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Affaire Quantum Global : la Financial Intelligence Unit maintient son objection
Defi Media | 26-Apr-2018
Quantum Global menace de recourir à un arbitrage international si le contentieux avec les autorités locales n’est pas résolu dans un délai de six mois.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mauritius , Switzerland
«Les tribunaux spéciaux ne sont pas compatibles avec le droit européen»
Le Temps | 4-Apr-2018
Des investisseurs pourraient restructurer leurs investissements en déplaçant notamment leurs activités de l’UE vers la Suisse et bénéficieraient alors de la protection offerte par les TBI conclus entre la Suisse et les pays membres de l’UE.
keywords: EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Switzerland
Les jeux sont faits: Swiss Supreme Court upholds investment treaty award against public policy challenge in a gambling case
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 3-Apr-2018
The Swiss Federal Supreme Court confirmed its statutory restraint in reviewing arbitral awards and rejected the host state’s request to set aside the award for violating substantive public policy.
keywords: Europe , finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Switzerland
Novartis pointé du doigt en Colombie
AGEFI | 13-Apr-2017
Le géant bâlois est accusé d’avoir "menacé" le ministère colombien du Commerce et de l’Industrie de recourir à un tribunal d’arbitrage international.
keywords: Colombia , intellectual property , investor-state disputes | ISDS , medicines , Switzerland
Compulsory licensing in Colombia: Leaked documents show aggressive lobbying by Novartis
Public Eye | 12-Apr-2017
Confidential documents obtained by Public Eye show that Novartis has threatened Colombia with international investment arbitration under its BIT with Switzerland to avoid the issuance of a compulsory license
keywords: Colombia , corporate interests , intellectual property , investor-state disputes | ISDS , leaks , medicines , Switzerland
Pharmaceutical giant threatens to drag Government before corporate tribunal
Public Citizen | 1-Apr-2017
Novartis battle against Colombian Government highlights the threats to public health posed by the outrageous investor-state dispute settlement regime and bad “trade” deals.
keywords: Colombia , health , intellectual property , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Switzerland
The (partial) dissent in Philip Morris: Gary Born vs. the constitution of Uruguay
IELP Blog | 12-Mar-2017
A dissent sends the message: beware, if one other arbitrator had gone the way that Born did, we would have won.
keywords: health , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Switzerland , Uruguay
Costa Rica wins international arbitration against Zeta Gas
Q Costa Rica | 10-Mar-2017
The ICSID Arbitral Tribunal has ruled that the Costa Rican government did not cause damage to the company of Swiss capital, Gas Nacional Zeta.
keywords: Costa Rica , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Switzerland
Investigation: As Colombia pushes for cancer drug price-cut and considers compulsory licensing, Novartis responds with quiet filing of an investment treaty notice
IA Reporter | 2-Jan-2017
Novartis lodged a formal notice of dispute under the Switzerland-Colombia BIT.
keywords: Colombia , intellectual property , investor-state disputes | ISDS , medicines , Switzerland
Glencore begins arbitration against Bolivia over mine nationalization
Daily Business Review | 17-Aug-2016
Glencore International has notified Bolivia that it has begun arbitration proceedings over its investments in two smelters and a tin mine nationalized between 2007 and 2012.
keywords: Bolivia , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Switzerland