Conference: The Future of Transnational Litigation

The Future of Transnational Litigation Conference will be taking place in Vienna, Austria on 4-5 June 2009. The organizer is the International Bar Association. Topics will include:

• The future for international litigation in Europe: revising the Brussels Regulation

• A role-playing exercise in which an international client, general counsel and lead external counsel consider where to bring suit to recover damages from a multi-national price fixing cartel and counsel from potential venues make the case for bringing suit in their respective fora

• Recent developments in choice of law clauses in international contracts and the case for a new global instrument

• Cross-border litigation: developments in US law

For more information, have a look at the conference website.