Confirmation That Unenforceable Prior Foreign Judgment Cannot Invalidate Arbitral Award

Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used in international arbitration for legal research, document review, and drafting. However, its use becomes difficult to assess when an arbitrator turns to AI not merely to process information, but to obtain a view on a legal issue that the tribunal must decide. This article examines emerging guidance on whether arbitrators can ask AI for its opinion on legal questions and explores the boundaries between AI as a research tool and AI as a decision-maker.

Security for costs has become an increasingly important procedural issue in investment arbitration. A respondent State may spend millions defending a treaty claim and, even after prevailing and obtaining a costs award, remain exposed to non-recovery where the claimant is insolvent or has few assets against which the award can be enforced. Security for costs is designed to mitigate that risk before a final costs award is rendered.

The EU AI Act introduces a risk-based regulatory framework for artificial intelligence systems, with particular implications for arbitration proceedings. Sixteen leading arbitral institutions have jointly challenged the European Commission's draft guidelines, arguing that regulatory obligations risk being imposed on the wrong actors in the arbitral process.

The debate over replacing investor-State arbitration with a permanent standing investment court has moved from theory to practice, with UNCITRAL Working Group III now considering detailed draft statutes. While proponents argue that a permanent bench would reduce repeat-player incentives and improve consistency, critics warn that concentrating appointment power in States' hands, eliminating party participation in tribunal selection, and creating hierarchical appellate structures may introduce new problems of

Construction delay disputes become particularly complex when employer-risk and contractor-risk events overlap, creating what is known as concurrent delay.

International arbitration faces growing challenges when corruption, sanctions violations, fraud, or money laundering allegations emerge during proceedings. How should arbitrators and institutions respond...

The Swiss Federal Supreme Court has clarified critical procedural rules governing international litigation priority when initial court filings fail on technical grounds. This landmark decision addresses whether claimants can preserve their original filing date when transitioning from a dismissed clear-cases application to ordinary proceedings, and how this interacts with parallel proceedings in foreign courts under the Lugano Convention.

International arbitration delivers final, binding awards, but losing parties often attempt to re-litigate objections across multiple jurisdictions. This analysis examines how transnational issue estoppel prevents award debtors from repeatedly challenging the same issues before different courts, exploring recent decisions from Singapore, England, India, and France that shape the doctrine's application in cross-border enforcement proceedings.

In a landmark decision dated 5 June 2026 (4A_481/2025, intended for publication in the official bulletin), the Swiss Federal Supreme Court confirms that Art. 63 CPC, which sets the continuation of lis pendens, also applies within the context of the Convention on Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters of 30 October 2007 (the "Lugano Convention").

The ICC's 2025 Dispute Resolution Statistics reveal a global arbitration system operating at near-record levels, with 894 new cases and 1,869 pending matters. The data exposes evolving patterns in regional dispute resolution, expedited procedures, and institutional oversight, while highlighting persistent challenges in efficiency, diversity, and award quality that are reshaping how parties approach international commercial arbitration.

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Les outils d’intelligence artificielle (IA) sont de plus en plus utilisés dans le cadre des enquêtes internes menées par les entreprises. L’IA accélère la revue des documents, détecte des schémas, extrait les informations pertinentes et génère rapidement des comptes rendus d’entretiens structurés. Ces gains sont particulièrement importants dans les enquêtes complexes et multi juridictionnelles.

Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) wird zunehmend bei unterneh mensinternen Untersuchungen eingesetzt. KI beschleu nigt die Dokumentenanalyse, erkennt Muster in grossen Datenmengen, extrahiert relevante Informationen und erstellt strukturierte Gesprächsprotokolle. Diese Vorteile sind insbesondere bei komplexen, grenzüberschreitenden Untersuchungen mit umfangreichen Datenbeständen von erheblicher Bedeutung.

This content presents a comprehensive list of countries and territories from around the world, organized alphabetically and spanning multiple continents. The list includes both sovereign nations and dependent territories, offering a reference for global geographic entities.

This comprehensive list presents countries and territories from around the world, organized alphabetically and spanning multiple continents. The compilation includes sovereign nations, special administrative regions, dependent territories, and disputed areas, offering a reference point for global geographic and political entities.

This comprehensive list presents countries and territories from around the world, organized alphabetically and spanning all continents. The compilation includes sovereign nations, dependent territories, and special administrative regions, providing a global reference of geographic entities.

En réponse aux standards internationaux en matière de lutte contre le blanchiment d’argent et le financement du terrorisme, la Suisse introduit la loi fédérale sur la transparence des personnes morales et l’identification des ayants droit économiques (LTPM). La LTPM remplacera les obligations (internes) actuelles d’annonce et de tenue de registre relatives à l’ayant droit économique.

Als Reaktion auf internationale Standards zur Bekämpfung von Geldwäscherei und Terrorismusfinanzierung führt die Schweiz das Bundesgesetz über die Transparenz juristi scher Personen und die Identifikation der wirtschaftlich berechtigten Personen (TJPG) ein.

Switzerland is introducing a central, non-public Transparency Register of the beneficial owners of Swiss companies.

Distressed transactions have become common in the Swiss M&A landscape. An important piece in the Swiss restructuring toolbox is the sale of some or all of the business with the approval of the restructuring court during a composition moratorium (Nachlassstundung), a so-called pre-pack transaction.