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Hague Securities Convention Will Soon Come Into Force
I remember receiving a gift of a few shares of stock in some large company or other when I was a kid. I received an engraved certificate with the company’s logo, my name, and a lot of legalese that at the time I couldn’t decipher. The naive thought, of course, is that the piece of……
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Save The Date! “Toward a Global Framework for International Commercial Transactions: Implementing the Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts”
Readers, the Hague Conference and the University of Lucerne are hosting a conference on the new Hague Principles on September 8 and 9, 2016 in Lucerne. Here at Letters Blogatory we have taken a pretty good look at the new Principles in light of the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws. The event looks terrific—it……
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Event Announcement: The Effects of the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements on International Arbitration
Readers, if you are in Washington on February 10, I invite you to attend a panel discussion on “The Effects of the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements on International Arbitration,” being held at Jones Day’s Washington office from 9 to 11 a.m. The event is part of the Georgetown International Arbitration Society’s fourth……
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Hague Conference: The Experts’ Group Issues Its Report
Earlier this year, the Council on General Affairs and Policy of the Hague Conference established an Experts’ Group on the Use of Video-Link and other Modern Technologies in the Taking of Evidence Abroad. The mandate of the group was to “investigate the issues that may arise with the use of video-link and other modern technologies……
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The Hague Conference’s New Website
A colleague came in to my office with a service problem this morning, and I clicked on the Hague Conference’s website to consult one of the extremely useful status tables to help him work through the issue. Wow! The site has been comprehensively revamped and looks great. Congratulations to the HCCH and to those who……