The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) decided on January 25, 2024, under case number IX ZR 19/22, that without authorization from the German Federal Bank, frozen funds and economic resources cannot be seized under Regulation (EU) 2016/44. The case involved G. GmbH, which secured an arbitration award against the Libyan state fund L., entitling it […]
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On 2 March 2022, the Arbitrazh Court of the Kirov Region rendered a judgement which will potentially make a little piglet which is rather popular among 3-6 year olds famous with IP lawyers. The original of the judgement can be found here, a translation into English is provided below. The story is simple: The holder […]
The extension of arbitration clauses to third parties, especially parent or affiliated companies, is a kind of „french speciality“. Since the „dow chemical“ decision in 1982 which is often quoted to have established a „group of companies“ approach in arbitration, there are a number of decisions that extended arbitration clauses to non-signatories of the arbitration […]
Internet fraud is a very common and presumably profitable business. We have come across a number of schemes over the years, the most common one being the interception of communication and the exchange of payment details in invoices, so that the payment is diverted to a third party who then cannot be traced. Recently, we […]
With a judgement of 14.12.2020 (court case number A40-111764/20) the Arbitrazh Court of Moscow recognised and declared enforceable a decision of an Antwerp court. The Moscow Arbitrazh Court referred to Art. 15 para 4 of the Russian Constitution according to which the recognised principles and norms of international law are an integral part of the […]
Just a few days ago, we published a post with an optimistic outlook on Russian court practice in respect of recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Russia. I called this the light at the end of the tunnel out of Russian court’s rather hostile attitude towards arbitration. Now the Arbitrage Court of the […]