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- Answer Key for 2008 Customs Broker License Examination Released
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted the results of the April 7, 2008 Customs Broker License Examination. The examination and answer key are posted below: April 2008 ExaminationApril 2008 Answer KeyAccording to reports, the April 2008 examination had a pass rate of 20.5%, which is... This is a summary of the article. Click on the above link or visit www.tradelawnews.com to read the entire article.
(May 8, 2008) - On May 9
On this day in ... ... 1754, more than 2 decades before the American colonies would declare independence from Britain, Benjamin Franklin published the "Join, or Die" political cartoon at left in his Pennsylvania Gazette. Accompanying an editorial criticizing disunity among the colonies, the cartoon reflected a "supersitition that a snake which had been cut into pieces would come back to life if the pieces were put together before sunset." ... 1593 (415 years ago today), Chinese troops...
(May 8, 2008) - international m&a symposium, 6/17-18
The Institute for International and Comparative Law is hosting their Annual Symposium: International Mergers & Acquisitions - Strategies and Trends. This two day program takes place in Plano, Texas, on June 17-18. Both days are packed with programs, as can be seen here. Of particular note are some of the sessions, which [...]
(May 8, 2008) - From Face-to-Face to Screen-to-Screen: Real Hope or Fallacy?
From Face-to-Face to Screen-to-Screen: Real Hope or Fallacy by Philippe Gillieron (2008) 23(2) Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution 301-343.
(May 7, 2008) - Want the Citibank Co-Head of Investment Banking? Call Dubai
Link: Deal Journal - WSJ.com : It's Dubai, Mumbai or Good-Bye. Investment banks following the money trail are shifting some top earners to Dubai to help tap the booming oil-rich Persian Gulf economies and the estimated $1.5 trillion held by sovereign wealth funds there. The latest is Alberto Verme, the co-head of its investment-banking unit. He is supposed to help win more business in what his employer describes as "one of the world's fastest-growing and most important regions." ...Bankers...
(May 7, 2008) - Slouch! Study Argues that Sitting straight 'bad for backs'
Link: BBC NEWS | Health | Sitting straight 'bad for backs'.
(May 7, 2008) - What's Going on with Fast Track?
Claude Barfield explains the recent fast track battle and rule changes resulting from the Colombia FTA fight: The Showdown Tellingly, the planning of the coup against the fast-track process came, not from the House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over trade, but rather from the Rules Committee. According to reporters Patrick O'Connor and Martin Kady of The Politico, Rules Committee chairwoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and Rep. James McGovern (D-MA) had discussed the option of...
(May 7, 2008) - ECJ: Judgment on Service Regulation (Weiss und Partner)
Today, the ECJ delivered its judgment in case C-14/07 (Weiss und Partner). The German Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) had referred the following questions to the ECJ for a preliminary ruling: Must Article 8(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil [...] [Click on the title above to view the full item on Conflict of Laws .net]
(May 7, 2008) - How Do You Interpret the Last-in-Time Rule?
Boring tax case, interesting international law issue. That's how I would summarize Jamieson v. CIR. The issue in Jamieson is what happens if a treaty says one thing, a subsequent...
(May 7, 2008) - China Factories In Real Life
This Washington Monthly article, entitled, "Confessions of a Sweatshop Inspector" does a really good job conveying what really goes on in China's factories. (h/t to All Roads Lead to China) I admit to having spent very little time in Chinese factories, but this article certainly jibes with what I have been told by those who have and with what I have read on the subject. If you are outsourcing product manufacturing to China, it would behoove you to read this article.
(May 7, 2008) - Developments in the Recognition of Foreign Class Action Judgments
With the courts of Canadian provinces willing to take jurisdiction over a "national" class claim, involving a plaintiff class which includes members located in other provinces, and with American courts willing to take jurisdiction over "international" classes, involving a plaintiff class which includes members located in Canada, Canadian courts are increasingly having to confront the [...] [Click on the title above to view the full item on Conflict of Laws .net]
(May 7, 2008) - I Should Jesticulate More
MoneyLaw: Teaching Evaluations Again Nonverbal behaviors appear to matter much more than anything else in student ratings. Enthusiastic gestures and vocal tones can mask gobbledygook, smiles count more than sample exam questions, and impressions formed in thirty seconds accurately foretell end-of-semester evaluations. The strong connection between mere nonverbal behaviors and student evaluations creates a very narrow definition of good teaching. … …show a few seconds of a teacher on tape...
(May 7, 2008) - China's Environmental Laws -- A Legal Leap Forward
China Daily has an article that nicely summarizes the evolution of China's environmental laws, entitled, "A Legal Leap Forward." Makes for a good primer on the basics. (h/t to The Green Leap Forward).
(May 7, 2008) - China's Visa Situation. Now Clear As Mud.
The Yuan Also Rises blog has a nice post up on China's current visa situation (at least as of this week). The post is entitled "Clear as Mud," and, among other things, it notes of reports that China visas may be easier to obtain in Japan, Korea, Vietnam and Thailand than in England and Hong Kong. I used to almost always get my visa in Seoul by going to the Chinese Embassy there in the morning, producing an airplane ticket showing my flight leaving that afternoon, and pleading rather nicely for...
(May 7, 2008) - 90 Minutes From Shanghai To Paris (Ningbo)
Well, not quite, but the Shanghai to Ningbo bridge is the world's longest cross-sea span and it cuts the drive from Shanghai to Ningbo from 400 km to 80km. CLB's own Steve Dickinson just returned from Ningbo, having travelled there from Shanghai to meet with a client who is setting up a manufacturing plant there. I asked Steve what he thought of it and here is his response: The bridge was truly amazing. It is not like a bridge. It is like a very long, straight road. Just like the Beijing...
(May 7, 2008) - Something Uplifting For a Change
South Florida Daily Blog calls this the Best Sport Story Ever. Who am I to argue?
(May 7, 2008) - Friday McCain-Bashing: Out of Touch
Crooks and Liars, John McCain's Top 10 Out-of-Touch Moments Sample: 2. "Great progress economically" during the Bush years. If Americans' financial woes are all in their heads, John McCain's assessment of George W. Bush's economic leadership is pure hallucination. Asked by Bloomberg's Peter Cook on April 17 if Americans would say they are better off today "than before George Bush took office more than seven years ago," McCain replied: "I think if you look at the overall record and millions of...
(May 7, 2008) - Man Bites Dog?
When companies wind up with products in Iran, they usually claim that they were hoodwinked by their overseas sales reps or agents. In a case involving the German security firm Dräger Safety, the situation appears reversed. According to this article in Deutsche Welle, Dräger's agent is claiming that he was hoodwinked by the company. Dräger had been contracted by Italian-based Irasco to build and deliver a security system for an Iranian pipeline. The security system used GE Security's...
(May 7, 2008) - The Impact Of China's New Labor Contract Law
Very good Washington Post article by very good WaPo reporter Ariana Eunjung Cha on the impact of China's new labor contract law. The article is entitled "New Law Gives Chinese Workers Power, Gives Businesses Nightmares" and it presents a fair and balanced view of what this new law is doing to the employer-employee relationship in China. (h/t to Thomas P.M. Barnett)
(May 7, 2008) - B., B. c. D. de B., L. E.
TSCordoba, sala Contenciosoadministrativa, 21/12/89, B., B. c. D. de B., L. E. Cooperación judicial internacional. Traslado de demanda. Notificación. Demandado con domicilio en Argentina. Exhorto. Proceso en trámite en Alemania. Juicio de divorcio. Jurisdicción indirecta. Análisis. Último domicilio conyugal efectivo en Argentina. Rechazo de la rogatoria. Publicado en LLC 1990, 789. Córdoba, diciembre 29 de 1989. Considerando: I. Que en la rogatoria se solicita la notificación de la...
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