The first arbitration termination under ICSID’s security for costs rule has sparked furious debate over the fairness of the decision. CDR explores the impact of the ruling and how different arbitral ...

The firm has hired a disputes lawyer with extensive experience in the banking sector. Lewis Silkin has added disputes specialist Catherine Hammerson-Jones as a partner in its London office. The firm ...

The court has overturned an ICC tribunal’s jurisdictional award and clarified how competing arbitration clauses in commercial contracts should be interpreted under English law. The London High Court ...

Legal and funding practitioners talk to CDR about the state of third-party funding in Germany, a maturing market which has a surprisingly long history grounded in the local insurance industry.

The annual Ciarb lecture tackled the inequalities and harms of current arbitral proceedings, and appealed for a united approach to dispute resolution across the different methods. The 15th annual ...

A Baltic rebrand and a new entry to the German market feature in the weekly disputes developments summary, which also takes in France and the US. The round-up opens in Australia where, following the ...

The US securities group action alleges that Reddit misled investors over the effect of Google’s AI search tools on its business.

A former assistant US attorney is the latest arrival at the firm’s Pennsylvania office, bringing broad federal prosecution and IP experience.

Parties locked in clean energy disputes in the Middle East and Africa are increasingly turning to both regions’ local arbitral institutions – with the adoption of a “classic arbitration model”, a ...

Innsworth Capital has launched a new bid to increase its return from the GBP 200 million Merricks v Mastercard settlement. Innsworth Capital has applied for judicial review of the distribution of the ...

A Hong Kong-based forensic accountant with broad China experience has joined Alvarez & Marsal while Mathys & Squire has made a prominent hire in the UK city of Cambridge, as the week’s disputes-moves ...

A recently retired ex-Freshfields Cologne office managing partner has set up his own practice, while Kirkland & Ellis in the US has poached 13-litigator team from King & Spalding. The round-up begins ...