"The arbitrators and lawyers of the great majority of cases are recruited from only 20 large, internationally active firms," says political scientist Christoph Scherrer of the University of Kassel. With Ceta and especially TTIP, this machinery could become significantly more buoyant. According to Scherrer, arbitration has increased dramatically since the year 2000. By the end of 2012, there were 500 cases worldwide". - http://www.fr-online.de/wirtschaft/ceta-und-ttip-freihandelsabkommen-ceta-bestaetigt-kritiker,1472780,28207512.html
