WASHINGTON, D.C. - After reviewing a challenge to an arbitrator appointed by the government of Canada in a dispute pending in the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the deputy secretary-general of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes on Oct. 14 ruled that an arbitrator must choose between acting as an arbitrator in the PCA dispute or continuing to advise the government of Mexico (Vito G. Gallo v. Government of Canada, ICSID). From Mealey's International Arbitration Report

NEW YORK - A New York federal judge on Nov. 13 granted a petition to confirm and enforce an award issued by a Chinese maritime arbitration tribunal in favor of a chartering company, finding that the company that allegedly damaged the vessel while transporting goods failed to show that it would suffer any hardship if the petition were granted other than having to comply with the award (China National Chartering Corp., n/k/a China National Chartering Co., Ltd. v. Pactrans Air & Sea Inc., No. 06-13107, S.D. N.Y.). From Mealey's International Arbitration Report