Simon Lester

Here is a long excerpt from the recent annulment decision in the Vivendi case before an ICSID ad hoc committee, in which the role of the ICSID Secretariat is called into question: Additional Opinion of Professor JH Dalhuisen under Article 48(4) of the ICSID Convention 1. Before ending the

Not very subtle: Embattled President Nicolas Sarkozy's industry minister, Christian Estrosi, said he's taking action next month because major companies are "not behaving very well" in the face of chronically high unemployment. "I will set up a new monitoring agency for French products

International Law Section / International Dispute Resolution Committee And the American Society of International Law/ Dispute Resolution Interest Group Jointly Sponsor a Brown Bag Program Careers in International Arbitration for Young Lawyers? The International Dispute Resolution Committee of the DC Bar and the American Society of International Law jointly invite you

In the comments, Susan Aaronson asks: Can your readers please answer this question. Could the US President temporarily lower tariffs (to all countries) on his own without Congressional approval (under executive order). Perhaps he could justify it as a means of stimulating exports or to encourage development. I am not

I mentioned the other day a U.S. Senate bill that funded border security by taxing visa applications for skilled workers coming to the U.S.  Well, now the bill has been signed into law, so maybe it's worth a little more detailed discussion. In my earlier post,

I was thinking of posting something on the recent U.S. Court of International Trade decision in the GPX case, which deals with the issue of concurrent AD/CVD cases related to non-market economies, and problems that arise with double counting the remedy.  I couldn't quite face