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		<title>CONFIDENTIALITY: Not To Be Overlooked When Drafting the Arbitration Clause</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the years, many arguments have been made for what are truly the benefits of international arbitration over local litigation. There are many factors that are listed and ensuing arguments over their continued veracity. Complaints are launched about whether such &#8230; <a href="http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/05/17/confidentiality-not-to-be-overlooked-when-drafting-the-arbitration-clause/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/05/17/confidentiality-not-to-be-overlooked-when-drafting-the-arbitration-clause/</link>
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		<title>What if Spain sued Argentina on behalf of Repsol?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, Spanish energy firm Repsol put Argentina on notice of an arbitration claim under the Spain-Argentina bilateral investment treaty. The development comes as no surprise, as Repsol had been threatening for some weeks to take such a course if &#8230; <a href="http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/05/16/what-if-spain-sued-argentina-on-behalf-of-repsol/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/05/16/what-if-spain-sued-argentina-on-behalf-of-repsol/</link>
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		<title>Overriding an agreement to arbitrate, a DIFC Court of First Instance rejects an application to grant a stay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On 6 March 2012, Justice Sir David Steel of the Court of First Instance of the Dubai International Financial Centre &#8211; DIFC &#8211; rendered a decision refusing to grant a stay of the proceedings, and ignoring an option in the &#8230; <a href="http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/05/15/overriding-an-agreement-to-arbitrate-a-difc-court-of-first-instance-rejects-an-application-to-grant-a-stay/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/05/15/overriding-an-agreement-to-arbitrate-a-difc-court-of-first-instance-rejects-an-application-to-grant-a-stay/</link>
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		<title>When is an Arbitral Panel an International Tribunal?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When is an arbitral panel an international tribunal for purposes of Section 1782? Section 1782, of course, is the U.S. statute that authorizes federal courts to order discovery in aid of proceedings before foreign courts and international tribunals. As discussed &#8230; <a href="http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/05/09/when-is-an-arbitral-panel-an-international-tribunal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/05/09/when-is-an-arbitral-panel-an-international-tribunal/</link>
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		<title>The ‘West Tankers’ Saga Continues (2) : The Arbitral Tribunal Dodges the Torpedo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post follows on from the highly informative Kluwer Arbitration Blog post by Elizabeth Kantor, “The ‘West Tankers’ Saga Continues: Can Damages Compensate for Breach of an Arbitration Clause?” Whilst that focussed principally on the implications for, and efficacy of, &#8230; <a href="http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/05/04/the-%e2%80%98west-tankers%e2%80%99-saga-continues-2-the-arbitral-tribunal-dodges-the-torpedo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/05/04/the-%e2%80%98west-tankers%e2%80%99-saga-continues-2-the-arbitral-tribunal-dodges-the-torpedo/</link>
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		<title>The ‘West Tankers’ Saga Continues: Can Damages Compensate for Breach of an Arbitration Clause?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the most recent of a long-running series of decisions in the West Tankers saga, the English court has found that the majority of the tribunal was wrong to decline jurisdiction to award equitable damages or to declare a party &#8230; <a href="http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/05/01/the-%e2%80%98west-tankers%e2%80%99-saga-continues-can-damages-compensate-for-breach-of-an-arbitration-clause/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/05/01/the-%e2%80%98west-tankers%e2%80%99-saga-continues-can-damages-compensate-for-breach-of-an-arbitration-clause/</link>
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		<title>The Concept of Good Faith in International Investment Disputes – The Arbitrator’s Dilemma</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The concept of good faith has been a subject of perennial controversy since it was derived from the Roman legal equivalent ‘bonas fides’. Juristic views on and the legal conceptualization of the idea of good faith may often vary across &#8230; <a href="http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/04/30/the-concept-of-good-faith-in-international-investment-disputes-%e2%80%93-the-arbitrator%e2%80%99s-dilemma-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/04/30/the-concept-of-good-faith-in-international-investment-disputes-%e2%80%93-the-arbitrator%e2%80%99s-dilemma-2/</link>
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		<title>Bae, Kim &amp; Lee publishes Arbitration Law of Korea: Practice and Procedure (Juris 2012)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In recent years, Korea has become an object of some attention in the international arbitration field. But less than 15 years ago, there was no “arbitration field” in Korea to speak of. I, myself, was a maritime lawyer and it &#8230; <a href="http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/04/27/bae-kim-lee-publishes-arbitration-law-of-korea-practice-and-procedure-juris-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/04/27/bae-kim-lee-publishes-arbitration-law-of-korea-practice-and-procedure-juris-2012/</link>
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		<title>India gives Hong Kong a golden opportunity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent administrative event in Delhi may have profound implications for the ongoing rivalry between Singapore and Hong Kong as Asia’s arbitration hubs of choice. On 19 March 2012 India confirmed that it will add the Peoples’ Republic of China &#8230; <a href="http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/04/25/india-gives-hong-kong-a-golden-opportunity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/04/25/india-gives-hong-kong-a-golden-opportunity/</link>
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		<title>Social Media and Arbitration Conflicts of Interest: A Challenge for the 21st Century</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Section 3.3.6 of the IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration advise that when a “close personal friendship exists between an arbitrator and counsel of one party, as demonstrated by the fact that the arbitrator and the counsel &#8230; <a href="http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/04/23/social-media-and-arbitration-conflicts-of-interest-a-challenge-for-the-21st-century/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/04/23/social-media-and-arbitration-conflicts-of-interest-a-challenge-for-the-21st-century/</link>
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