Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”) featured multiple discussions on the growing importance of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in arbitration proceedings, a much-debated topic. Issues such as the slow uptake in use of AI by legal professionals, the ethical and legal risks involved in the use of AI, and finding a balance between AI use and the necessary…
Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”) 2025 featured a discussion on the complexities and possible answers to defending a damages claim when there is a lack or an excess of information on which to base the claim. The event, hosted by Oxera Consulting LLP, brought together the perspectives of professionals from different areas of expertise. Hannah Eckhoff…
In both the world of arbitration and the fast-evolving landscape of 6G technology, information is power. The Swedish Arbitration Days 2025, themed “Information in Arbitration”, was bookended by two thought-provoking keynotes: Chiann Bao, Independent Arbitrator and former Secretary General of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, emphasised the transformative role of information in arbitration, while…
In modern arbitration proceedings, most evidence goes through a digital process before reaching the eyes of decision-makers. Physical documents are scanned, processed with Optical Character Recognition (“OCR”), archived, and transferred. Digitally created documents follow the last two steps as well. Sometimes these processes are repeated multiple times. This “assembly line of evidence” has become the…
The Swiss Arbitration Summit is back! Following the resounding success from its first edition in Geneva last year, the second edition of the Summit is scheduled to take place this year in Zurich from January 29, 2025 to February 2, 2025. The Summit is more than just a conference. It is an immersive experience that…
In 2024, the relationship between arbitration and technology continued to resemble a thriller. While integrating technology into arbitration offered the promise of new opportunities, it also introduced new layers of complexity, both in terms of procedure and in terms of disputes arising from technology itself. Arbitration-Related Technology Arbitration-related technology is ever-developing, as are the…
Since ChatGPT’s launch in November 2022, the ‘end of lawyers’ narrative has found new life. From Goldman Sachs predicting that 44% of tasks performed by corporate lawyers would be automated by Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) to GPT-4 passing the bar, AI has put the legal profession on notice. Even the infamous case of a lawyer who…
Kicking off Hong Kong Arbitration Week 2024, Eversheds Sutherland hosted a thought-provoking panel discussion on “12 Angry Robots and Crowd-Sourced Dispute Resolution – Justice in the Digital Age” on 21 October 2024. The panel delved into (i) the mechanisms and challenges of dispute resolution in the decentralized space, and (ii) the integration of artificial intelligence…
The DIS Autumn Conference, held on 10 September 2024, was the main event of the Berlin Dispute Resolution Days, which took place from 9 to 12 September 2024 and were jointly organized by the German Arbitration Institute (DIS), the Federal Ministry of Justice, and the Humboldt University in Berlin. Set against the vibrant backdrop of…
The 2024 Singapore Convention Week kicked off with a bang on 26 August 2024 with the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) hosting its flagship SIAC Symposium at the Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore. The SIAC Symposium 2024 featured a welcome address by Mr Davinder Singh SC (Chairman, SIAC; Executive Chairman, Davinder Singh Chambers LLC), a keynote address…
Following the morning session of the SIAC Symposium 2024, which explored issues including the challenges posed by artificial intelligence (“AI”), climate change, and trade disruption (see Part 1), the afternoon session consisted of three plenary panel discussions that delved into the core issues shaping the future of arbitration. These pivotal topics comprised: the ethical considerations guiding…
This year’s 36th Annual ITA Workshop (held in Austin, Texas on June 19-21, 2024) did exactly what it said on the tin: It provided the audience with truly “Global Perspectives on Due Process in International Arbitration.” Co-chaired by Christian Leathley, Anne Véronique Schlaepfer, and Prof. Thomas J. Stipanowich, the ITA Annual Workshop looked at due…
Emotion AI, also known as affective computing, is a specialized field within artificial intelligence that recognizes and interprets human emotions. This is primarily achieved through analyzing facial expressions, voice patterns, and choice of words. Having found applications in various domains such as health and defense, the market for emotion AI is experiencing substantial growth, currently…
Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is the buzzword of the day. It has crept into every pore of society, and arbitration has not evaded this trend. The main question raised by commentators and the public is whether AI will render human involvement obsolete, or at least reduce it to a bare minimum. In the context of arbitration,…
The rapid progression of technology is transforming industries and reshaping global geopolitical dynamics. With the rise of generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) and explosive share growth, US tech giants – such as Microsoft, Nvidia, Apple, Alphabet, and Amazon – dominate the list of the world’s most valuable companies. Amid concerns over the influence tech companies wield,…
On 23 April 2024, JAMS announced its Artificial Intelligence Disputes Clause and Rules (“JAMS AI Rules”), effective 15 April 2024. According to JAMS, these Rules “reflect the latest developments and trends in the ADR space and address the rise in usage and development of AI systems and smart contracts.” Today, artificial intelligence (“AI”) is a…
The Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center’s (SVAMC) Guidelines on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Arbitration (“Guidelines”) strive to become the first set of rules governing artificial intelligence (“AI”) recognized within the international arbitration community. These have previously been briefly discussed here, here and here. After more than a year of preparation, including a…
London International Disputes Week (“LIDW”) once again revisited the much-debated topic of ‘role played by artificial intelligence (“AI”) in arbitration’ with renewed vigour. There were more than seven events related to arbitration and AI at the LIDW. This post offers a brief insight into three key AI-related events at LIDW from the third day of…
There has been a lot of talk about artificial intelligence (“AI”) in international arbitration in recent years. I vividly remember when I gave the keynote speech on “International Arbitration 3.0 – How Artificial Intelligence Will Change Dispute Resolution” at the Vienna Arbitration Days 2018. At the time, people were quite skeptical about the topic, but…
On March 14, 2024, as part of the 3rd Annual California International Arbitration Week, the Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center (SVAMC) sponsored a roundtable discussion about the recently proposed SVAMC Guidelines on the Use of AI in Arbitration and the SVAMC AI Task Force’s efforts to build consensus and engagement among the global ADR…
This is the fourth post in ICCA’s series of reports on the ICCA 2024 Congress (“Congress”). It reports on the last day of the Congress on Wednesday, 8 May 2024, which looked at the present and into the future to determine how new technologies may shape the human experience in international arbitration. International Arbitration:…
The short answer to the title of this post is that while a few institutions have already begun to employ artificial intelligence (“AI”), most are in a wait-and-see-and-explore mode as they consider whether and how to make use of it. Most of the current institutional interest in AI is in areas that law and technology…
The Delhi Arbitration Week (“DAW”) 2024 that took place from 6 to 10 March 2024 featured two panel discussions that focused on emerging issues such as state owned entities (“SOEs”) and the role of technology in arbitration. The panel discussions came into play at a time when there have been significant developments and challenges globally…
Most of you will be familiar with ChatGPT and some will even be familiar with Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, but the recent launch of another type of Generative AI service has flown under the radar in the wider media as of now. However, it poses some of the most important practical and conceptual questions as…
