The Chambers Litigation 2019 Guide, Second Edition provides legal commentary on key issues for businesses. The guide covers the important developments in the most significant jurisdictions.
Gary Born, chair of the International Arbitration Group at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, and John McMillan, senior associate, are contributing editors.
Excerpt: International commerce is undergoing a period of rapid, sometimes tumultuous, change. Globalisation has created new markets, new technologies, new competition and, with them, increased demand for effective mechanisms to resolve international disputes. At the same time, some of globalisation’s champions, the USA and the UK in particular, show signs of turning towards protectionism. International litigation reflects these contradictory trends. Read the introduction.