The aim of this article is to analyze the utilization of alternative approaches for resolving tax disputes across various countries worldwide in order to evaluate the feasibility of introducing such approaches in Ukraine. It provides an overview of mediation, which is considered one of the most...

Based on the study of arbitration and judicial cases involving new forms of employment, this working paper identifies and examines notable characteristics of disputes involving new forms of employment. This working paper found that the number of such disputes is not large compared to the total...

Can states avoid lengthy and costly investor-state arbitration proceedings by entering into amicable settlements? While this is always possible in principle, data suggests that states struggle to do so. This Perspective discusses possible structural reforms for states to enable (and encourage)...

The aim of this study is to elucidate whether arbitration offers advantages compared to the patent litigation system which is currently existing in Germany. To answer this question three essential characteristics of the current German patent litigation system are presented, i.e. the economic...

COVID-19 has been a crisis unexpected in scale and nature. It has changed many assumptions that we have about life and work. It has also forced drastic behavioural changes. Dispute lawyers everywhere are not spared. To a large extent, technology and the internet avoided a complete collapse in...

In recent years, advancements in blockchain as well as virtual and augmented reality technologies have led to the emergence of digital environments, commonly referred to as the “metaverse”. These virtual worlds offer users unprecedented ways to interact and conduct business, such as the use...

Courts do not enforce contracts prohibiting a party from filing for bankruptcy, but what about contracts requiring that any bankruptcy filing and ensuing case be in arbitration rather than in court? This article is the first to envision unanimous arbitration agreements among all the parties to a...

Despite local instances of single arbitrators’ corruption not having proven completely absent from arbitration chronicles over the last decades, one may safely argue that until very recently, no scandal had ever been severe enough to shake the foundations of arbitration communities on a...