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Doctrine
(a) National
1. Recourse to Arbitration in the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding
Thalis Ryan de Andrade
2. Arbitrators’ Adaptation of Public-Private Partnership (“PPP”) Contracts*
Patricia Garcia
(b) International
1. The Seat of International Arbitration: between “Order” and “Progress”
Thomas Clay
2. Us Courts Expand Discovery in International Arbitration
Henry G. “Harry” Burnett and Veronica Foley
(c) Opinions
1. Opinion – Case of Inepar v. Itiquira
João Bosco Lee
Jurisprudence
(a) National State Commentary
1. Application of Law 9.307/1996 to contracts entered into prior to its entry into force. Assignment of Contract and Corporate Merger.
Transfer of the arbitration clause. Superior Court of Justice. October 3, 2007. Spie Enertrans S/A v. Inepar S/A Indústria e Construções
Ricardo Ramalho Almeida
2. Argument of lack of jurisdiction in view of the finding of an arbitration clause – Interpretation of art. 301, § 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Court of Justice of the State of São Paulo. December 12, 2007. Euroinsta Brasil Ltda. v. Nokia do Brasil Ltda
Rodrigo Araújo Gabardo
(b) National State not commented on
1. Foreign arbitral award – Homologation – Active illegitimacy of the plaintiff. Extinction of the proceedings without judgment on the merits. Superior Court of Justice. June 30, 2006. Gottwald Port Technology Gmbh v. Rodrimar S/A Transportes Equipamentos Industriais e Armazéns Gerais
2. Impossibility of submitting to arbitration in the face of a full arbitration clause. Court of Justice of the State of Paraná. January 30, 2008. Inepar Indústria e Contruções v. Itiquira Energética S/A
3. Arbitration agreement. Arbitration clause. Species of the arbitration agreement genre, capable of excluding state jurisdiction. São Paulo Court of Justice. December 11, 2007. Syncrofilm Distribuidora Ltda; American Medical Systems Inc (Rec Adesivo) v. Apdo Ams American edical Systems Brasil Prod Urolog Ginecol Ltda
4. Refusal of the arbitrator indicated in the arbitration clause. Nullity of award that fails to analyze relevant issue raised in the proceedings. Court of Justice of the State of Minas Gerais. October 23, 2007. IGAM Inst Mineiro Gestão Águas v. Conexcon Consórcio Consel Exponencial
(c) International Comment
1. The estoppel rule and the absence of a written arbitration agreement. Paris Court of Appeal. September 20, 2007. Baste S/A v. Lady Cake Feine Kuchen GMBH
Leandro Rigueira Rennó Lima
General Information
1. Performance of Camarb – Chamber of Business Arbitration – Brazil in 2007
Tatiana de Oliveira Gonçalves
2. Performance of the Engineering Institute’s Mediation and Arbitration Chamber in 2007
Caroline da Silva Costa
3. Performance of Arbitac – the Paraná Commercial Association’s Mediation and Arbitration Chamber in 2007
Marcos Malhadas
4. Performance of the São Paulo Chamber of Mediation and Arbitration in 2007
Denise Caregosa
5. A brief note on the Chamber of Mediation and Arbitration of the Eurochambers – CAE
Jean-François Jules Teisseire and Ruth Pacheco e Chaves Lunardelli Costa
6. Miami’s Academic and Practical Potential in the Field of International Commercial Arbitration
Mauricio Gomm Santos
7. ICC Dispute Resolution Services – ADR
Arbitration Classics
Supreme Court of the United States. July 2, 1985. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (Japan) v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.
Sabrina Ribas Bolfer
Reviews
1 Arbitration in Public Administration – Legal Foundations and Economic Efficiency
Cesar A. Guimarães Pereira
2. International Commercial Arbitration & Anti-Suit Injunctions
Thiago Marinho Nunes
3. Contract and its Conservation: Injury and Hardship Clauses
Luiz Edson Fachin
Magazine of Magazines
Fernando José Breda Pessoa