Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), United States Courts

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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), a statute that has profoundly shaped arbitration not just in the United States, but around the world. As we pause to reflect on the FAA’s global influence, it is also an opportunity to consider how global arbitration norms have circled back to reshape…

Dispute Settlement, Energy, Mexico

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Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA)

A North American energy trade war may be on the horizon. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) is backstepping the opening of Mexican energy markets by halting the issuance of permits, providing competitive advantages to state-owned enterprises, and attacking independent regulators. The re-centralization of the energy sector is being done in the name of Mexico’s…