CLDP invited Bahrain officials from the E-Commerce Directorate of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in Bahrain to meet with E-commerce law practitioners, legal academics, and industry executives in the US in order to identify and craft a comprehensive E-commerce legal regime for Bahrain.

CLDP worked closely with Mohamed Ghernaout of Algeria's accounting association (Ordre des Experts Comptables) in Washington, D.C. August 27-31 to draft several case studies for judicial capacity building seminars scheduled to take place in Algeria in October and December 2007.

Part of a multi-stage assistance plan over the course of the 2007/2008 academic year to the University of Bahrain, CLDP will work with the University of Bahrain to develop the structure of their moot court program.

CLDP sponsored the travel of the president and vice president of the Tunisian Competition Council (TCC) to the U.S. to participate in the Fordham Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy in New York City and consultations with U.S. government agencies (including the Federal Trade...

Three officials from the Egyptian Competition Authority were hosted to participate in the Fordham Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy in New York City and other intergovernmental meetings.

In order to increase Bahrain's capacity for international commercial arbitration and to bolster commitment to economic liberalization, CLDP is collaborating with the University of Bahrain to establish an international commercial arbitration program focused on participation in an international...

In continuation of CLDP's technical assistance to the Government of Algeria since 2005 to build the capacity of a core group of experienced judges to adjudicate cases related to the financing of SMEs (small and medium enterprises), CLDP conducted a three-day seminar in Algiers, Algeria, October 20...

William Kovacic, Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission and former Professor of Competition Law at George Washington University School of Law, traveled to Cairo to meet with the administration and staff of Cairo Universities to discuss the development of a curriculum designed to prepare legal...

In response to Morocco Customs' request, CBP and CLDP organized a 5-day workshop for Morocco Customs officials from November 26-30, 2007 in Rabat, Morocco.

n continuation of CLDP's technical assistance to the Government of Algeria since 2005 to build the capacity of a core group of experienced judges to adjudicate cases related to the financing of SMEs (small and medium enterprises), CLDP conducted a three-day workshop in Algiers, Algeria, December 1-3...