On October 31, Paris Arbitration hosted a conference on the choice of Paris as the seat in international arbitration, and its far-reaching implications. The conference, taking place in the heart…

…  Additional Guidance Text on Evidence Delegations also supported having a guidance text aimed at assisting tribunals in managing new technologies and electronic evidence. It was noted that arbitral tribunals…

…need for a “tailor-made” way of resolving energy disputes. That would involve (i) specific arbitration rules (such as securities and insurance-specific rules); (ii) procedural tools focusing on time-efficiency, in light…

…view that it had “the least impact compared with expert evidence and documentary evidence.” This view seems to support the primacy of documentary evidence, particularly in the electronic era, where…

the request. Fourth, he argued the application was timely, citing the IBA’s Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (theIBA Rules”), which provide that the Tribunal may…

…early in a case and other procedures to efficiently manage and present expert evidence like expert conferencing and substantive midstream case management conferences (“Kaplan” hearings). The panel also emphasized that…

…of winning justice. This is unfair. We need to end these corporate courts now! Rights for people, rules for corporations.” Letter from the Stop ISDS movement to the President of…

…in-the-moment decisions from the hearing room. It was an interactive and well-moderated panel with a highly engaged audience, with panelists taking questions about each circumstance and surveying audience members on…