(October 16, 2020, 8:25 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An arbitrator who in the 1980s represented the Republic of Cameroon before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) will not be disqualified from hearing a pending ICSID claim brought by a U.S. company against Cameroon because his role as counsel was limited and he has had no contact with the nation since, his fellow arbitrators wrote in a decision issued Aug. 21 and published Sept. 24 (Hope Services LLC v. Republic of Cameroon, No. ARB/20/2, ICSID)....