Baker McKenzie’s Arbitration Yearbook 2018-2019 Edition
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Arbitration News from Italy
Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook 2019-2020 – Italy
ITALY
Lorenzo de Martinis, Silvia Picchetti and Gaetano Iorio Fiorelli
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES
A.1 Legislation
Arbitration in Italy continues to be governed by articles 806 to 840...
Italy: State courts’ decisions on appointments and removals of arbitrators are not subject to...
Article 111(7) of the Italian Constitution grants parties with the right to file an extraordinary appeal with the Supreme Court on grounds of error...
Investor State Arbitration under CETA: Key Provisions and What to Watch for in 2017
The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement ('CETA') between the European Union and Canada was signed October 30, 2016. The deepening of Canadian and European...
USA: NY Convention gives no jurisdiction over action to enforce foreign judgment conflicting with...
In Albaniabeg Ambient Sh.p.k. v. Enel S.p.A. and Enelpower S.p.A., No. 15 Civ. 3283 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 11, 2016), the District Court for the Southern...
Italy withdraws from Energy Charter Treaty
The Italian government has recently declared its withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty ("ECT"). The ECT is a multilateral treaty between 53 countries across...
Arbitration News from Europe
Winter Academy on International Arbitration
On January, 11-16 the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration will hold the Academy on International Arbitration titled “Beyond the Imaginable Borders: Transformation of Arbitration”.
The...
Switzerland to introduce legal basis for arbitration clauses in articles of incorporation
In recent years, corporate arbitration has played only a minor role in Switzerland. One of the main reasons for this is the legal uncertainty...
9th Baltic Arbitration Days 2020
The 9th Baltic Arbitration Days will be held in Riga, Latvia at the Dzintari Concert Hall in Jurmala and the Riga World Trading Center....
The Swedish Court of Appeal again rejects Spain’s request of a preliminary ruling from...
In May 2018, Spain requested the set-aside of an arbitral award in front of the Swedish Svea Court of Appeal. In the award, the...
Arbitration Statistics 2019- How did arbitration institutions fare in 2019?
The International Chamber of Commerce ("ICC") recently published its full statistical report for the year 2019, which revealed a slight increase in the number...
The International commercial chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal confirmed in its first...
Paris Court of Appeal, 25 February 2020, No 19/1507575; 19/15816; 19/15817; 1915818; 15/819
The International commercial chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal has recently...
Disputes involving sanctions against Russian persons must now be settled in the Russian state...
On 19 June 2020, a new Russian Law (Federal Law No. 171-FZ dated 8 June 2020, known as the “Lugovoy Law,” named after its...
Higher Regional Court Frankfurt Finds Publication of a Dissenting Opinion to be Ground for...
German law strictly protects the secrecy of the deliberations of a court and therefore does not allow the publication of dissenting opinions of lower...
Carpatsky Petroleum Corporation v PJSC Ukrnafta: issue estoppel and abuse of process in arbitration...
Key takeaways
The Carpatsky case is interesting for a number of reasons as it:
underlines the deference paid to decisions of supervisory courts...
Reform of Swiss international arbitration law approved by the Parliament
In 2017, the Swiss Government released a draft bill aiming at a reform of the Swiss international arbitration legislation. On 9 June 2020, after several...
