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Back from Vacation
I’m back in Boston after ten days of much-needed vacation. Thanks to Kate Halloran for holding down the fort! There were two developments in the last week that I wanted to briefly note before picking up again with coverage of current cases: first, a new French decision in the Dallah case, and second, a mention of……
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Case of the Day: Ingaseosas International v. Aconcagua Investing
The case of the day, Ingaseosas Int’l Co. v. Aconcagua Inv. Ltd. (S.D. Fla. 2011), raises interesting questions of federal subject matter jurisdiction of motions to vacate awards made under the New York Convention. Ingaseosas and Aconcagua were both British Virgin Islands firms. They entered into a stock purchase agreement concerning shares in another BVI company……
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Case of the Day: Altain Khuder LLC v. IMC Mining
HT to Global Arbitration Review (subscription required) for bringing to light the case of the day, Altain Khuder LLC v. IMC Mining, Inc. (Victoria Supreme Court 2011). IMC Mining had a contract with Altain Khuder to provide plans for an iron ore mine in Mongolia and then to operate the mine. Altain Khuder was required,……
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Super-Duper Disregard Of Law
At the talk I gave last week on choice of law in international IP arbitration (thanks to those who attended!), someone asked whether a mistake as to the law governing the substance of an IP dispute would justify a court in refusing recognition and enforcement of the award. I gave what I think is the……
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Case of the Day: AO Technabexport v. Globe Nuclear Servs. & Gas Supply
In the case of the day, AO Techsnabexport v. Globe Nuclear Servs. & Gas Supply, Ltd., No. 09-2064 (4th Cir. Dec. 15, 2010), the Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision confirming an international arbitral award between a U.S. firm and a Russian firm buying and selling uranium, over objections that the tribunal had violated its……