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Donald Donovan of Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, moderates a discussion on the expropriation of foreign investment between Andrea Menaker, U.S. Department of State, and Laurence Shore, Herbert Smith, London.

“Is There a New Common Law of Investment Arbitration?”

World Intellectual Property Organization Legal Counsel Edward Kwakwa presented the opening address, “Intellectual Property Rights in India and China: Lessons and Challenges,” during a GW-ASIL conference in March.

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International and Comparative Law Colloquium speaker Professor Susan Franck of the University of Nebraska Law School visits with lawyers from the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.

Abdul El-Tayef

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Empirical Analysis of Investment Treaty Arbitration

On Sept. 4, the International and Comparative Law Colloquium Series hosted University of Nebraska Professor Susan Franck, who provided a comprehensive assessment of investor-state arbitration. Franck’s work was based on her thorough empirical review of various aspects of the investor-state arbitration process, including the claims, defenses, parties, and arbitration awards.

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Claire Duggan

Ambassador Julio Lacarte Visits GW Law

Ambassador Julio Lacarte, a former member and first president of the WTO Appellate Body and a pioneer in the GATT and WTO, spoke to Professor Steve Charnovitz’s International Trade Law Class on Oct. 30. Ambassador Lacarte of Uruguay, born in 1918, was a career diplomat who has been involved with the GATT/WTO trading system since its creation almost 50 years ago and participated in all eight rounds of multilateral trade negotiations under the GATT. He has had a distinguished academic career as a professor at the International Association of Comparative Law and at the University of Comparative Law at Strasbourg University.

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Tunisia’s Competition Council

GW Law hosted the head of Tunisia’s Competition Council, Mohamed Kolsi, along with Sarah El Bitar, an economic researcher with Egypt’s Competition Authority. Professors Thomas D. Morgan and Edward T. Swaine gave their assessment of various aspects of competition law. The meeting was organized by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Commercial Law Development Program.

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Claire Duggan

Yukins and Chinese Procurement

On July 10, Associate Professor Christopher Yukins visited the Washington offices of Blank Rome to address a visiting delegation from China’s Central Government Procurement Center of Government Offices of the Administration of the State Council. Professor Yukins briefed the visiting Chinese officials on emerging issues in U.S. procurement and discussed how the two countries’ procurement systems may grow more aligned as China accedes to the WTO’s Government Procurement Agreement.

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Professor John McGinnis and Professor David Fontana had several opportunities to give rebuttals to each other’s comments.

Claire Duggan

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“Should American Courts Consider Foreign and International Law in Trying to Interpret the American Constitution?”

More than 100 students turned out for a debate between GW Law Professor David Fontana and Northwestern Law School Professor John McGinnis that looked at the role of foreign law and international law in the interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. The event was sponsored by The Federalist Society and the American Constitution Society.

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Professor Sean D. Murphy (left) and Judge Treves

Judge Tulio Treves Visits

Judge Tulio Treves of the UN International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea stopped by GW Law early in the fall term to discuss recent developments at the tribunal.