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PacDev 2025 Listing at USC
Time | Session |
8:30-9am | Breakfast/Registration |
9-10:15am | Session I |
10:15-10:40am | Break |
10:40-11:55am | Session II |
12-1:15pm | Lunch |
1:15-2:30pm | Session III |
2:30-3pm | Break |
3-4:15pm | Session IV |
4:15-4:30pm | Break |
4:30-5:30pm | Keynote addess |
5:30-7:30pm | Reception |
Session List
Session I: 9-10:15am | Session II: 10:40-11:55am | Session III: 1:15-2:30pm | Session IV: 3-4:15pm | |
Room 1: Taper Charm 108 | Health | Mental health | Technology | |
Room 2: Taper Admission 110 | Education | Education II | Education III | |
Room 3 Taper Hall 114 | Migration | Production and routine of pecuniary research | Social protection | Cash transfers |
Room 4 Taper Hall 116 | Environmental I | Environmental II | Environmental III | Agriculture I |
Room 5 Taper Lobby 118 | Culture | Economic geography | Economic history | Trade |
Room 6 Taper Hall 119 | Firms I | Firms II | Firms III | |
Room 7 Taper Hall 208 | Conflict | Labor I | Labor III | Job training |
Room 8 Taper Hall 210 | State capacity | Political economy | Taxation | Public Sector jobs |
Room 9 Taper Corridor 212 | Gender I | Gender II | Crime | Gender-based violence |
Session I: 9-10:15am
Conflict (Taper 
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Just over 4 months after its previous landmark ruling of 26 July 2024, the Russian Supreme Court continues its crusade against “hostile” or “unfriendly” arbitration forums under the so-called Lugovoy Law (Articles 248.1 and 248.2 of the Russian Arbitrazh (commercial) procedure code). On 28 November 2024, the Supreme Court issued a new ruling in which it held that Russian arbitrazh (commercial) courts can have exclusive jurisdiction over disputes between two companies domiciled in Russia, overriding any arbitration agreement between them (the “Ruling”).
Background
1. The Case at Hand
JSC NS Bank (“NS Bank”) holds bonds issued by LUKOIL Securities B.V. The bond prospectus included an arbitration clause stipulating that all disputes, including non-contractual ones, would be governed by English law and resolved under the auspices of the London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”), and the seat of arbitration would be London.
On 6 May 2022, LUKOIL Securities B.V. paid a coupon rate of USD 19,375 intended for NS Bank under the bonds. This amount was credited to the Russian depository—JSC National Settlement Depository (“NSD”), which was later sanctioned by the EU in June 2022, preventing NS Bank from receiving the funds.
NS Bank filed a claim