The international arbitration landscape continues to be dominated by macroeconomic and geopolitical factors. After a series of economic shocks in recent years...

Santiago Bejarano examines recent developments in investment arbitration in Latin America, in particular trends in award compliance by Latin American states, in this published by Commercial Dispute Resolution.

In the wake of hotly contested domestic and international developments, speakers at the Annual ITA-ASIL Conference in Washington, DC on April 9 gave varied and sometimes conflicting perspectives on the use of mass and class claims in arbitration.

On October 20, 2015, Partner John Pierce led a Bench-Bar Dialogue at the United States Courthouse in Manhattan with Professor George A. Bermann of Columbia Law School...

Gary Born, chair of the firm's International Arbitration Practice Group and the world's preeminent authority on international commercial arbitration and international litigation, participates in an interview with the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board.

The 2024 Litigation Global Practice Guide features 70 jurisdictions.

The guide provides the latest legal information on litigation funding, initiating a lawsuit, pre-trial proceedings, discovery, injunctive relief, trials

In an article published in Bloomberg Law, Partners Jessica Lewis and Chris Johnstone discuss common pitfalls and challenges associated with confidential witness testimony in securities class action cases.

The conventional wisdom looks askance at questioning your own witnesses during their depositions, and at using those depositions at trial.

Notwithstanding the lack of clear legislative intent, Belgian judges have unilaterally prohibited the arbitration of exclusive distribution disputes, unless a specific Belgian pro-distributor statute was applied...

This chapter provides an overview of topics and techniques to consider in the preparation and delivery of opening submissions in international arbitration.

Preparing witnesses for direct examination at trial is a laborious process in which much time is consumed drafting and redrafting direct questions, preparing exhibits and demonstratives, and rehearsing with the witnesses.

While two recent appeals court decisions provide some comfort to companies carrying out internal investigations, important questions on attorney-client privilege remain unanswered.

Resealing further hampers the ability of defendants to mount an effective defense as it delays their ability to know the precise charges and evidence against them.

When the U.S. Supreme Court declines to review one of the thousands of cases presented to it each year, it typically does so in silence.

In an article published by Kluwer Arbitration Blog, Associate Erica Li discusses the factual and procedural background to and analysis of the Privy Council's recently issued decision in Sian v. Halimeda.

Since the 1920s, when the Elgin Watch Co. and Elgin Clock Co. pioneered the use of statistical sampling in a trademark dispute, attorneys have sought to introduce small samples into evidence to make the case for a much larger amount of proof.

As women, we've long been sold the myth that motherhood is a professional disadvantage. The term "motherhood penalty" describes the biases mothers...

The right to remain silent and not testify at your own criminal trial is well known within the legal community and among the public.

This article examined the widely publicised international arbitration that took place in 2008-2009 to determine the boundaries of the Abyei region of southern Sudan in the wake of decades of civil war.