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Interim attachment pending foreign arbitral award recognition

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Sign twice to arbitrate abroad? The separate approval requirement for international arbitration clauses between the New York Convention, procedural reforms and recent case law

Foreign-Seated Corporate Arbitration

When can the adversarial principle be considered violated?

Interim relief jurisdiction

Interim attachment pending foreign arbitral award recognition

Still on parallel paths

Interim measures and arbitration in Italy after the 2022 reform: initial considerations in light of Article 818 of the Italian Code of Civil Procedure

Breach to the arbitral agreement

Some thoughts on the reform of Italian arbitration law

Arbitration law reform and new CAM rules

Lack of decision: no annulment of the vitiated award if the disregarded claim should still be rejected

On the appeal to procedural orders