Mealey's (January 12, 2021, 1:03 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) tribunal on Jan. 7 dismissed the Argentine Republic’s request to bifurcate a Spanish company’s claims against it for impairing its investments in the energy sector after determining that the objections are inextricably intertwined with the merits of the company’s claims and that bifurcation would not improve the proceeding’s efficiency....