In brief
Welcome to this issue of the Global DR Legal Update, our quarterly newsletter which aims to bring together the most important global developments in litigation and arbitration.
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Asia Pacific
- Australia: Landmark settlement of climate change-related litigation against superannuation fund
- China: PRC and Hong Kong sign supplemental arrangement on mutual enforcement of arbitral awards
- Japan, Singapore: Joint mediation service launched to focus on resolving disputes with Japanese companies
- Singapore accedes to the Apostille Convention
- Vietnam: New Mediation Law takes effect
EMEA
- Austria: Supreme Court confirms tribunal’s decision to hold virtual hearing despite party’s objection
- Germany: New English-speaking commercial court opened
- Sierra Leone joins New York Convention
- United Kingdom: Brexit agreement fails to include mutual enforcement of court judgments
- United Kingdom: Supreme Court judgment confirms approach to certification in UK class actions regime
The Americas
- Brazil: Re-examination of pre-arbitral court injunction by arbitral tribunal permitted by STJ
- Mexico: PCA and Mexico sign framework cooperation agreement
- United States: California votes to revise and expand California Consumer Privacy Act
- United States: Supreme Court petitioned to rule on scope of discovery and resolve major District Court split
- United States: Sovereign immunity under FSIA waived by agreement to arbitrate in New York Convention state
Global
- IBA evidence rules set for revision
- New ICC Rules come into effect
- International commercial courts update memorandum on enforcement of money judgments
- UNCTAD release International Investment Agreements reform accelerator
- UNCITRAL Working Group III issues report on 39th session
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