By Reagan Powers Over the past few years, regional arbitration centers have grown in popularity, rivaling the historical dominance of the International Chamber of Commerce and the London Court of International Arbitration. The regional arbitration centers aim to provide cost-effective, localized, and efficient dispute resolution. “Two Person Shaking Each Others Hands – Credit to http://homedust.com/”…
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Sign to Survive: Arbitration at the Pace of Formula One
By: Ryan Zaitoun How much is seven-tenths of a second worth? In Formula One, it can be close to $10 million. Formula One prides itself as the pinnacle of global motorsport, consisting of (as of January 2, 2026) eleven teams, each with two drivers, racing the fastest single-seat open-wheeled cars on tracks across the world….
Raytheon on the Hot Seat: What a $950 Million FCPA Case Teaches MNEs About Arbitration and Compliance
By Alexandra Schieferer On October 16, 2024, defense giant Raytheon Company agreed to pay over $950 million to settle allegations of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, defective pricing, and export control breaches, marking one of the largest joint settlements in recent years. This enforcement action illustrates how corruption investigations can spiral into cascading contractual…
Should Naming the Arbitral Seat not be Enough?
By Jeremy Hernandez-Lum Tong In 2020 and 2021, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (“UKSC”) made two seminal decisions on the law governing arbitration agreements, namely Enka Insaat Ve Sanayi AS v OOO Insurance Company Chubb and Kabab-Ji SAL v Kout Food Group. The latter, Kabab-Ji UKSC, recapitulated the reasoning in Enka, but differed…
The Evolving Landscape of Consumer Arbitration: Lessons from Coinbase, Ticketmaster, and Disney
By Jack Moore Last year was a busy one for arbitration in the United States. The Supreme Court decided three cases in 2024 pertaining to arbitration, the Ninth Circuit decided another, and in August, a high-profile dispute involving the Walt Disney Company brought the word “arbitration clause” into the popular conversation. The landscape of consumer…
The Arbitration Brief 