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Nigeria ratifies the Singapore Convention on Mediation

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On 27 November 2023, Nigeria became the thirteenth country/State to ratify the Singapore Convention on Mediation. Nigeria is already a party to the 1958 New Yok Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards since 1988. The Convention will enter into force in Nigeria on 27 May 2024.

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What is a Litigation Paralegal?

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WHAT IS A LITIGATION PARALEGAL? A litigation paralegal is someone who works under the supervision of an attorney who practices in criminal or civil litigation. A litigation paralegal assists the attorney with many case management duties, from the complaint through the trial and the appeal. Assist at trial.

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Is turnabout fair play under the Federal Arbitration Act?

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Share The Federal Arbitration Act requires courts to enforce arbitration agreements in most circumstances. But what happens if a party begins to litigate a case, and then seeks to compel arbitration several months later? Mediation led to a settlement in Wood but not Morgan. In Morgan v. Sundance, Inc.

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Virtual workshop on ‘Smart Court in Cross-Border Litigation’

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Professor Zhe ng Sophia Tang (Wuhan University) will speak on “Smart Court in Cross-Border Litigation”. She is a barrister, an arbitrator and a mediator. . . It can particularly benefit cross-border litigation, which is remarked by the cost and inconvenience for a party to take part in proceedings abroad.

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First edition of The Hague Academy of International Law’s Advanced Course in Hong Kong on “Current Trends on International Commercial and Investment Dispute Settlement”

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This uncertainty during the discussions is the main reason why the Working Group has taken the unusual course of action to produce not only the Convention but also the amended UNCITRAL 2018 Model Law on International Commercial Mediation. The next morning, Diego Fernández Arroyo started his lecture on investor-state dispute resolution.

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Arbitration-Favored Policy Has its Boundary: Case Study and Takeaways for China

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The arbitration-favored policy has been adopted by many jurisdictions across the world in recent years, as the support of arbitration by local judiciaries has been viewed as an important standard for gauging the business environment of a jurisdiction. Morgan argued that the Company had waived the right to arbitrate.

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Review of the AJIL Unbound symposium: Global Labs of International Commercial Dispute Resolution

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I highly recommend it not only to the researchers on international commercial dispute resolution, but also to legal practitioners—lawyers, arbitrators, and mediators among others. Given its foundation, this court should operate as a “one-stop shop” combining litigation, arbitration, and mediation.