Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | European Union, Germany | 15 Jul 2022
In a long-awaited landmark ruling in a case concerning the German ice-skating champion Claudia Pechstein, the German Federal Constitutional Court…
Tavernier Tschanz | Switzerland | 30 Jun 2022
In a recent decision, the Supreme Court recalled the conditions that must be met to request the revision of an international arbitral award under article 190a of the Private International Law Act. The Supreme Court found that such conditions had not been met in the present case and dismissed the request for revision. In view of the outcome of the request for revision, the challenge......
Tavernier Tschanz | Switzerland | 14 Apr 2022
In a recent decision, the Supreme Court dismissed Chinese Olympic swimmer Sun Yang's challenge against the final award issued by a newly constituted panel of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, thereby upholding that panel's (and the former panel's) finding that Yang had violated anti-doping rules and banning him for a period of four years and three months. The case emphasises the Court's......
Monereo Meyer Abogados | Spain | 31 Mar 2022
Varias asociaciones internacionales han tomado la Decisión de excluir equipos rusos de sus competiciones, siendo los casos más llamativos la…
LexVeritas Dispute Resolution and International Sports Law Blogs | China, USA | 2 Mar 2022
The impact of the pandemic on the sports industry is both direct and visible. Although the CFA implemented the lowest “salary cap”136 ever following…
LexVeritas Dispute Resolution and International Sports Law Blogs | China, USA | 1 Mar 2022
The obsolete nature of the PRC Sports Law is probably the reason why it is rarely in use or referenced, with only the one exception of Article 32…
LexVeritas Dispute Resolution and International Sports Law Blogs | China, Switzerland | 16 Feb 2022
In 2020, the FIFA PSC rendered a series of decisions concerning disputes filed by foreign coaches against a Chinese club over the termination of an…
Pax Law Firm | Japan | 15 Feb 2022
ワリエワ選手の北京ワリエワ選手は、2021年12月25日に出場したロシアフィギュアスケート2022(サンクトペテルブルク)で優勝を果たしました。この際にドーピング検査を受けましたが、検査の結果がでないまま、北京オリンピックに出場せざるを出場を認めたスポーツ仲裁裁判所(CAS)の判断が話題を集めています。 事案…
LexVeritas Dispute Resolution and International Sports Law Blogs | China, Switzerland | 10 Feb 2022
In a judgment dated 22 December 2020, the Swiss Federal Tribunal (the Supreme Court of Switzerland, “SFT’) issued the Judgment No. 4A_318/2020 (“the…
Pax Law Firm | Japan | 9 Feb 2022
北京オリンピックの開催に併設されているスポーツ仲裁裁判所(CAS)のアドホック部で、次のような事案がスポーツ仲裁にかかりました。 事案 申立人:ロシアオリンピック委員会(ROC)のモーグル選手2名及びROC 相手方:国際スキー連盟(FIS)…