WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 3

10:45 am – 12:15 pm
Conducting Internal Investigation in Multinational Corporations

Philip Urofsky

• Recent Trends and Patterns in FCPA Enforcement
• SEC v. Textron Inc., Civil Action No. 07 CV 01505
• Textron Inc. Agrees to $1.15 Million Fine in Connection with Payment of $600,000 in Kickbacks by its French Subsidiaries under the United Nations Oil for Food Program
• Textron DPA
• Textron SEC Complaint
• USA v. Baker Hughes Incorporated
• USA v. Baker Hughes – Deferred Prosecution Agreement
• SEC v. Baker Hughes – Complaint
• USA v. Baker Hughes Services
• USA v. Baker Hughes Services – Plea Agreement
• USA v. Statoil – Deferred Prosecution Agreement
• USA v. Statoil – Information
• Statoil – Cease and Desist Order
• SEC Sanctions Statoil for Bribes to Iranian Government Official

Stuart Deming

• Conducting Internal Investigations in Multinational Corporations (PowerPoint)
  

10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Corporate Responsibility and the Fragile State

Ramon Mullerat

• Arbitrability and Illegal Contracts Can Mercenary Agreements Be Arbitrated?
• Chapter 5 of Our Freedoms

2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Balloon Debate on the Best Dispute Resolution Methods

Gavin Foggo

• Introductory Notes for Balloon Debate on the best Dispute Resolution Methods

S. Clive Freedman

• Challenging an Expert Determination

Pamelan A.. Bresnahan

• Observations on Unique Features of the United States Legal System ABA/LSLA Balloon Debate

Tony Willis

• Mediation in the United Kingdom

2:15 pm – 3:45 pm
Challenges to the Rule of Law in Africa and Elsewhere

Deborah Enix-Ross

• Rebuilding Failed States
• Liberia: Resurrecting the Justice System
• Sierra Leone - No one to turn to: Women’s lack of access to justice in rural Sierra Leone
• Justice Sector Survey 2006

2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
China’s WTO Compliance: the US, Canadian, and EU Views

Cyndee Todgham Cherniak

• China – Certain Measures Granting Refunds, Reductions or Exemptions from Taxes and Other Payments
• Trade Lawyers Blog – Canada’s Request for Consultations – Agriculture Subsidies – USA
• Trade Lawyers Blog – Canada’s Request for Consutations – Auto Parts – China
• Trade Lawyers Blog – Canada’s Request for Panel – Agriculture Subsidies – USA
• Canada Requests to Join Consultatiosn

2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Wetlands in War:  International Environmental Law and Damages to Aquatic Resources during Conflict

Luz E. Nagle

• Water: Another Victim of the Illegal Drugs in the Andes

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Extraterritorial Application of US Export Controls and Trade Sanctions

Jean-Marie Salva

• Extraterritorial Application of Us Export Controls and Trade Sanctions

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
International Chemicals Regulation: There's More Just Beyond Our REACH

Lawrence Culleen

 

THURSDAY OCTOBER 4

9:00 am - 10:30 am
Internationalization of Sports, Entertainment and Media Law

Peter McCormick

• Presentation by Peter D G Mccormick OBE, Senior Partner, Mccormicks Solicitors Of Harrogate England

Wim R. M. Nan

• Some aspects of Netherlands regulation on tax position of entertainers and sportsmen

9:00 am - 10:30 am
Laws without Borders: Potential Pitfalls for Financial Services Providers

Iona Levine

• Building and Managing a High Performance Multi-Jurisdictional Legal Team: A General Counsel’s Perspective

10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Buying Trouble: Avoiding Purchasing and Outsourcing Traps in Customs, Trade and Export Laws

Lawrence M. Friedman

• Buying Trouble:  Identifying Value Assists in Outsourcing Transactions

Dalton Albrecht

• Global Outsourcing: Purchasing and Outsourcing Traps in Customs, Tax, Trade and Export Laws

Tim Hesselink

• Buying Trouble: Avoiding Purchasing and Outsourcing Traps in Customs, Trade, and Export Laws
  

10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Cross-Cultural Client Development

José Antonio Muñoz

• From a Costa Rican Lawyer’s Perspective

10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Dealing Carbon in a Climate of Uncertainty

Jacquelyn MacLennan

• Emissions trading – the legal framework

Gray Taylor

• State, Provincial & Voluntary GHG Initiatives in North America: Towards Convergence?

10:45 am – 12:15 pm
Money-Laundering Regulation – Keeping Gates, and Keeping Clients

Richard Lissack QC

• Factual Abstract

Pamela Rogers Chepiga
Robert-Jan Temmink

10:45 am - 12:15 pm
White Collar Crime and Beyond – Enforcement Trends in the United States and the United Kingdom

Edward Sparrow

• White Collar Crime and Beyond – Enforcement Trends in the United States and the United Kingdom
• White Collar Crime and Beyond – Enforcement Trends in the United States and the United Kingdom Expanded Outline

Margaret Cole

• The FSA’s approach to insider dealings

Robert Hotz

• White Collar Enforcement in the US and UK

Helen Mahy

• Interactive Workshop: The Practical Difficulties Faced By UK Businessmen Doing Business With The US: Worked Example

2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Cross-Border M&A and Protectionism in Europe

Marco Lamandini

• Presentation at the American Bar Association – ABA Section of International Law Conference – 2007 Fall Meeting
• Cross-Border M&A and Protectionism in Europe

2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Employment Discrimination in Europe – Lessons from the US Experience

Alfred Blumrosen

• Some Suggestions for A Reporting System for European Employers Based on American Experience with Equal Employment Opportunity Laws and Administration

2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Shoot-Out at the High Court — Comparative Cross Examination

Robert Brodegaard

• Shoot-Out at the High Court — Comparative Cross Examination

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Debt Financings in Private Equity Acquisitions

James Florack

• REVISED - Recent Trends in Debt Financings for Private Equity Acquisitions From 2003 through September 2007
• CHANGES TRACKED - Recent Trends in Debt Financings for Private Equity Acquisitions From 2003 through September 2007

FRIDAY OCTOBER 5

Robert Brodegaard

• The Defalcation is Discovered: Now What?

Steven M. Richman

• Following the Money: Pre-Emptive Remedies Under American Law

9:00 am - 10:30 am
Managing the Antitrust Risk in International M&A Transactions

Paul Crampton

• Hypothetical

10:45 am – 12:15 pm
Bar Admission in Multiple Jurisdictions: Advantages for Clients and Insights for Practitioners Building an International Practice

George CJ Moore

• Bar Admission in Multiple Jurisdictions: Advantages for Clients and Insights for Practitioners? Building an International Practice

Per Troen

• Bar Admission in Multiple Jurisdictions: Advantages for Clients and Insights for Practitioners? Building an International Practice

Fabiano Deffenti

• Bar Admission in Multiple Jurisdictions: Advantages for Clients and Insights for Practitioners? Building an International Practice
• My Personal Experience As A Lawyer Admitted In Australia, New York, New Zealand, And Brazil

Alison Hook

10:45 am - 12:15 pm
New Voices in International Law:  Perspectives on Extraordinary Renditions

Aline Usanase

• Extraordinary Renditions: Why the Cases Brought in Italy and Germany Against United States Citizens are an Obligation Under International Law and Human Rights Law

Anisseh (Anicée) Van Engeland-Nourai

• New Voices in International Law: a Human Rights and a Humanitarian Law Perspective on Extraordinary Renditions

2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Arbitrator Conflicts

Hew Dundas

• The Chartered Institute Good Practice Guidelines Guideline on the Interviewing of Prospective Arbitrators

2:15 pm – 3:45 pm
Culture Exports of Film, Media, Music and Art:  European Union Rules on Finance, Production and Distribution of Art, Music and Film

Jessica Darraby

• Regulatory Primer on EU Intellectual Property Legislation

Jacqueline Hurt

• Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom . . . and the Government of New Zealand concerning the Co-Production of Films
• European Convention on Cinematographic Co-Production
• European Convention on Cinematographic Co-Production – Treaty
• Summary of the New UK Film Tax Relief and the New Cultural Test
• Co-Productions

Nick Mallett

• Regulating Media and Culture Exports: European Union Rules on Finance, Production and Distribution of Art, Music and Film

2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
International Labor Unions and Global Corporate Campaigns

Kate Bronfenbrenner

• Executive Summary

Hal Coxson

• Global Unions…Global Corporate Campaigns “Workers Of The World Unite” - A U.S. Business Representative’s Perspective

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Cross-Border Travel Traps:  Protecting Client Confidences at the Frontier

Lisa Crosby

• Cross-Border Travel Traps: Protecting Client Confidences at the Frontier

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Alternative Securities Markets ― A Serious Challenge?

Martine Charbonnier

• NYSE Euronext NYSE Alternext
• Benefits of Listing on NYSE Euronext

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Coping with Cultural Differences in International Arbitration

Peter J. Rees