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Archives for October 2016
Oil and Gas Disputes
The oil and gas industry has long been a leader in promoting the resolution of industry disputes through the use of binding arbitration. In the international sphere, the oft-mentioned Abu Dhabi, Qatar, ARAMCO, Aminoil, and Libya cases played a critical role in promoting the acceptance of investor-state arbitration and the applicability of international law to oil & gas industry disputes involving host nations. Today, the vast majority of international …
Health Care Disputes
There is a wide variety of health care industry disputes. The complexity of many health care disputes, the parties’ desire for confidentiality, the ongoing business relationships between and among the parties and the importance of privacy of health care information make arbitration more advantageous than litigation for health care disputes. This article will discuss the nature of the disputes that are commonly brought to arbitration, the issues that characterize these disputes and how they …
Engineering Disputes
Engineering disputes are those dependent on the resolution of issues relating to design, function, operation, failure, and/or compliance with specifications of devices, materials, software, systems, processes, etc. Resolution of these issues requires an understanding of scientific principals and scientific terms, and some comfort with the related mathematics. Also required is an understanding of how scientists and engineers approach …