international arbitration rules

• Mining Giant Backs New Australian International Arbitration Rules

SYDNEY, Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Vice President of Litigation BHP Billiton, Mr Damian Lovell has today welcomed the introduction of the new ACICA Arbitration Rules designed to speed up the resolution of cross border and international commercial disputes. Mr Lovell, who is responsible for the dispute resolution strategy for the world's largest diversified mining company, said it is standard practice for BHP Billiton to include arbitration clauses in its cross border contracts:

• U.S. Newswire
• August 31, 2011

• In International Arbitration, Disclosure Rules at the Place of Enforcement Matter Too

This article examines the strict disclosure standards under the Code of Ethics for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes and the more lenient conflict-of-interest guidelines promulgated by the International Bar Association, and discusses them in light of the two 5th Circuit decisions in Positive Software Solutions v. New Century Mortgage Corp. The author demonstrates the dangers facing international arbitrators who only consider the disclosure standard applicable at the seat of an international arbitration. He advocates following the disclosure standards in jurisdictions where the award might be enforced, if those standards are more stringent, in order to avoid having the award challenged on nondisclosure grounds in the enforcing jurisdiction.

• Dispute Resolution Journal
• Vol. 62 Nbr. 4, November 2007

• New International Arbitration Rules - UNCITRAL, SIAC, LCIA India.

Over the past few months, there have been important revisions to two important sets of arbitration rules - the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, which are v...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2010, January 2010

• Using Article 37 of the Icdr International Arbitration Rules: Obtaining Emergency Relief

Article 37 of the International Arbitration Rules of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), the international division of the American Arbitration Association (AAA), contains an emergency relief procedure that represents significant progress in the field of international arbitration. This emergency mechanism is of great benefit to a party who wishes to preserve the status quo in a case until a substantive hearing on the merits can take place. Article 37(b) of the ICDR Rules contains the requirements for the emergency application. It provides that the party in need of emergency relief shall notify the administrator and all other parties in writing of the nature of the relief sought and the reasons for which it is sought on an emergency basis. Article 37(4) provides that,...

• Dispute Resolution Journal
• Vol. 62 Nbr. 2, May 2007

• American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration; procedure rules,

• FR, February 27, 2002
• Rules
• State Department

• International Chamber Of Commerce Introduces Its New Rules For Arbitration

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) introduced its new Arbitration Rules on September 12, 2011, in Paris, to be effective on January 1, 2012. ...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• New York Court Rules Parties To International Arbitration May Attach New York Assets As Security Even Without Personal Jurisdiction.

In a case of first impression, the New York Appellate Division ruled in March 2011 that parties to an international arbitration may attach assets loca...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2011, January 2011

• New Rules Of Arbitration Published By The International Chamber Of Commerce (ICC)

Increasing the Efficiency of International Arbitration to Respond to the Changing Needs of the International Business Community The International C...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• Research and Markets: Rules of Evidence in International Arbitration: An Annotated Guide.

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/fa06c7/rules_of_evidence) has announced the addition of the "Rules of Evide...

• Business Wire
• July 18, 2011

• Asia Update - Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Rules 2010.

Following hot on the heels of modernising amendments made to Singapore's International Arbitration Act ("IAA") at the beginning of last year1, the SIA...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2011, January 2011