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ArbitralWomen promotes women and diversity in many different ways. We share statistics that reflect the incremental progress toward gender parity in dispute resolution. We share news about the professional achievements and qualifications of women so that the international arbitration community can more readily identify well-qualified women to serve as arbitrators…

On June 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its unanimous opinion resolving a U.S. Circuit Court split over a hotly debated issue, namely whether 28 U.S.C. § 1782 applies to private foreign or international arbitrations. In ZF Automotive US, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd., 596 U.S. ___ (2022), the…

The Huge Potential of Online Dispute Resolution Greatly Underexplored” part I and part II, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 11 & 12 September 2017

Although the principal question in C v. D, was whether the Tribunal’s determination of a pre-arbitration procedural requirement is subject to recourse under Article 34(2)(a)(iii) or (iv) of the UNCITRAL Model Law, the case importantly also addresses the whether compliance with the pre-requisite of negotiation before arbitration was a question…

Climate change and increasing calls for greater diversity in the workplace have been making headlines daily. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world, including that of international arbitration, has turned to a virtual setting to conduct many of its operations. While this new terrain has resulted in…

A recent decision by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reaffirmed its stance that the Federal Arbitration Act's (FAA) domestic provision on vacatur does not apply to international awards. The case in question, Earth Science Tech Inc. v. Impact UA, involved a commercial dispute between a Florida-based CBD company…

The conference topics reported ranged from the career paths of the panel speakers, hot topics and trends in the practitioners’ jurisdictions, career advice, and final a question and answer segment.