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the CPR DateBook
January 26, 2021
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Welcome to the "CPR DateBook." Each issue provides information on upcoming events and other news and resources to help you advance your dispute resolutions goals.
To print the DateBook, first open it in your browser here.
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LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR CPR’S ANNUAL MEETING!
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Don’t miss out! Our 2021 (virtual) Annual Meeting is this week.
With a keynote speech from CNN’s chief political correspondent Dana Bash, a lunchtime talk with former U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, nighttime entertainment from Austin native and The Voice fan favorite Reid Umstaddt, and plenty of substantive panels to take part in, this is a meeting that promises to be nothing short of legendary. And thanks to our sponsors, this year it’s free to attend!
Day 1 kicks off on Wednesday, January 27, so before it’s too late, take a look at the full agenda and register here.
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SIGN CPR’S DIVERSITY COMMITMENT
On Wednesday evening at CPR’s Annual Meeting, we will recognize one individual with our 2021 Outstanding Contribution to Diversity Award.
Everyone, however, has a part to play as we strive towards greater diversity. Join us in our commitment to including more diverse neutrals among those who mediate and arbitrate our matters on behalf of our clients.
To download our full Diversity Commitment, click HERE.
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IN OUR LATEST ISSUE:
Here Are Neutrals' Approaches for When The RDM—Real Decision Maker—Is Absent
By Robert A. Creo
In most court-ordered mediation programs it is fundamental to the procedure that all parties have a representative actively participate in the process with full authority to resolve the claim.
The U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania’s Western District has a robust alternative dispute resolution program mandating early participation in mediation, neutral evaluation, or nonbinding arbitration soon after the case is filed. The Alternative Dispute Resolution Policies and Procedures of the Court (available here) state in part:
2.7 Attendance at Session
A. Parties. Each party must attend the selected ADR process session unless excused under paragraph D below. This requirement reflects the Court’s view that the principal values of Alternate Dispute Resolution include affording litigants an opportunity to articulate their positions and to hear, first hand, both their opponent’s version of the matters in dispute and a neutral assessment of the merits of the case.
To read the full article click HERE.
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RECAP: HOUSTON REGIONAL MEETING
The prequel to CPR’s Annual Meeting, the Houston Regional Meeting & Networking Event, took place virtually on Tuesday, January 19, 2021.
CPR’s Energy, Oil, and Gas Committee would like to thank BakerHostetler for generously hosting this event, as well as everyone who attended. We hope to see all of you at our Annual Meeting!
A very special thanks to Sashe Dimitroff, Partner at BakerHostetler, for moderating the panel, and to our distinguished guests for their time and expertise: Teresa Garcia-Reyes, Senior Counsel of Litigation at Baker Hughes; Tom Godbold, General Counsel at Twin Eagle Resource Management LLC; Stephen Ryan, Vice President of Global Litigation at TechnipFMC; Arjun Agarwal, Senior Global Litigation Counsel at Chevron Upstream; and Yousuf Chaudhary, Executive Vice President at Atlas Operating LLC and State Venture LLC.
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EXTINGUISHING INTRA-EU BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATIES: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
By Krzysztof Wierzbowski and Aleksander Szostak
In line with the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (referred to here as the “CJEU”) in Achmea (formerly Eureko) v. Slovakia (the Achmea Decision) and the political declaration issued by the governments of the European Union member states on Jan. 15, 2019, most of the EU member states, with the exception of Austria, Finland, Sweden and Ireland, have entered into a plurilateral treaty for the termination of bilateral investment treaties between the EU Member States (referred to in this article as “intra-EU BITs” and the Termination Treaty).
The Termination Treaty was signed on May 5, 2020, and entered into force on Aug. 29, 2020. See Agreement for the termination of Bilateral Investment Treaties between the Member States of the European Union [SN/4656/2019/INIT] here.
Portugal, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg have made the following formal declarations concerning the Termination Treaty:
Read the formal declarations and the full article on our blog here.
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CPR IN THE NEWS: CPR FILES AMICUS BRIEF BEFORE SUPREME COURT
Recently, CPR filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in Servotronics Inc. v. Rolls-Royce PLC, et al., No. 20-794. CPR did not take a position on the merits of the case, but asked the Court to grant certiorari to resolve a circuit court split on an issue of great importance to the international arbitration community: whether 28 U.S.C. § 1782 allows federal district courts to order discovery for private commercial arbitration abroad.
The full brief is available here and a CPR Speaks blog post covering the brief is available here.
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OTHER NEWS & DEVELOPMENTS
Mia Levi Named Vice President of Global Development for DRS
Letter from CEO and President Allen Waxman
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International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution
30 E 33rd Street, 6th Floor | New York, NY 10016 | P: 1.212.949.6490 | F: +1.212.949.8859
www.cpradr.org
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