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C. An order of security for costs is necessary to protect RESPONDENT’s interests. ......25
1. CLAIMANT’s questionable financial position weighs heavily in favor of an order
of security. ......................................................................................................................25
2. Concerns over enforcement weigh in favor of ordering CLAIMANT to post
security for costs. ............................................................................................................26
3. The merits and good faith of CLAIMANT’s action are not a significant factor in
this request for security for costs. ...................................................................................27
4. RESPONDENT’s request for an order of security for costs is based on the
reasonable concerns explained above, not in strategic or evasive tactics.......................28
VI. THE TRIBUNAL SHOULD ORDER CLAIMANT TO REFRAIN FROM
DIVULGING INFORMATION RELATED TO THE ARBITRATION...............................28
A. Claimant is not entitled to derogate from its obligation of confidentiality....................29
1. Exception (d) to SIAC Rule 34.6 does not release CLAIMANT from its duty of
confidentiality in this arbitration.....................................................................................29
a) CLAIMANT has not established the requirements enumerated in SIAC Rule
34.6 (d).........................................................................................................................29
b) CLAIMANT is obligated to refrain from divulging all details of the arbitration........31
c) CLAIMANT is obligated to refrain from divulging the existence of the
arbitration.....................................................................................................................31
d) Requiring confidentiality of a third party does not improve the case for
disclosure. ....................................................................................................................32
2. Allowing CLAIMANT to disclose information would be neither legitimate nor
reasonable. ......................................................................................................................32
B. The Tribunal has authority to rule on all matters of confidentiality.............................33
C. Unauthorized disclosure would warrant consequences for Claimant. ..........................34
CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................35
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