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Juzgado Civil y Comercial Federal 10, 25 October 2024, Case No. 6943/2024

(Salomon Sabbag, Martin Salomon et al. v. Asociación de Fútbol Argentino (AFA) et al.)

25 - 10 - 2024

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Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, S. W. Schill (ed.), Vol. LI (2026)
Jurisdiction Argentina
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Summary

The Court held that the statute of the International Federation of the World Football Association (FIFA) gives the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) exclusive jurisdiction to order provisional measures of protection. It therefore annulled the order by which it had granted the provisional measure sought by the claimants, enjoining the Asociación de Fútbol Argentino from adopting certain articles of the 2022 Football Agent Regulations of the FIFA to govern football agency services in Argentina.
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The court discusses the meaning and effect of the referral of the resolution of disputes to arbitration, including: who can ask for referral and when, whether a party has waived its right to request arbitration, the defense that there was no contract at all; whether there was a condition precedent to the commencement of arbitration (e.g. mediation), stay of proceedings v. compelling arbitration, and national procedural specificities such as remand and removal (US), effect of class action. etc.

 Referral to arbitration in general
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