ICSID Rejects Request To Disqualify Panama’s Expert In Trademark Arbitration

Mealey's (January 8, 2019, 1:27 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A tribunal for the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on Jan. 7 released its decision rejecting a request by manufactures of tire and rubber products to remove the Republic of Panama’s expert on Panamanian law from the case, finding no basis for disqualification (Bridgestone Licensing Services, Inc., et al. v. Republic of Panama, No. ARB/16/34, ICSID)....