ADVISORY/New Litigation Trend Threatens to Clog U.S. Courts; Chamber Conference on 'Global Forum Shopping: The Importation of Foreign Lawsuits'.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Thursday (March 25) --(BUSINESS WIRE) U.S. Chamber of Commerce The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest not-for-profit federation of businesses, representing more than 3 million businesses and organizations in the United States. As of 2003, the chamber was comprised of 3000 state and local chambers and 830 business associations. Institute for Legal Reform
Date: Thursday, March 25
Time: 9:15 a.m. (Address by Chamber President Thomas Donohue)
9:30 a.m. (Conference Program)
11:45 a.m. (Deputy Solicitor General Paul Clement Keynote)
Location: U.S. Chamber Headquarters, 1615 H Street, NW
The Chamber's Institute for Legal Reform will launch a coalition to combat global forum shipping - a new litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. trend in which foreign plaintiffs take advantage of the American judicial system to file lawsuits in U.S. courts - during the conference. The Global Forum Shopping Forum shopping is the informal name given to the practice adopted by some litigants to get their legal case heard in the court thought most likely to provide a favorable judgment. Coalition will work to convince U.S. courts to show self-restraint in interpreting laws with cross-border issues and it will push for adoption of an international agreement on jurisdiction. There are three global forum shopping-related cases now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court: Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain; Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., and F. Hoffman-LaRoche, Ltd., et al. v. Empagran, S.A. The keynote lunch will feature Paul Clement Paul Drew Clement (born June 1966) is the current United States Solicitor General. He was nominated by President George W. Bush on March 14 2005, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 8 2005, and took the oath of office on June 13. Clement replaced Theodore Olson. , Deputy Solicitor General An officer of the U.S. Justice Department who represents the federal government in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. The solicitor general is charged with representing the Executive Branch of the U.S. government in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. , who will be arguing the U.S. government's position in the Sosa case on March 30, 2004. Space is limited, reporters may register by contacting Chamber Media Relations at (202) 463-5682 or press@uschamber.com |
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