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Litigio! Litige! 訴訟 Soshō, Rechtsstreit! Special Considerations When Your Client is from Another Part of the World

Tuesday, July 11, 2023
8:45 AM – 10:15 AM US HST
Location: Salon 3
CLE: 1.5 Credit Hours
CLE/Business/General Meetings
As cross-border trade and business transactions continue to increase, so do the number of disputes arising between parties from different countries. Differences in legal systems, business practices, cultural norms, languages, time zones, and other factors, including bias, all contribute to create potential difficulties when representing a foreign client in litigation and arbitration matters. This program will identify many of the pitfalls and special issues that you need to consider when representing a foreign client, including special issues in discovery, case handling, and during trial. The program will be presented as a fireside chat where a U.S. federal court judge and experienced lawyers from different countries will offer guidance on how to avoid many of those pitfalls that can occur during your representation, enabling you to protect your foreign client’s interests more successfully.

Learning Objectives:

  • 1. This program aims to provide you with methods to improve your cross-cultural competence as well as to provide guidance on navigating through various aspects of representing foreign clients.
  • 2. This program will enable you to better manage discovery compliance by your foreign client, with a focus on how best to avoid common mistakes in discovery process that can ultimately lead to court sanctions or simply make the case more difficult for you to defend successfully.
  • 3. This program seeks to provide you with guidance to assist you with anticipating and planning for issues that can arise with when representing foreign clients, including managing their understanding and expectations, logistics, potential bias against your client, and getting paid by your foreign client.