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The International Law Section Gazette
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What a great week to be a Member of the ILS!
Bob Becerra masterfully moderated our ILS Lunch & Learn at Fiduciary Trust International featuring the Hon. Judge Jose Rodriguez. Lunch & Learn is a great way to meet the legal veterans of our community and participate in an intimate discussion. Keep an eye out for the next lunch and reach out to Bob if you have a good speaker recommendation.
This week we also had our Annual Orlando Luncheon.
Brock McClane and
Penelope Perez-Kelly should reach a course on hosting because they are the best hosts ever. The Annual Orlando Luncheon is a wonderful networking event hosted at the Citrus Club in downtown Orlando. A big thank you to the folks who caravanned from Miami, Tampa, and Jacksonville. Your dedication is duly noted and appreciated.
Here are some quick ILS dates as we wrap-up a fantastic 2019:
- Nov 8 - ILS Committee Worksheet for programming 2019-2020 is due today. Email your worksheet to Clarissa Rodriguez, clarissa@reichrodriguez.com;
- Nov 18-20 - Next iLaw2020 Planning & Programming Meeting. For information and becoming involved, email Cristina Vicens, cvicens@sequorlaw.com;
- Dec 10 - ILS Holiday Party at Avant/LaMuse Café at 6:30 pm. RSVP to Jennifer Robau, jennifer@reichrodriguez.com (www.lamusecafe.com/gallery).
We will kickoff 2020 with our premiere Section conferences. Mark your calendars:
- Thursday, February 27 - ILS Executive Council Winter Meeting followed by the Opening Cocktail Reception for the iLaw2020
- Friday, February 28 - iLaw2020, downtown at the JW Marriot Marquis. 8.5+ CLE Credits
- Saturday, February 29 - Richard DeWitt Memorial Pre-Moot Vis Competition at JAMS. 7.5+ CLE Credits
Every week the ILS is asked to promote international events and programming across South Florida. Keep the requests coming! Scroll down through the Gazette for upcoming ICC Conference information and other great networking events happening in November and December. Let's continue making the ILS a one-stop shop for international law in Florida!
Great work everyone!
Clarissa
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November 21, 2019
Please join Peter Quinter for his presentation titled
Focus on Enforcement: What is the Impact of Increased Customs Enforcement Trends on Your Company? at the Customs Compliance Industry Exchange on November 21, 2019 in Washington, D.C. The presentation will focus on detentions, seizures, penalties and claims by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP"), favorably concluding CBP audits for antidumping and countervailing cases, avoiding criminal investigations and prosecutions, CBP referrals to Partner Government Agencies, winning the administrative petition process with CBP, and much more. For more detailed information, please follow this
link.
November 22, 2019
Please join the Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law International Arbitration Society for its
Issues in International Law CLE featuring Guest Speaker Still M. Perera, retired Professor of Law at the American University Washington College of Law in Washington D.C. The presentation will focus on issues common to investor/State arbitration, including nationality of claims, state responsibility for acts of agents of the state, and right of non-signatory claimants. Specifically, merit issues such as expropriation/nationalization, direct and constructive takings, breaches of contractual obligations and Treaty obligations, fair and equitable treatments, compensation and compensation standards, and much more will be discussed.
CLE Credits (1.0 General) are approved for the International Law and the International Litigation and Arbitration Certification by The Florida Bar. For additional information, please contact Davy Karkason
dk646@mynsu.nova.edu.
December 9-10, 2019
The International Law Section invites all members to join The Florida Bar Business Law Section for its program titled: "The
Inc. is Finally Dry: The Update and Modernization of the Florida Business Corporation Act," which will take place in two different cities, Miami and Tampa. 6.5 CLE Credit Hours will be recognizes to attendees for the following certifications: Business Litigation, Tax Law, Real Estate, Civil Trial. For any additional information, questions or concerns, please contact Stefanie Svisco at
ssvisco@floridabar.org.
December 10, 2019
December 11, 2019
Please join the Miami International Arbitration Society for its Holiday Party - more information will follow!
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Gastón Fernández Speaks at Hogan Lovells in Washington, D.C.
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On October 24,
Gastón Fernández gave a presentation in the Washington, DC office of Hogan Lovells on
Recent reforms in China to promote foreign investment
, as part of an event organized by the firm's China Desk. The presentation summarized a number of legal and regulatory reforms in China enacted this year to further open key sectors of its economy to foreign investment, particularly in the financial services and insurance industries. The reforms are part of China's response to ongoing trade and investment negotiations with the US. The presentation was attended by members of the business and legal community, as well as correspondents from Fox News and Xinhua News.
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Peter Quinter Speaks to the Florida Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association in Tampa
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On November 5, 2019, Peter Quinter presented at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures seminar hosted by the Florida Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association, Inc. in Tampa, Florida. Together with Rebecca Gabbard, Supervisory Paralegal Specialist, FP&F Office, CBP, Tampa, and Jim Alberdi, President of A.J. Arango, Inc., Quinter discussed and analyzed real case scenarios regarding the administrative petition process, export, bonded warehouse and transportation, and air, ocean, and forwarder violations, FTZs, the judicial forfeiture process, seizures, detentions, and penalties. |
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Save the Date: iLaw 2020
Save the Date! If you have not heard, mark your calendars and save the date: iLaw2020 will take place on
Friday, February 28, 2020 at the JW Marriott Marquis in Downtown Miami
. The programming will feature the international litigation track, the business transactions track, and the ICDR international arbitration track.
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International Law Section - Call for Member News
The Executive Board of the International Law Section calls for all Members to share news about their professional achievements, endeavors, and successes to be published in the Gazette and on the International Law Section website.
To share your professional achievements with the ILS Network, please submit all relevant information to
Davide Macelloni, Editor of the ILS Gazette.
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Join the International Law Section
If you are reading the Gazette, chances are that you are a practitioner or a student with an interest in International Law
, one of the most wide-ranging, exciting and challenging legal specialties. Everyone in our field knows how crucial it is to stay on top of diverse and evolving national legal regimes, and at the same time, the difficulty of keeping meticulously up-to-date on developments around the world.
The International Law Section (ILS) of The Florida Bar is here to help you, the practitioner, navigate both the everyday and big-picture challenges of our field. Our Section is your forum to share knowledge and best practices, and to meet and mingle with peers in professional collaborations that can only enhance your grasp of the specialty and your standing among clients and peers.
Let ILS membership assist you in developing a thriving international practice through peer network development that includes important shared learnings and reciprocal referrals of clients and casework.
If your practice transcends borders, join us in making this the authoritative, go-to forum for Florida and the gateway to the region for anyone practicing International Law.
Our Section is open to lawyers from other states and countries, full-time faculty at U.S. law schools, and full-time U.S. law students
, all of whom may participate as associate members. For more information regarding membership with the ILS, click HERE.
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International Law Quarterly: Fall 2019
The new issue of the
International Law Quarterly - Focus on the Caribbean
is now available.
Click on the image below to download
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For all previous issues of the International Law Quarterly, please
click here
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