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USCIB Invited to Participate in Review of Investment Contracts at UNIDROIT (7/19/2023) - USCIB has been invited to participate in a new workstream to develop guidance for modernization and standardization of international investment contracts. The International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) and the International Chamber of Commerce’s Institute of World Business Law (ICC Institute) have launched a Working Group on International Investment Contracts. The Working Group will explore not only […]
UNCITRAL Reaches Agreements on Code of Conduct for Arbitrators (4/13/2023) - The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law’s (UNCITRAL) Working Group III (WG III) reached agreement on a code of conduct for arbitrators during meetings at the United Nations headquarters in New York late last month. While the code of conduct imposes some limits on roles arbitrators can take in investment disputes proceedings, USCIB successfully advocated for narrower restrictions. WG […]
USCIB Arbitration Meetings Aim to Strengthen the Field of Arbitration in 2023  (1/23/2023) - USCIB/ICC USA held its Annual Arbitration and ADR Committee Luncheon at Proskauer Rose LLP, a USCIB member law firm, on January 10. The event, attended by over 100 people, featured a welcome and opening remarks by USCIB President and CEO Peter Robinson, Proskauer Rose Partner Peter Sherwin—who also chairs the USCIB Arbitration Committee—and International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court […]
USCIB Submits Amicus Brief Supporting Tech Companies (12/7/2022) - USCIB, along with the Chamber of Commerce, NFTC and Business Roundtable submitted an amicus brief on December 6 in support of Twitter.
USCIB Op-Ed: Supreme Court Limits Discovery in International Commercial Arbitrations (8/10/2022) - Grant Hanessian, former chair of the USCIB Arbitration Committee, shares an opinion piece following the Supreme Court’s decision to limit discovery in international commercial arbitrations in the Z.F. Automotive U.S. Inc v. Luxshare Inc., a case in which USCIB and the ICC International Court of Arbitration filed an amicus curiae brief. Hanessian is an independent arbitrator in New York and […]
World Intellectual Property Organization, USCIB Hold Virtual Dialogue (8/4/2021) - The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and USCIB held a virtual dialogue on July 29 with over twenty participants, including USCIB members and WIPO Assistant Directors General Marco Aleman and Edward Kwakwa. 
Accepting USCIB Amicus Position, Appeals Court Rejects FTC Approach to Antitrust Liability for Trademark Settlements (6/16/2021) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) decision that 1-800 Contacts engaged in illegal agreements with rival online contact lens sellers on June 11, 2021.

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