ABA Section of Business Law
ABA Section of Business Law
Business Law Today
July/August 1998
Section sound bites
About the Annual Meeting
Celebrate! This summer, Toronto will host the ABA Annual Meeting where the Business Law Section will be celebrating our 60th Anniversary. Join us in celebrating the achievements of the Section and help us embark on the future. The Section has a full schedule of events planned.
We will be headquartered in the Westin Harbour Castle and the Radisson Plaza Hotel Admiral, both ideally located on the waterfront and just steps from downtown Toronto. For detailed information on programs and meeting, call the Section's automated fax on demand at 312/988-5810 or check out the Section's Web site at www.abanet.org/buslaw.
Important deadlines: Advance Registration Deadline: July 9, 1998 . . . Business Law Advance Ticket Purchase Deadline: July 9, 1998 Important events:
ABA Expo: July 30- Aug. 3 (hours vary)
Section Council Meeting: Aug. 1, 8 a.m. - noon
CEELI Luncheon: Aug. 1, noon - 2 p.m.
Opening Assembly: Aug. 1, 5:30 p.m.
President's Reception: Aug. 1, 7 - 10 p.m.
Committee Roundup and First Timers Reception: Aug. 2, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception: Aug. 2, 6:30 -8 p.m.
Annual Business Luncheon: Aug. 4, 12:30 -2:30 p.m.
Surround yourself with trophies, including the "crown jewel" Stanley Cup, while celebrating at the Hockey Hall of Fame. All Section members and their guests are invited to attend the Welcome Reception that will be held Sunday at the Hall of Fame.
Special thanks to the following law firms for their sponsorship of this event: Blake, Cassels & Graydon; Borden & Elliot; Davies, Ward & Beck; Fasken Martineau; Fraser & Beatty; Goodman and Carr; Goodman Phillips & Vineberg; Gowling, Strathy & Henderson; McCarthy Tetrault; McMillan Binch; Smith Lyons; Stikeman, Elliott.
Section reports to House of Delegates
Recently, the Section submitted a report to the ABAHouse of Delegates urging the ABA to support the U.S. signing and ratification of the UN Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand-by Letters of Credit.
The UN Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand-by Letters of Credit can help U.S. parties doing business in those countries that do not have a developed body of law governing letters of credit, and in those countries where practice is concentrated in one or the other of the instruments governed by the Convention, and thus would further international trade.
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New business connection
A State and Local Business Law Organization Connect is now available through the Section.
Be sure to check out this index of useful information relating to state and local business law organizations. This site was developed by the Committee on State and Local Bar Involvement, which can be found on the Section's Web site.
African delegation gets training
A 12-person delegation consisting of judges, private practitioners and government lawyers from four African countries — Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi and Zambia — visited Washington in June to participate in an intensive month-long training session on substantive commercial law and alternative dispute resolution methods.
The Section, through the efforts of two commercial law experts who were sent to these four nations to conduct a needs-assessment tour, designed a program to assist in the creation, development and understanding of a commercial law infrastructure.
