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Professor Susan R. Finneran, director, Center for Business Law  

The Center for Business Law

International Commercial Transactions:  Sales of Goods and Cross-Border Financing

Spring 2013 Conference
Thursday, February 21, 2013, Noon-6:30 p.m.

No charge for attendance

MBA logo The event is cosponsored by the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Uniform Commercial Code Reporter-Digest.

The Center for Business Law will host leading authorities from the United States, Canada, and Ireland to address current issues in International Sales and Financing.  When goods are sold across borders, what laws apply if parties fail to choose?  What are the choices?  How do these choices affect warranties, disclaimers, remedies, and dispute resolution? 

Panelists will also discuss laws governing financing across borders, addressing security interests, problems of enforcement, and how to avoid pitfalls. Bar members, academics, and interested law students are invited to participate.

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Co-sponsors: New England Law | Boston Center for International Law and Policy, Massachusetts Bar Association, and the Uniform Commercial Code Reporter-Digest

Schedule

Check-in, refreshments: 12:00 p.m., Introductions: 12:45 p.m.

Transnational Sales of Goods, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

  • Caterina Gardiner, Lecturer in Law, National University of Ireland Galway, School of Law
  • William P. Johnson, Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director, Center for International and Comparative Law, Saint Louis University School of Law
  • Curtis W. Nyquist, Professor of Law, New England Law | Boston
  • Antonin I. Pribetic, Litigation Counsel, Steinberg Morton Hope & Israel LLP, Toronto

Financing Across Borders, 3:15 p.m.–5:15 p.m.

  • Ingrid Michelsen Hillinger, Professor of Law, Boston College Law School
  • Richard M. Kohn, Principal, Goldberg Kohn LTD, Chicago
  • Harry C. Sigman, Attorney, Los Angeles
  • Edwin E. Smith, Partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP, Boston, and Co-chair, Financial Services Area

The event will be held in the Cherry Room, New England Law | Boston, 154 Stuart Street, Boston, MA 02116.

For more information

Registration requested by February 11, 2013.


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The Center for Business Law (CBL) operates as a forum for faculty and students to integrate course work with policy research in the areas of intellectual property law, tax law, and corporate governance and ethics.

Whether they come to New England Law | Boston from positions at major firms or regulatory agencies, CBL professors understand the big picture from an insider’s perspective. One professor is a member of the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board. Another was the executive director of FINRA and past regional director of the Securities and Exchange Commission. With student placements at organizations like the Boston Stock Exchange and insurance giant Liberty Mutual, faculty and students integrate course work with academic study and policy research across the spectrum of business law topics.

CBL’s three institutes focus on corporate governance and ethics, intellectual property, and tax law.  The Business Practice Credit allows students who are taking a business law course to earn academic credit for a supervised internship in which they assist attorneys in handling law topics pertaining to business.  Law degrees can be enhanced by these opportunities, which keep New England Law students on the leading edge of theory and practice.

Faculty and students of the institutes also undertake projects in areas of emerging need that both grow out of and feed back into CBL academic work. In addition, the institutes offer a variety of career enhancement programs and seminars. Recent projects include data collection on the use of criminal statutes to prosecute corporate entities. The findings will be used to help scholars and students alike make judgments about whether this is a good use of criminal law.