Table of Contents

Materials submitted after 3/10/06 can be found at:

http://www.abanet.org/intlaw/spring2006/materials.html

 

Ladders and Leaders:  Women in the Legal Profession

Program Co-Chairs:

Cyndee Todgham Cherniak

Lorraine M. Brennan

 

Moderator:

Elizabeth Wall

 

Speakers:

Kay Boulware-Miller

Lucinda Low

Lucy Reed

 

 

The Problems and Potential of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (Presented by the International Bar Association)

Program Chair:

David W. Rivkin

• Opinion and Order: The Presbyterian Church of Sudan v. Talisman Energy, Inc.
• Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament of the Council of 12 July 2002, concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications)
• Extradition Injustice
• Sosa - Australia, UK, Switzerland Brief
• Sosa - EC Brief
• Sosa - SC Decision
• Statement of Interest with Canadian Diplomatic Note

 

Speakers:

Thomas J. Brandt

Debra Valentine

Elpidio Villarreal

Judge Diane P. Wood

 

 

 

Hot Topics in International Securities Listings

Program Chair:

David A. Schwartz

 

Moderator:

Nicholas Grabar

• Comments on Proposed Rules Relating to Termination of a Foreign Private Issuer's Registration of a Class of Securities Under Section 12(g) and Duty to File Reports Under Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
• Comments on Proposed Rules Relating to Termination of a Foreign Private Issuer's Registration of a Class of Securities Under Section 12(g) and Duty to File Reports Under Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 File No. S7-12-05
• EU Market Abuse and Transparency Directives: U.S. Public Company Compliance
• French Regulator's Guidelines on the Implementation of Whistleblower Procedures
• SEC Proposed Deregistration Rule: Can it be used in Europe?

 

Speakers:

Paul M. Dudek

Michael I Gans

Annemarie Tierney

Georges Ugeux

Crispin Waymouth

• Financial Services Policy 2005-2010
• Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, The Transatlantic Capital Market - Fulfilling its True Potential, US Chamber of Commerce, Washington, 8th February 2006

 

 

The Role of the United Nations in Promoting the Rule of Law Around the World

Program Chair:

Timothy L. Dickinson

 

Speakers:

Jamal Benomar

Nina Berg

• Anticorruption Practice Note, March 2004
• Access to Justice Practice Note, 9/3/2004
• Human Rights in UNDP, Practice Note, April 2005

Lee Waldorf

Fatemeh Ziai

 

 

A Conversation with the WTO Appellate Body

Program Chair:

Matthew Dunne

• Dispute Settlement: Appellate Body Reports
• Dispute Settlement: Members
• Working Procedures for Appellate Review
• Dispute Settlement: Statistics
• Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes
• Understanding the WTO: Settling Disputes
• Appellate Body: Annual Report for 2005
• The Role of Lawyers in the WTO Dispute Settlement System
• Letter to the Editor
• Redefining Power Orientation

 

Speakers:

Georges Michel Abi-Saab

Luiz Olavo Baptista

Arumugamangalam Venkatachalam Ganesan

Merit E. Janow

Giorgio Sacerdoti

Yasuhei Taniguichi

 

 

Quicker Justice: A Transatlantic Toolbox

 

Program Chair:

His Honour Judge Graham Jones

• Background Information

 

Speakers:

Gavin Foggo

Gary Milner-Moore

Peter Rees

Seamus Smyth

 

 

Fundamentals of International Business Transactions (including Ethics) - Part I

Program Chair:

Michael Wallace Gordon

• Overview
• Materials, Part I
• Materials, Part II

 

Speakers:

Eduardo Ramos-Gómez

Peter L. Fitzgerald

Kenneth G. Ottenbreit

José “Tony” Santos, Jr.

John A. Spanogle, Jr.

Peter Winship

 

 

 

Fundamentals of International Business Transactions (including Ethics) - Part II

Program Chair:

Michael Wallace Gordon

• Overview
• Materials, Part I
• Materials, Part II
• Materials, Part III
• Materials, Part IV

 

Speakers:

Juan Pablo Cappello

David Epstein

Iñigo Quintana

Mark Rosenberg

John A. Spanogle, Jr.

John M. Townsend

 

 

 

Negotiating Peace Agreements

Program Chair:

Marcello Hallake

 

Moderator:

Mara Rudman

 

Speakers:

Amjad Atallah

Daniel Levy

• Track Two Projects Can Make a Difference: The Geneva Initiative as a Case Model in the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
• Additional documents for Daniel Levy

 

 

International Securities Exchanges:  The Stock Market of the Future

Program Chair:

David A. Schwartz

 

Moderator:

David C. Karp

• Euronext: Organization and Procedures
• Securities and Exchange Commission: Competitive Developments in the Options Markets; Proposed Rule
• Securities and Exchange Commission: Concept Release Concerning Self-Regulation; Proposed Rule
• Securities and Exchange Commission: In the Matter of the Application of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC for Registration as a National Securities Exchange: Findings, Opinion, and Order of the Commission
• London Stock Exchange: Share in the World’s Capital Market
• Letter: Competitive Developments in the Options Markets: File No. S7-07-04
• NYSE: Merger Proposals—Your Vote is Very Important
• London Stock Exchange: Reject Macquarie’s Offer
• Letter: File No. SR-NYSE-2005-77; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Relating to the New York Stock Exchange’s Business Combination with Archipelago Holdings, Inc.
• Partner of Global Customers:  Annual Report 2004
• Letter: File No. S7-07-04; Options Market Structure
• Letter to N. Morris: File No. SR-NYSE-2005-77, Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 Relating to the New York Stock Exchange’s Business Combination with Archipelago Holdings, Inc.
• Letter to N. Morris: Response to Comments to File Number SR-NYSE-2005-77 – Relating to the Proposed Merger between the New York Stock Exchange and Archipelago
• Letter to J. Katz: Securities and Exchange Commission Release 34-50700 File No. S7-40-04, Concept Release Concerning Self-Regulation
• Letter to J. Katz: File No. S7-40-04 – Concept Release Concerning Self-Regulation

 

Speakers:

Richard P. Bernard

Ed Knight

• PowerPoint

Marie-Ange Olivetti

 

 

 

International Outsourcing:  An Interactive Discussion of the Key Legal and Business Issues

Program Co-Chairs:

Philippe David

Rick Kozody

Alan Jakimo (Co-Moderator)

• Background Information

 

Co-Moderators:

Ian Kyer

• Background Information

 

Speakers:

Rajesh Nambiar

Kenneth Rashbaum

• Offshore Outsourcing of Health Data Services

Brian Segnit

Charles Stiller

Edward Tucker, M.D.

 

 

Fighting Global Corruption

Program Co-Chairs:

Alexandra Wrage

Stuart Deming

• The New International Norms Created by the Various Anti-Corruption Initiatives

 

Speakers:

Carole Basri

Suzanne Rich Folsom

Philip Urofsky

• Chalmers’ Press Release
• Chalmers’ Indictment
• Park Press Release
• Park Complaint

Mary Jane Schirber

 

 

New Partners in Private International Law:  Developing New Norms for Global Business Transactions, Part I

Program Chair:

Louise Ellen Teitz

•  Final Act of the Twentieth Session

 

Speakers:

Ronald A. Brand

• Convention on Choice of Court Agreements

José Angelo Estrella Faria

 

Practitioners Panel:

Stephen W. Schwab

Robert Brodegaard

Marc E. Hankin

David A. Levy

David J. Levy

Arnaud Nuyts

 

 

Managing Antitrust Risk in Cross-Border Acquisitions:  What Corporate/M&A Lawyers Need to Know

Program Chair:

Michael Byowitz

• U.S. Antitrust Merger Remedies:  FTC VS. DOJ?

 

Speakers:

Marcelo Calliari

Peter Franklyn

• PowerPoint Presentation
• Appendices

Ronan Harty

Premerger Coordination between Merging Parties: Antitrust Considerations

David W. Hull

• Premerger Coordination between Merging Parties:  Coordination of International Antitrust Filings

 

 

Two Sides to the Same Coin: An Overview of Canada-