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23/11/2022
Protection from protests
Protest on the streets, protest online, even litigation used as a vehicle for protest. Protestors targeting a business may be standing in a crowd, holding a placard or shouting slogans. But they may also be behind a computer screen or pursuing a claim against the business through the courts. They may even be working inside the business, preparing to compromise its systems or leak confidential information. Whether they are activists, employees or customers, all these protestors may present a substantial challenge and a real threat to businesses, in areas including its security, reputation and bottom line. 
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06/07/2022
ICCA 2022
The ICCA 2022 Congress, the largest arbitration conference in the world will take place in Edinburgh on 18-21 September 2022. CMS Scotland is delighted to support the conference as platinum sponsors...
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25/10/2021
Facing the future of international arbitration
New podcast series exploring the evolving challenges and innovations of international arbitration by the members of the CMS International Arbitration Group
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10/09/2020
Privilege: What you need to know
Privilege is an important, and complex, issue that arises in contexts ranging from investigations and expert reports, to multi-party litigation and settlement negotiations, as well as day-to-day com­mu­nic­a­tions...
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17/02/2020
“Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve...
René Descartes’ treatise “Discourse on the Method” (1637) was unusual for its time, being written in French (rather than Latin) so that it could be read by a wider audience than academics and fellow...
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17/02/2020
Ensuring equality of arms and fairness in International Arbitration
“God is not on the side of the big battalions but on the side of those who shoot best”  Voltaire - Notebooks (c.1735-c.1750)Voltaire was – amongst other things – a law student who over his lifetime...
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17/02/2020
People who know little are great talkers, while men who know much say little...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Swiss philosopher, writer and composer born in 1712, whose political philosophy influenced the progress of the Enlightenment throughout Europe as well as aspects of the French...
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06/01/2020
A new Age of Enlightenment in International Arbitration?
We are now less than 6 months away from when the ICCA 2020 Congress, the largest arbitration conference in the world and for which CMS is the platinum sponsor, comes to Edinburgh. As we count down to...
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26/11/2019
Diversity in International Arbitration
“I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man.” ...
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26/11/2019
“Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your power to rid...
The name of the Scottish philosopher Adam Smith is inseparably linked to his manifesto on free-market capitalism and the division of labor - An Inquiry Into The Nature And Causes Of The Wealth Of Nations...
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26/11/2019
Innovation and Technology in International Arbitration: what lies ahead?
“Innovation and technological progress [is] more important to growth than capital ac­cu­mu­la­tion”.  - Adam Ferguson Is innovation and technological progress as important to International Arbitration...
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18/04/2017
Disputes digest
Welcome to our Spring edition of Disputes Digest. In this edition, we look back at 2016 and summarise the key litigation and arbitration cases of 2016 for corporate counsel to be aware of. We also...
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