Wednesday, November 8, 2006

9:30 – 11:00 AM
Hot Topics in U.S. Port Security: Is GreenLane the Fast Lane?

• Mark J. Winter
• Karen Kuhn

9:30 – 11:00 AM
Let's Go Forum Shopping: The Evolving International Law of Forum Selection

• Katherine Kay

11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
Latin America ’s Investment Treaty Claims Avalanche: Digging through the Results Thus Far

• Gabriel Bottini
• The Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard in Times of Systemic Crisis
• Riyaz Dattu
• Abby Cohen Smutny
• Ethics in International Arbitration

2:45 – 4:15 PM
Collecting Latin American Art and Antiquities: Hot Trade Heats Up

• Jessica Darraby
• California Lawyer – To Have and to Hold
• Juan Martinez
• Art and Cultural Heritage Law – Cuban Art
• Amanda Moran

2:45 – 4:15 PM
Inside Looking Out: In-House Counsel’s Expectations of their Outside Counsel

• Ken Reisenfeld
• IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration
• Commercial Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures

2:45 – 4:15 PM
Latin American Antitrust: New Rules and Issues for American and European Investors

• Gabriel Castañeda
• Mexican Competition Policy

4:30 – 6:00 PM
Free Trade Under Fire: A Survey of Developments in International Environmental Litigation and Arbitration Practice in the Americas

• Dana C. MacGrath
• Participation by Non-Parties in International Environmental Arbitration

 4:30 – 6:00 PM
Pathways To Careers In International Law

• Laurence P. Wiener

4:30 – 6:00 PM
Recent Trends in Cross-Border Securitization in the Emerging Markets

• Mark A. Saldago
• William A. Candelaria

Thursday, November 9, 2006

9:30 – 11:00 AM
Class Actions: Here, There and Everywhere?

• Alvin Lindsay

9:30 – 11:00 AM
Global Responsibility of the Global Business (Includes CLE Ethics Credit)

• Ramiro Villarreal Morales
• Ramon Mullerat
• Corporate Social Responsibility: New Trends
• Jon Olin

9:30 – 11:00 AM
Leaving the U.S.: Deregistration of Securities

• Peter V. Darrow
• Carlos Hernández Artigas
• “Going Private” Transactions

11:15 AM – 12:45 PM
CAFTA-DR: What Does it Mean to You?

• Kristy L. Balsanek
• Ambassador René León

11:15 AM – 12:45 PM
Doing the Deal...With the Exit in Mind

• Patrick C. Gallagher

11:15 AM – 12:45 PM
SHOWCASE PROGRAM
Horror Stories and Heroics: How Leading Arbitrators Handle Realistic Ethical Dilemmas Arising in Modern International Arbitrations (Includes CLE Ethics Credit)

• Judith Gill
• Lord David Hacking
• Richard Naimark
• Kenneth Reisenfeld
• IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration
• The Code of Ethics for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes

2:45 - 4:15 PM
Business Immigration Issues for International Practitioners

• Ellen Yost
• Yost – Migration (Seconding Employees)

2:45 - 4:15 PM
Hot Topics in International Litigation in Latin America

Speakers:

• Carlos Muggenburg R.V.
• Muggenburg - Provisional Measures Dictated in Arbitration Procedures: A Perspective from the Mexican Legal Framework
• Muggenburg - Agreed Upon In Advance Provisional Measures As The Mechanism To Reinforce Confidence In Arbitration In Mexico As The Preferred Means For Dispute Resolutions

2:45 - 4:15 PM
How to Structure a Coherent Employment Program for Businesses Worldwide

Speakers:

• Oscar de la Vega

Friday, November 10, 2006

11:15 AM – 12:45 PM
Intellectual Property Enforcement in Latin America: Battles Here and There

• Marlene Mitchell Gordon
• Intellectual Property Enforcement in Latin America: Battles Here and There

11:15 AM – 12:45 PM
The Compliance Monitors: Taking International Anti-Corruption Compliance Beyond The U.S. (Includes CLE Ethics Credit)

• Gregory Bruch

2:45 – 4:15 PM
Does Security Trump Trade in the 21st Century?

• Ambassador Karan K. Bhatia

2:45 - 4:15 PM
International Arbitration in Latin America: Are Regional Legislatures and Institutions Stepping Up to the Plate?

• Gonzalez - International Arbitration in Latin America
• Dyalá Jiménez-Figueres - International Arbitration in Latin America – Are Regional Legislations and Institutions Stepping Up to the Plate?

4:30 – 6:00 PM
Pirates of The Caribbean: How To Keep Your Caribbean Real Estate Dreams From Turning Into Nightmares

• Calvin A. Hamilton