ICSID Won’t Hasten Dead Oil Investor’s Kids’ Claims Against Bulgaria

(October 17, 2023, 1:01 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on Oct. 16 published an order denying a request to accelerate the timeline for briefing treaty claims brought against the Republic of Bulgaria by the two children of a dead Lithuanian oil investor, months after deferring a decision on whether the children have standing to bring claims for alleged harms to their father’s investment....