The Arbitration Brief

Not So Friendly Skies: The Impact of Social Media on Private Aviation Arbitration

By: Aissatou Toure; Junior Staffer On April 9, 2017, on a warm Sunday afternoon in the Chicago O’Hare airport, a United Airlines flight was bound for Louisville, Kentucky. The airline overbooked the flight when it added four deadheading crew members to the flight. The deadheading crew is a flight crew that is transported by an…

The New Trend of Waiving Confidentiality in Arbitration Proceedings

By: Adaeze Mgbeahuru; Junior Staffer Confidentiality is an essential part of arbitration and dispute resolution. Parties engage in arbitration and dispute resolution because of the core element of confidentiality. However, in recent times, parties in international commercial and investor-state arbitration proceedings are increasingly waiving confidentiality during and after arbitration. Recently, most institutional arbitration proceedings are…

Will Arbitration Lead to an Increase in Energy Investment in Ecuador?

BY: BENIN LEE; JUNIOR STAFFER In 2022, the International Energy Agency released a statement claiming that the world may in fact be in the middle of its first true “global energy crisis” based on the dwindling supply of major oil producers. The crisis, along with the push toward the expansion of clean sources of energy,…

The Importance of Specifying the Law Governing Arbitration Agreements to Prevent Conflicting Interpretations in Parallel Proceedings

“Specifying the choice of law in an arbitration agreement would enable the parties to be conscious of the legal system binding their arbitration and be aware of the validity and enforceability of their arbitral awards in different jurisdictions.”

The Power of the Purse: Why Promoting Gender Diversity is Key to the Future of International Arbitration

By: Mala Stauder; Junior Staffer A lack of diversity among appointed arbitrators has been a longstanding presence in the international arbitration community. Achieving gender diversity specifically proved to be a consistent challenge, yet its resolution remained a low priority for years. The international arbitration arena often wastes the most qualified talent when excluding women. In…