Under the new regulations, civilian lawyers are required to sign an agreement to abide by the new tribunal rules.

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Under tribunal rules, the defense team should get advance access to prosecution witness testimony so it can prepare its arguments.

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If the tribunal rules in favor of El Salvador, activists are hopeful it would address some of the concerns over the use of investor-state arbitration in general.

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Under the tribunal rules, for example, companies of under 20 staff will be obliged to have formal dispute-resolution procedures in place, something they have so far been spared.

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But an entirely separate tribunal should apply both the rules and the law.

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Despite the gauntlet that is the United States Patent and Trademark Office, many of the trademarks which are allowed by the Trademark Office are opposed by some competitor in an administrative law tribunal because they feel the mark violated one of the rules of registration.

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Five months after it started work, he says he is ready to recommend the first indictment as soon as the tribunal's Cambodian and international jurists have agreed on its rules of procedure.

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