Playing 3-D Chess

by Michael D. Goldhaber

In many of the biggest disputes from our 2009 Arbitration Scorecard, one battleground isn't enough.

Editor's Note

by Emily Barker

In early May, the world of international arbitration was buzzing about recent hearings in The Hague over the disputed borders of the Sudanese province of Abyei.

Bully Pulpit: Russian Roulette

by Michael D. Goldhaber

What happens to human rights when a declining superpower submits to a rising international court? That depends on which humans and what rights are at stake.

Big Deals

The five largest recent transactions involving targets or acquirors from each of six European jurisdictions or regions.

Opening Statements: Central and Eastern Europe

by Richard Lloyd

Even for Lejb Fogelman, one of Poland's most experienced corporate lawyers, this is new territory.

Opening Statements: Europe

by Philippa Maister

Anyone who thought InBev NV/SA's 2008 acquisition of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., would end a long-running fight over who gets to use the name "Budweiser" in Europe should think again.

Opening Statements: United Kingdom

by Philippa Maister

Scientists in Britain can take cheer from a landmark decision by a U.K. court that entitles them to share in the profit from patents that have "outstanding benefit" for their employers.

Opening Statements: Italy

by Heather O?Brian

Even the national dish isn't off-limits for Italy's energetic antitrust authority.

Opening Statements: Spain

by Mike Elkin

While Spain's biggest banks have steered clear of toxic securities, the country?s regional savings banks may not emerge unscathed from the recession.

Opening Statements: Germany

by Jeffrey White

Germany has so far been resistant to trying captured Somalis pirates in its home courts.