Big Data, Big Challenges

Posted by Prof. Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer
On March 3, 2016

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” –Albert Einstein, Physicist. The University of Basel Law Faculty’s conference next month (7 April) on Regulating International Transfers of Data is a stark reminder of how reliant on electronic information flows both society and commerce has become. The […]

Third Parties Funding In The Investor-State Dispute Settlement

Posted by Prof. Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer
On October 9, 2015

The rise of third party funding of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) brings up all sorts of questions. There are questions of procedure specific to investment arbitration – questions which have already started being addressed by experts. There are questions on how the funder’s nationality might affect the consideration of the investor’s nationality for purposes of […]