Successfully Navigating Hazardous Waters: The Third Conference on Transatlantic Deals and Disputes
Pryor Cashman sponsored the annual American Bar Association (ABA) Section of International Law & The International Section of the German Bar Association (DAV) joint conference, entitled “Successfully Navigating Hazardous Waters: The Third Conference on Transatlantic Deals and Disputes,” in Frankfurt, Germany. Juergen Ostertag, chair of the firm’s German practice, is a member of the ABA/DAV steering committee and was a guest speaker at the event.
The conference brought together members of the global legal community for informative and substantive programs in both transactional and dispute resolution/litigation tracks. Topics included:
- Navigating Cross- Border Professional Ethics: The Legal Terrain
- Europe Vs. the Rest of the World
- The Taking of Testimony for Use in International Commercial Litigation
- Alternate Means of Dispute Resolution
- Date Privacy for M&A Lawyers – How the Comprehensive Information Requirements of Due Diligence Collide with Limited-Purpose Processing Demands of Modern Data Privacy
- My Customer Owes me Money but Won’t Pay – Now What? Laws
- Personal Jurisdiction: How Can Foreign Defendants Avoid Litigation in U.S. Courts?
Ostertag spoke on the topic of "Transaction Track - Contracts for the International Sale of Goods - Europe vs. The Rest of the World."