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June 2022
AFLA Annual Meeting and “The intersection between US abortion rights and international human rights law: thoughts on the pending US Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and the leaked draft opinion
Speaker: Jovana Crncevic, Withers Bergman LLP
Please join us for us for our Annual Meeting where we will elect the directors and officers for 2022-2023. Following the meeting, we will have a presentation by Ms. Crncevic. On May 2, 2022, a draft opinion in the pending US Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was leaked to the public. While not final or binding on the Court, the draft opinion purports to overrule the landmark case Roe v. Wade which confirmed the constitutional right to abortion…
Find out more »March 2022
Obtaining US Evidence For Use In Foreign Courts
Litigants outside the United States may be able to use the U.S. discovery process as a powerful tool to gather U.S. evidence in foreign legal proceedings. Under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. §1782, parties to foreign lawsuits may obtain financial records, witness statements, depositions and other information located in the United States. Join Victor Muskin, principal at Muskin Law Offices, and Thomas Vandenabeele, a partner at Kellner Herlihy Getty & Friedman LLP, to discuss the evolution of 28 U.S.C. §1782,…
Find out more »November 2021
The New Disruptor: Sanctions and Human Rights Law in the Cross- Border Supply Chain
Speaker: Sabrina A. Bandali and Rachel K. Alpert
Trade controls and human rights have become increasingly intertwined in global supply chains. It is now common for like-minded countries to coordinate their imposition of human rights-related sanctions. Human rights considerations are also being introduced into trade laws, such as the prohibition on importing goods mined, manufactured or produced with forced labour. Companies are now increasingly assessing their activities through an Environmental, Social and Governance, or ESG, lens, which means evaluating corporate behavior and performance through values-based metrics. These trends give heightened importance to the need to…
Find out more »October 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court in Foreign Affairs: Robert H. Jackson’s Enduring Perspective as Justice and As Lead Prosecutor of the Nazis at Nuremberg
The American Foreign Law Association has invited leading scholars to comment on the Supreme Court’s role in foreign affairs. AFLA is pleased to welcome Professor John Q. Barrett, the world’s leading scholar on Justice Robert H. Jackson. In the last AFLA lecture on the subject, Professor Martin Flaherty singled out Justice Jackson’s vision of the Supreme Court’s role as the clearest and most consistent with the vision of the nation’s founders. Justice Robert H. Jackson is considered to be one of the…
Find out more »September 2021
Pablo Picasso and the Art of Pleading, Proving and Arguing Foreign Law in U.S. Courts with Judge Loretta Preska (S.D.N.Y)
Speaker: Judge Loretta Preska
Judge Preska was appointed United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York on August 12, 1992 and entered duty on September 18, 1992. She served as Chief Judge from June 1, 2009 to the May 31, 2016. Judge Preska received a B.A. from the College of St. Rose in Albany, New York in 1970, a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 1973, and an LL.M. in Trade Regulation from New York University Law School in…
Find out more »June 2021
Annual Meeting and Presentation of the AFLA 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award in International Law to Professor Jerome A. Cohen
Please join us for our Annual Meeting and special presentation of the AFLA 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award in International Law to Professor Jerome A. Cohen in honor of his decades of major contributions to a better understanding of Trans-Pacific, International and Human Rights Law. A special introduction of the program will be made by Jeh C. Johnson, Partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP and former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Following the award presentation,…
Find out more »May 2021
“Restoring the Global Judiciary: Why The Supreme Court Must Rule in Foreign Affairs”
Should the Supreme Court play a more active role in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy? Drawing upon constitutional history, international relations theory, and legal doctrine, this lecture will consider to what extent the Court and federal judiciary have the power and duty to apply the law without deference to the other branches, including and especially the Executive. Please join us for a discussion on Professor Martin S. Flaherty’s recently published book “Restoring the Global Judiciary: Why The Supreme Court…
Find out more »April 2021
Cross-Border M&A Outlook: Transactional, Litigation and Legislative Insights in the Wake of COVID-19
The M&A landscape in 2020 was shaped in large part by the impact of COVID-19 on global business. While 2021 is expected to usher in an uptick in global M&A activity, the lingering effects of COVID-19 and developments caused by the pandemic will impact cross-border M&A transactions in 2021. Join Hogan Lovells partners Aaron Cutler, Ryan M. Philp, and Michael Szlamkowicz as they discuss the current state of cross-border M&A. This 50 minute program will focus on cross-border M&A from…
Find out more »March 2021
A Conversation with Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer
Speaker: Justice Stephen G. Breyer
The American Foreign Law Association is pleased to present Justice Stephen G. Breyer for a conversation about the Supreme Court’s role in considering issues outside U.S. borders. In this original, far-reaching, and timely book, Justice Stephen G. Breyer examines the work of the Supreme Court of the United States in an increasingly interconnected world, a world in which all sorts of activity, both public and private—from the conduct of national security policy to the conduct of international trade—obliges the Court…
Find out more »“A Discussion on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: How Individuals and Small Companies Can Implement Programs to Avoid or Reduce Liability”
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has become a major source of liability for US and foreign firms and individuals with total fines and penalties exceeding $6 billion in 2020, or over 2.5 times the amount of the previous record in 2019, which had already been described as “by many measures, the most significant year ever in FCPA enforcement.” Many of the high-profile cases over the past decade have involved large multinationals such as Total, Alcatel, Eni and Tyson Foods. Join us…
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