Overview
Law360 quoted Lucinda Low in a May 31 article titled "Corruption Defense In Int'l Arbitration Could Backfire On Nation." The article discusses how countries have increasingly begun to fight investors' arbitration claims by accusing the investors of corruption, prompting complicated questions about the allocation of blame and whether arbitrators should consider claims tainted by alleged misdeeds.
Low says: "The arbitral field is still trying to figure out how to deal with these issues of corruption. A lot of people are troubled with a result that leaves one side with a potential windfall and every incentive to raise this issue."
The full article can be read at Law360 (subscription required).
