International dispute resolution
June 2021 | SPECIAL REPORT: INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION
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June 2021 Issue
FW discusses data privacy disputes with Sophie Dawson, Bryony Hurst, Ariane Mole, Johan Polet and Lennart Schuessler at Bird & Bird.
Recent trends in US securities and derivative litigation
Dechert LLP For the first time in several years, securities fraud cases declined in 2020, largely due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. However, we do not expect this decrease to continue. Just three months into 2021, the following are a few of the issues trending in this practice area…
The end of LIBOR: near-term litigation over historical LIBOR ‘fallback’ rates
Kobre & Kim LLP The London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) has been referred to as “the world’s most important number”. However, it is now common knowledge that LIBOR will be phased out in the coming years. In many instances, legislation, industry group momentum, and other market forces may…
Shifting tides in Canada’s approach to investor-state dispute settlement
McCarthy Tétrault In recent years, Canada has entered into a number of comprehensive free trade agreements, each featuring highly diverging approaches to investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). This article canvasses the divergences as between the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)…
Virtual hearings in English litigation
Humphries Kerstetter LLP Well before the 2020 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic removed the element of choice, virtual hearings were already fairly common in English civil litigation. The most usual format was the telephone hearing – useful for a case management conference in which parties…
Once privileged, always privileged? – a toolkit for in-house counsel
Ashurst One hundred and twenty-three years after Sir Nathaniel Lindley uttered his oft-quoted principle “once privileged, always privileged”, privilege issues continue to impact the day-to-day role of every in-house counsel. Distinguishing between what is privileged, what is not, and what has been…
COVID-19 and Brexit highlight the benefit of arbitration over litigation
WilmerHale The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has presented judicial systems around the world with unprecedented challenges, with many courts being forced to close or left trying to deliver access to justice in a safe environment. In addition, the withdrawal of the UK from the…
Blockchain and the future of dispute resolution
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Technology continues to evolve exponentially. The first personal computer was released by IBM in 1981 – exactly, and only, 40 years ago. Since that time, the world has witnessed an explosive growth in the use and capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) which has made an undeniable impact…
Gleiss Lutz German law is fundamentally based on protecting individual rights. Class actions are not part of the tradition of the German legal system. Nevertheless, forms of collective legal protection are increasingly finding their way into the German legal system. In Germany, collective legal…
Q&A: Climate and ESG-related disputes
FW discusses climate and ESG-related disputes with David Schreuders, Emily Blower, Etienne Kowalski, Harald Glander and Stuart Doxford at Simmons & Simmons LLP.
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Ashurst
Bird & Bird
Dechert LLP
Gleiss Lutz
Humphries Kerstetter LLP
Kobre & Kim LLP
McCarthy Tétrault
Simmons & Simmons LLP
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
WilmerHale