Technology

Arbitration Industry, Arbitrator Intelligence, Careers in Arbitration, ICCA, Interviews with Our Editors, Podcast, sociology of international arbitration, Technology

(Law Offices of Kiran N Gore PLLC; The George Washington University Law School) and (Director Content and Market Development, Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory, International Group)/ /Leave a comment

Gwen de Vries is Director of International Group Content & Market Development at Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory, U.S. (‘Wolters Kluwer’). She has decades of experience and expertise in information services, focusing on the international legal market, including international arbitration. Among other projects, Gwen leads the team behind Kluwer Arbitration, Wolters Kluwer’s development of content…

COVID-19, Technology, Third party funding, Washington Arbitration Week, Women in arbitration

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The first edition of Washington Arbitration Week or WAW, took place on-line from November 30 to December 4, 2020, hosting 15 panels with over 4,000 registrations and 1,476 attendees. This post aims to provide a flavor of the first day of programming. The Co-Chairs of WAW, Ian Laird and Dr. Jose Antonio Rivas, opened the…

Cybersecurity, Diversity, International arbitration, Surveys, Sustainability, Technology

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Knowledge of international arbitration has often been based on anecdotal evidence. However, there has been increasing interest in empirical research among practitioners and scholars. In the context of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, arbitral practice has rapidly changed and new empirical research aimed at understanding the experience and expectations of the users of international arbitration is…

Arbitration, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Diversity, Efficiency, Environment, Technology, Virtual hearings

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The Sixth Sarajevo Arbitration Day conference took place on 23 October 2020 and it was dedicated to the opportunities to adopt positive arbitration practices amidst the challenges created by the Covid-19 pandemic. This annual conference organized by the Association ARBITRI took place online for the first time and gathered legal practitioners from all over the…

BIICL, Blockchain, COVID-19, Cryptocurrency, Efficiency, HK Arbitration Week, Smart Contracts, Technology

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On the second day of the Hong Kong Arbitration Week 2020, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (“BIICL”) hosted a virtual workshop on the impacts of technology and the pandemic which allows (or rather, demands) us to “re-imagine” arbitration.   Smart Contracts, Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies The first panel discussion addressed “Smart Contracts, Blockchain…

Intellectual Property, Interview, Interviews with Our Editors, Panel of Arbitrators, Space Arbitration, Technology, technology industry

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Mr. Schiefelbein, welcome to the Kluwer Arbitration Blog!  We are grateful to have the opportunity to share your unique perspectives with our readers. Please give our readers a brief introduction to yourself and your route to becoming CEO of the SVAMC. Following law school I was in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General’s…

ADR, ADR Clauses, International arbitration, Technology

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Not all technology is born equal. In 1739, the French inventor and artist Jacques de Vaucanson unveiled a head-scratching automaton that fascinated contemporaries for more than a century. It was a ‘digesting duck’, which had the apparent ability to eat kernels and actually digest them. The invention was a trick, of course, and it was…

Arbitration, Arbitration Act, Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Confidentiality, Due process, KCAB, South Korea, Technology, Videoconferencing

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Significant advances in technology over the last decade have made videoconferencing a viable alternative to traditional, in-person witness examinations in arbitration. As the use of videoconferencing in international arbitration grows more common, we must ask ourselves: do we have the right tools to eliminate the risks that arise with this new technology? This question led…

Arbitration institution, Belt Road Initiative, Central Asia, Interview, Interviews with Our Editors, Technology, Uzbekistan

(Law Offices of Kiran N Gore PLLC; The George Washington University Law School) and / /Leave a comment

Ms. Bayzakova, thank you for joining us on the Kluwer Arbitration Blog!  We are grateful to have the opportunity to learn more about the Tashkent International Arbitration Centre (TIAC), one of the youngest arbitration institutions, having launched in November 2018, when the President of Uzbekistan signed the Resolution contemplating its establishment under the Chamber of…

Evidence, Expert evidence, Experts, Hearings, Technology

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In today’s busy and increasingly digitized world, pictures are the new words. The average human attention span has grown shorter and become more selective. In every facet of society, from the consumer landscape to business meetings, visual storytelling has emerged as key to delivering captivating content that commands a person’s undivided attention. This trend can…

Advocacy, Social media, Technology, YSIAC Conference

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YSIAC

For the first time, YSIAC Conference this year featured an ARBXTalk where the speaker was given 18 minutes to present a topic of his or her choice in an inspirational or thought-provoking way. Mr. Christopher Y. Chan, the General Counsel and Head of Government Affairs at Lazada Singapore, was the speaker at the inaugural event….

Arbitration, Arbitration Proceedings, International arbitration, Technology

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Report from a Workshop Hosted by Squire Patton Boggs and Delos on 30 May 2019 in Prague It has been a while now that buzzword of innovation has made its way into the traditionally conservative legal world. While a number of smart tech tools for lawyers such as contract automation or document management systems with numerous…

Blockchain, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Protocol, International Arbitration Procedures, LegalTech, Queen Mary- White & Case Survey, Technology

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Parties to arbitration, just like “millennials”, are dependent on digital data and network systems. Currently, most of the data created is used and stored in digital formats using internet and computer technology. This should not be surprising; the online world enables people to interact and behave in new and efficient ways. However, the resulting dependence…

2018 In Review, Blockchain, Technology

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For those of us interested in the intersection of technology and law, 2018 has been a fascinating year. Lawyers across jurisdictions, areas of expertise, and industries have engaged in debates about the use of emerging technologies and the impact that they will have on the future of the legal industry. Blockchain, smart contracts, artificial intelligence…

Blockchain, International Arbitration Procedures, LegalTech, Reputational Systems, Technology

(QIL + 4 ABOGADOS / Universidad Francisco Marroquín)/ /1 Comment

Under arbitration, the parties submit their disputes to an arbitral tribunal (or sole arbitrator) who rules on pre-hearing disputes, conducts the arbitration, and issues a binding award on the parties.  However, the desirability of arbitration as a dispute-resolution mechanism rests largely on the perception of the reputation of the arbitrators. On the one hand, the…

Arbitration, Belgium, Document Exchange, International arbitration, Technology, Uncategorized

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With the focus of the arbitral community being taken over by the recent discourse surrounding an important branch of international arbitration, i.e., investor state dispute settlement, after the 6 March 2018 Judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Case C-284/16, Slowakische Republik v Achmea BV, there may be a risk today,…

Enforcement, Recognition and enforcement of arbitral award, Technology

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 “We simply cannot go on with this utterly outmoded way of working…Endlessly re-keying in the same information; repeatedly printing and photocopying the same documents; moving files about, losing all or parts of them in the process… It is a heavy handed, duplicative, inefficient and costly way of doing our work and it is all about…

Arbitration, Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Arbitration Pledge, Arbitrators, Belt Road Initiative, Diversity, Technology

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Young ICCA

2017 was yet another significant year for international arbitration. Many arbitral institutions amended their arbitration rules, including: – the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) Arbitration Rules and Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Investment Arbitration Rules which both came into effect on 1 January 2017, – the Thai Arbitration Institute (TAI) Arbitration Rules on 31 January…

Arbitration, Best practices, Discovery, Efficiency, Technology

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ArbitralWomen

The views expressed are those of the author alone. Technology in arbitration is of course a vast subject which has been addressed extensively by a number of writers. This article focuses briefly on the issue of reducing paper in arbitrations. It considers: How are practitioners currently dealing with paper reduction at the various stages of…