On May 14-16, 2012, CLDP held a workshop in Lviv, Ukraine focusing on coordination of enforcement and adjudication of IP issues.  Advisors from the U.S.

On May 14-15 CLDP in partnership with the UAE Dubai Economic Council (DEC), hosted together with Ernst & Young and Latham & Watkins, a policy conference entitled, "Towards a Legal Regulation of Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy".

CLDP Chief Counsel Stephen Gardner was joined by Assistant General Counsel for Administration Barbara Fredericks and Labor and Employment Law Division Deputy Chief John Guenther for meetings in Egypt the week of May 14th.

From May 8 to 17, 2012 CLDP, in concert with USPTO, provided consultations on ‘Effective Patent Examination’ to a delegation of patent examiners, lawyers, and administrators from Iraq’s Central Organization for Standardization & Quality Control (COSQC) of the Ministry of Planning.

CLDP conducted an assessment trip to Tunis May 7-10, 2012, identifying numerous aspects of the country's investment laws which present hurdles to foreign investment in Tunisia, and then met with key Tunisian government identities and the private sector to successfully forge a consensus on the nee