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Is a Gambling Settlement Finally Coming?

From the Antigua Sun: A settlement proposal due by the end of the month could put an end to the five-year trade battle over Internet gaming between Antigua and Barbuda and the United States. According to Mark Mendel, Antigua and Barbuda’s attorney in its World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute,

Is the Gambling Suspension Finally Coming?

Back in December, Antigua won the right to suspend concessions and other obligations against the U.S. in the amount of US$21 million in relation to U.S. restrictions on online gambling. So far, though, Antigua has not taken any action to put the suspension into effect. Antigua'

Another Gambling Settlement

As reported by a poker web site: According to the Tico Time in Costa Rica, the United States and Costa Rica have come to a settlement agreement in regards to the United States pulling out of its World Trade Organization agreement involving online gambling. As compensation for not allowing online

The Next Gambling Dispute?

As was widely reported yesterday, the EU is launching an internal investigation on U.S. online gambling laws, to decide whether to bring a WTO complaint: The European Union threatened to lodge a complaint at the World Trade Organization over U.S. laws that bar gambling Web sites, saying they

More of the WTO Gambling Dispute in Domestic Law

The Gambling dispute has been great for opportunities to raise WTO law in domestic law. Here's another example, from the Imega vs. Gonzalez decision, issued this past week by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, which involved a complaint against the Unlawful Internet

Internet Gambling: Political Developments

Two things worth mentioning on the internet gambling issue. First, here's a Congressional proposal to legalize, regulate and tax internet gambling: US Congressman Jim McDermott has introduced web gambling legislation that would collect billions of dollars in new revenues. A recent analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates the revenues at

Update on the Gambling GATS XXI Arbitration

I had been hoping that the GATS Article XXI arbitration in the Gambling dispute would be as transparent as regular WTO disputes. I'm not sure that will be the case, though, as the arbitration requests have not yet been made public on the WTO's web site

So What Does the U.S.-EU Gambling Settlement Say?

Writer Ed Brayton tried to find out, to no avail: I immediately filed a Freedom of Information Act request for a copy of the agreement and, predictably, the USTR is denying that request. And just in case you thought this administration had hit rock bottom on making dishonest and mendacious

The Gambling Dispute: Is Investment Arbitration An Option?

A law firm representing some gambling interests thinks it might be: protections contained in the US IIAs, comprising 40 Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) and 11 Free Trade Agreements (FTA’s), may be relied upon by foreign investors seeking to establish a gaming business in the US under the “commercial presence”

Can Individuals Be Prosecuted Under WTO-Inconsistent Laws? You Can Bet on It

A large and sophisticated literature examines the normative desirability of granting "direct effect" to WTO law in domestic courts. However, much of this scholarship focuses on civil litigation. A related, but largely unexplored, question relates to the impact, if any, of WTO law on criminal prosecutions. In particular,