The Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center (SVAMC), the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Ciarb) and its Brazil Branch are organising a hybrid event on artificial intelligence (AI) in international arbitration on 23 October 2026, from 2 pm to 4 pm, online and at Trench Rossi Watanabe’s São Paulo offices. The discussion will explore AI’s potential to improve efficiency in legal and arbitration services, alongside concerns about privacy, accuracy, reliability and ethics.

The Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center (SVAMC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the German Arbitration Institute (DIS), establishing a strategic partnership. The MoU provides a framework for collaboration through joint conferences, seminars and workshops, as well as participation in technology-related task forces and working groups. The partnership also creates new opportunities for practitioners, users and academics to exchange ideas, develop best practices and advance modern approaches to arbitration and mediation globally.

The Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center (SVAMC) and Jus Mundi has announced a partnership to integrate SVAMC member profiles and Tech List roster into the Jus Connect platform. The collaboration aims to expand opportunities for practitioners specialising in technology disputes by displaying SVAMC membership recognition and Tech List roster badges on Jus Connect profiles. The partnership combines SVAMC's technology dispute expertise with Jus Mundi's AI-powered legal intelligence platform to enhance visibility of tech dispute resolution specialists.

The Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center (SVAMC) has announced its leadership and board appointments for 2025. The Board has reappointed Les Schiefelbein as Chair and Chris Compton as Vice Chair, both of whom will continue in their roles through 2027. SVAMC also welcomed two newly elected Directors: Professor Victoria Shannon Sahani and Steve Bauer. In addition, ten current Directors were re-elected for the 2025–2027 term. SVAMC noted the departure of three Directors at the conclusion of their terms and further confirmed its Executive Officers for the 2025–2026 term: Jonathan W. Fitch as Chief Executive Officer, Ucheora Onwuamaegbu as President, Dorothee Schramm as Vice President, Steve Bauer as Treasurer, and Cynthia Cwik as Secretary.

The Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center (SVAMC) has announced plans to expand its international activities as artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies continue to shape international arbitration and dispute resolution. SVAMC states that it is strengthening its engagement with arbitration centres outside the US, expanding educational programmes and updating guidance on the use of AI in arbitration. SVAMC has also appointed David McIlwaine, a partner at Pinsent Masons, as Membership Chair to support membership growth and international outreach. SVAMC says recent initiatives include a programme with the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Institute examining the use of AI in arbitrator selection and its implications for transparency, bias and due process, and that it is updating its ‘Guidelines on the Use of AI in Arbitration’ to address emerging issues and evolving practices.

The Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center (SVAMC) has announced its unwavering commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in technological dispute resolution. SVAMC emphasised that its Tech List selection criteria explicitly consider diverse backgrounds, with the 2025 list including arbitrators from global locations including Paris, Sydney and Hong Kong. SVAMC highlighted that its approach encompasses multiple diversity factors including: geography, education and professional background, positioning this as essential for effective technology sector dispute resolution.

The Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center (SVAMC) has published its 2026 Tech List, a peer-reviewed roster of arbitrators and mediators with experience in resolving complex technology disputes. SVAMC states that the Tech List is designed to serve as a resource for technology companies, law firms and other stakeholders seeking to identify suitable arbitrators and mediators with relevant expertise in technology-related disputes. The list comprises 55 practitioners with experience across both the legal and technical aspects of such matters.

The Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center (SVAMC) has published a white paper examining the underrepresentation of technology-related disputes in international arbitration, despite the sector's role in the global economy. The paper examines why arbitration should, in principle, be well suited to technology companies, highlighting features including procedural flexibility, confidentiality, access to specialist decision-makers and cross-border enforceability under the New York Convention. It also considers why technology companies may default to litigation over arbitration, including concerns about arbitration costs and time, perceived advantages of US court procedures such as broad discovery and jury trials, limited appeal options and unfamiliarity with arbitration among corporate decision-makers. In addition, the paper introduces SVAMC's Task Force on Tech Disputes, Tech Companies & International Arbitration, which will conduct systematic, data-driven research to identify the factors shaping technology companies' dispute-resolution choices and develop recommendations to better align arbitration with sector priorities.

The Skilled Worker Justice Alliance (SWJA) has published a collection of resources on the UK government’s earned settlement reform proposals and the associated Home Office consultation, which ran until 12 February 2026. The collection collates parliamentary materials, institutional responses, media reporting and public evidence concerning transitional protection, legal certainty and the impact on those already on the visa route.

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CASE HUB ARCHIVED—this archived case hub reflects the position at the date of the judgment of 21 May 2021; it is no longer maintained. See further, timeline and commentary. Case facts Outline An appeal by Sabre Corporation against the Competition and Markets Authority’s decision of 9 April 2020 prohibiting the anticipated acquisition by Sabre Corporation of Farelogix Inc. Latest development On 21 May 2021, the CAT issued its judgment in which it dismissed the appeal in its entirety. In particular, the CAT held (amongst other things) that the CMA: (i) had not erred in asserting jurisdiction over the proposed transaction on the basis of the share of supply test under section 23 of the Enterprise Act 2002; and (ii) has broad discretion to apply the test as it sees fit, including by reference to products’ functionality. Parties • Sabre Corporation (Sabre): Sabre is a US-based company, headquartered in Southlake, Texas, that provides travel technology services.• Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Background The transaction On 14 November 2018, Sabre announced that it had agreed to acquire Farelogix

CASE HUB NOTE—appeal lodged before the CAT in Sabre Corporation v CMA Archived—this archived case hub reflects the position at the date of the decision of 9 April 2020; it is no longer maintained. See further, timeline and commentary. Case facts Outline UK merger investigation into the anticipated acquisition by Sabre Holdings Corporation of Farelogix Inc. The proposed transaction involves horizontal overlaps in market for the supply of IT systems used by airlines and travel agents to sell airline tickets—namley, the supply of merchandising solutions and the supply of distribution solutions. Latest developments On 9 April 2020, the CMA issued its final report in its phase 2 investigation, finding that the transaction has resulted, or may be expected to result, in an SLC within the supply of merchandising solutions on a worldwide basis and the supply of distribution solutions on a worldwide basis. As a result, the CMA has decided to prohibit the transaction in its entirety. Parties • Sabre Holdings Corporation (Sabre) is a US-based company, headquartered in Southlake, Texas, that provides travel technology