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The International Law Section Gazette
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iLaw 2017: the ILS Global Forum on International Law
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The ILAT,
which for over a decade has
been Miami's leading international law conference, is now "iLaw2017: The ILS Global Forum on International Law"
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iLaw will feature a rich program with interesting presentations on cutting-edge issues in international law. This year, iLaw2017 is joining forces with the International Centre of Dispute Resolution and featuring the new ICDR arbitration track.
Be sure to take advantage of
early bird rates! You should book your room by
January 25.
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iLaw2017 Hotel Reservations
Discounted hotel rooms at the Conrad Hotel are now available for the iLaw2017! The Conrad Hotel has set up a webpage exclusively for the iLaw2017: https://aws.passkey.com/go/iLaw2017 . Access this website to make your reservations for the new iLaw2017!
Attendees can also call 1-800-CONRADS to secure guest room accommodations by phone.
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VIS Pre-Moot - Call for Arbitrators
The ILS is seeking attorney volunteers to serve as mock arbitrators in the 2017 Florida Bar ILS Miami Vis Pre-Moot Competition. The event is on Saturday, February 18, 2017 at JAMS Resolution Center in Miami. Free CLE credit will be available. To volunteer, please contact planning committee chair Cristina Vicens at [email protected]. Please indicate whether you prefer morning or afternoon rounds. The schedule and event details are available here: https://floridabarvispremootmiami.wordpress.com/.
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February 14-15, 2017
The
Florida Chamber of Commerce will host its International Days - Florida's leading conference convening top international trade and industry experts. Click here for more information and to register for the event.
February 17, 2017
The
iLaw2017, the ILS Global Forum on International Law, newly rebranded from the former "ILAT", will be held on
February 17, 2017 at the Conrad Hotel in Miami. The iLaw2017 will include the International Center for Dispute Resolution's (ICDR) Arbitration Track. The Program Brochure will be out shortly, but in the meantime,
Save the Date!
February 18, 2017
The
2017 Florida Bar ILS Miami Vis Pre-Moot Competition
will be held on Saturday, February 18, 2017
and will take place at
JAMS Miami Resolution Center, 600 Brickell Avenue
, Suite 2600, Miami FL 33131. CLE credit will be available to volunteer arbitrators. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer arbitrator or have a team to register, please contact
Averil Andrews
at
[email protected]
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March 2-4, 2017
The CPR Institute's Annual Meeting will be held on March 2-4, 2017 at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Miami. The event is an opportunity to explore the roles of inside counsel and outside counsel and ways they can best collaborate to improve dispute resolution processes and practices around the world.
For more information and to register, visit
www.cprmeeting.org
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March 9, 2017
International Forum of Travel and Tourism Advocates of North America annual meeting will be taking place in Fort Lauderdale March 9
th and 10th
2017. CLE is normally awarded for 8 hours. For further information, visit the event website or contact Laurence D. Gore
[email protected]
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Rolls-Royce to pay $800 million for FCPA and other corruption violations
By Richard Montes De Oca*
Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Rolls-Royce plc, a manufacturer and distributor of power systems in the aerospace, defense, marine and energy sectors, agreed to pay the U.S. $170 Million as part of an $800 million global resolution for violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other anti-corruption laws investigated by the U.K. and Brazil.
According to the DOJ, Rolls-Royce violated the anti-bribery provision of the FCPA by paying more than $35 million in bribes through third parties to government officials in 12 countries to secure government contracts. For example, in Thailand, the company paid approximately $11 million in bribes to government officials at state-controlled oil and gas companies in exchange for seven contracts. In Brazil, Rolls-Royce paid over $9 million in bribes to officials at Petrobas, the Brazilian state-owned oil company, in exchange for multiple contracts. In Kazakhstan, the company paid over $5 million in commissions to advisors knowing that a portion of it would be used to bribe officials with influence over a state-owned joint venture that awarded the company multiple contracts. Other countries affected by the Rolls-Royce bribery scheme included Angola, Azerbaijan, China, India, Indonesia, Iraq, and Russia.
"This successful parallel investigation is a tremendous example of the central importance of working cooperatively alongside our international partners to achieve a fair and meaningful resolution," said FBI's Criminal Investigative Division, Assistant Director in Charge Paul M. Abbate.
This case demonstrates the continued multinational investigation and enforcement collaboration among U.S. and foreign government agencies against bribery. It also reflects the importance for companies conducting business internationally to conduct adequate due diligence and implement effective controls to ensure that advisors, agents and other third parties are not used as intermediaries to bribe government officials.
With record-setting fines being levied in the billions of dollars, coupled with the DOJ and SEC's increased resources and aggressive multinational enforcement, it is more critical than ever for companies to establish and assess Anti-Corruption Compliance Programs.
*Richard Montes De Oca is the founder and Managing Partner of MDO Partners, a boutique law firm focusing on Corporate, Real Estate and Immigration Law as well as Global Compliance and Business Ethics.
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Aballi Milne Kalil Leads Investment Fraud Lawsuit
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International Law Quarterly (ILQ)
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The
Winter 2016 ILQ - Focus on International Internal Investigations is now available to view and download
here.
If you are interested in submitting an article in the next ILQ or have questions, please contact
Rafael Ribeiro:
[email protected].
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