In 2016 and 2017, states continued their engagement with international investment law. A small minority of states displayed scepticism or tried to disengage themselves from their investment law obligations. This chapter addresses select institutional developments in international investment law...

Russian Abstract: В данной статье рассматриваются особенности применения электронного голосования в России. Исследованы основные закономерности и тенденции...

In the context of harmonisation of arbitration law and practice worldwide, to what extent do local legal traditions still infuence local arbitration practices, especially at a time when non-Western countries are playing an increasingly important role in international commercial and financial...

Issues of interpretation and application of international agreements in the e-commerce system is a highly topical issue. International legal regulation of e-commerce provides the reliability and safety of international electronic transactions, the distribution of which is now almost beyond...

The Scottish decision in Morris (Liquidator of Bank of Credit amp; Commerce International), Re Petition of The Bank of England is correct that an ancillary winding-up makes good sense and may disapply local procedural rules that do not serve any practical purpose. Owing to a misunderstanding of...

A negotiator's Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement ("BATNA") is a key source of negotiating power. The BATNA concept was originally developed in the United States and has been exported to other countries through negotiation books and courses. But can negotiators legally rely on BATNA...

Twice in thirty years, the “mad scramble to the U.S. Courts for immediate attachments …” seemingly characteristic of cross-border cases prompted a legislative fix to this nation’s federal restructuring system, with territorialism giving way to progressively more pronounced...

This article discusses the legal status of links, in connection with the pending cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union in Svensson, C More and BestWater. Hyperlinks, deep links, framed links and embedded links are discussed. It focuses on the Opinion of the European Copyright...

French abstract: Les règlements du Centre international pour le règlement des différends relatifs aux investissements (CIRDI) ont évolué à plusieurs reprises au cours de leurs presque soixante ans d’existence. Cet article se penche sur l’évolution la plus récente, à savoir les...

Article on the most recent developments in European Trade Mark Law for preventing cross-border trade mark grabbing. The article outlines the current state of play in Europe on when right owners are able to invalidate bad faith trade mark applications on the grounds of earlier use. It discusses...