneft, initiated arbitration against the Ukrainian government. The case arose out of…
The Appellate Court in Warsaw recently [Case No. I ACa 457/18[1]] considered whether the EU state aid regulations form part of the Polish public policy, when considering an application to set aside an arbitral award. The Court decided that EU competition law has to be taken into account when considering the issue of breach of public policy by an arbitral award. Background facts The Claimant – a joint-stock SPV – and the Respondent – the…
When investing in developing countries, many foreign investors have concerns as to their remedies in the event of…
Executive summary In Energy City Qatar Holding Company v Hub Street Equipment Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 1116, the…
German law strictly protects the secrecy of the deliberations of a court and therefore does not allow the publication of dissenting opinions of lower court judges. This is for several reasons: Firstly, if the judges can stay anonymous and do not need to fear being pinned down in a dissenting opinion of a colleague, they are more inclined to openly express their views during the deliberations. Secondly, the publication of dissenting opinions could encourage and…
Key takeaways The Carpatsky[1] case is interesting for a number of reasons as it: underlines the deference paid…
On 3 February 2020, the Seychelles became the 162nd State party to accede to the New York Convention…
In Galilea, LLC v. AGCS Marine Ins. Co., No. 19-CV-05768 (VEC) (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 16, 2019), Petitioners, Galilea, LLC and Christopher Kittler, owners of a 60-foot yacht, sought to vacate an arbitration award entered in favor of Respondents/Cross-Petitioners, AGCS Marine Insurance Company, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, and Starstone National Insurance Company. The arbitration was the result of the grounding of Petitioners’ yacht in Panamanian waters. After Respondents denied Petitioners’ request for insurance coverage, Respondents initiated an…