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The US Ratifies The Child Support Convention: What About COCA?
The United States signed the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance in November 2007, when the Convention was concluded. It was the first state to sign. The Senate gave its advice and consent to ratification in 2010. There were a few signatures in the following years, but……
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COCA Update
Readers, if you missed the Georgetown International Arbitration Week event on the effect of the Choice of Court Agreement Convention on international arbitration yesterday, you missed a pretty good discussion. Marta Pertegás started us off with an overview of the history of COCA and of the Hague Conference more generally, and she showed us a……
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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 Developments
Readers, I’d like to bring you up to date on two developments from the Hague Conference. First, the European Union has finally approved the Convention on Choice of Court Agreements. This had been expected since late last year. Because Mexico has already acceded to the Convention, the Convention will come into force between the EU……
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More on the Draft Judgments Convention In The Light Of COCA
I wanted to add a few comments to my observations about the new draft text of a Judgments Convention from yesterday: