Lago Agrio: The Dissent
Readers, I erroneously reported that one of the three arbitrators, Dr. Horacio A. Grigera Naón, had dissented without an opinion. In fact, he did write a brief note of dissent, which I simply hadn’t...
View ArticleCase of the Day: Chevron v. Ecuador
The case of the day is Chevron Corp. v. Republic of Ecuador (D.C. Cir. 2015). Today’s decision doesn’t relate to the main Lago Agrio case or the BIT arbitration related to the Lago Agrio case. It...
View ArticleLago Agrio: Dutch Court Rejects Ecuador’s Motion to Set Aside the Interim Awards
The District Court of the Hague has rejected Ecuador’s attempt to set aside the interim awards entered by the tribunal hearing the BIT dispute between Ecuador and Chevron. As I have previously noted,...
View ArticleLago Agrio: Supreme Court Denies Cert. In Chevron-Ecuador Arbitration
On Monday, the Supreme Court denied Ecuador’s petition for a writ of certiorari in the BIT arbitration brought by Chevron arising out of undue delay in the settlement of lawsuits TexPet (of which...
View ArticleLago Agrio: Dutch Appeals Court Affirms Denial of Annulment
The Court of Appeals of the Hague has affirmed a lower court decision decision refusing to set aside the interim awards Chevron had won against Ecuador in the investment treaty arbitration. The main...
View ArticleLago Agrio: Chevron Wins Investment Treaty Arbitration Against Ecuador
The tribunal hearing the investment treaty dispute between Chevron and Ecuador has issued a partial award that decides the case in Chevron’s favor. I learned of the award on Friday, and there’s a lot...
View ArticleLago Agrio: The Remedy
This is the third post about the new arbitral award in the Chevron/Ecuador case. The first post addressed the tribunal’s finding that the Lago Agrio judgment was ghostwritten. The second addressed the...
View ArticleCase of the Day: In re Application of Ruiz
The case of the day is In re Application of Ruiz (S.D.N.Y. 2018). In 2017, European and Spanish banking regulators sold Banco Popular Español, a bank they thought failing, to Banco Santander for € 1....
View ArticleCase of the Day: Kazakhstan v. Lawler
The case of the day is Republic of Kazakhstan v. Lawler (D. Ariz. 2020). Big Sky Energy Corp. commenced an arbitration against Kazakhstan before ICSID, asserting a claim under the US/Kazakhstan...
View ArticleCase of the Day: In re Alpene
The case of the day is In re Alpene, Ltd. (E.D.N.Y. 2022). Alpene, a Hong Kong corporation, had a treaty arbitration claim against Malta, and it arbitration under ICSID arbitration. It sought discovery...
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