On November 15, 2023, during the 5th annual New York Arbitration Week, White & Case LLP hosted an event covering the possibility of obtaining evidence from non-parties to an international arbitration following the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision in ZF Automotives US Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd., 596 U.S. ___ (2022) (“ZF Automotives”). In that decision,…
On November 17, 2023, Fordham Law School hosted its annual full-day Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation (“CIAM”), titled “Key Issues in International Dispute Resolution: 2023.” The program concluded the fifth-annual New York Arbitration Week, which ran from November 13 through November 17, hosted by NYIAC and CIArbNY. The program was a fitting capstone to…
As part of the 2023 New York Arbitration Week, on November 13, 2023, Chaffetz Lindsey LLP and the New York Arbitration Week Organizing Committee hosted Tales from the Hearing Room: “What Would You Do?”, a young practitioners panel jointly organized by CIArb’s Young Members Group, AAA-ICDR Young & International, CPR Young Leaders in ADR, and…
On November 16, 2023, during the 5th annual New York Arbitration Week, DLA Piper hosted a double feature event focused on the effective management of risks and disputes in the context of M&A transactions. The first portion of the event featured a fireside chat with Jonathan Olefson (General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Syneos Health)…
One of the highlights of New York Arbitration Week 2022 was “Choosing Wisely: The Challenge of Interim Measures in International Arbitration”—a panel jointly hosted by New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC) and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, New York (CIArb-NY) on November 16, 2022. Departing from the traditional format, the session featured two mock interim…
The 2022 New York Arbitration Week opened on 14 November 2022 with the Joint Colloquium co-organized by AAA-ICDR, ICC, and ICSID. The Colloquium tipped its hat to the Week’s overarching theme “who is in charge?” That is, why and how the objectives and expectations of various parties involved in international arbitration — such as clients,…
Benno Kimmelman is an independent arbitrator and active in the New York arbitration community. He teaches international arbitration and international litigation courses at Brooklyn Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, and American University’s Washington College of Law. Edna Sussman is a New York-based arbitrator and mediator. She is the Distinguished ADR Practitioner in Residence at…
On November 15, 2021, the AAA-ICDR hosted a webinar entitled “In-House Counsel’s Virtual Roundtable” as part of New York Arbitration Week. The webinar focused on the use of alternative dispute resolution in the oil and gas industry. The panel was moderated by Eric P. Tuchmann, the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for…
On November 16, 2021, during New York Arbitration Week 2021, several committees of the New York City Bar Association hosted a panel discussion entitled “Dispelling Myths: Enforcement of Latin American Arbitration Awards in the United States and U.S. Arbitration Awards in Latin America,” which focused on enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in the United States,…
During New York Arbitration Week 2021, the New York International Arbitration Center (“NYIAC”) and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (“CIArb”) New York branch hosted two panels dedicated to the theme of “Getting It Right in International Arbitration.” This post presents some highlights. Getting it Right: How Arbitrators, Counsel, and Institutions Can Improve the Quality…
This year’s theme for the New York Arbitration Week (“NYAW”) was “getting it right.” It invited ArbitralWomen and the Young International Arbitration Practitioners of New York (YIAP-NY), the latter in partnership with the New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC), to reflect on the challenges but also new opportunities that the past year has presented to…
The annual Fordham Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation took place virtually on 20 November 2020, the final day of the second annual New York Arbitration Week. Under the guidance of co-chairs Louis B. Kimmelman (Sidley Austin, New York) and Edna Sussman (Independent Arbitrator and Mediator and Distinguished Practitioner in Residence Fordham Law School), the…
On Thursday 19 November 2020, during the fourth day of New York Arbitration Week, the ICC International Court of Arbitration held a virtual round-table discussion of the challenges faced by parties and the ICC Court in cases involving multi-party and multi-contract disputes and the ways in which the 2021 revisions to the ICC Rules of…
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Day three of New York Arbitration Week 2020 featured a panel discussion on non-signatories in arbitration sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators New York Branch and the New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC). The session was broken into two parts: compelling arbitration (before arbitration) and enforcing an award (after arbitration), each framed by the…
On November 16th, 2020, the AAA-ICDR hosted a webinar entitled In-House Counsel’s Virtual Roundtable as part of New York Arbitration Week. The session comprised of in-house counsel from various industries discussed their views and approach to international arbitration from their respective fields. It was moderated by Eric P. Tuchmann, the Senior Vice President, General Counsel…
