On April 6-7, CLDP, in cooperation with the Higher Judicial Council and the Office of the Attorney General, hosted a two-day workshop on the calculation of damages in trademark cases. CLDP, along with Judge Denise Cote from the Southern District of New York and Dorian Mazurkevich from USPTO, guided...

On April 4-5, CLDP, in cooperation with the Ministry of National Economy and the National Steering Committee on Competition, hosted a two-day workshop to review the current draft Competition Law.Tim Hughes, an international competition expert from the Federal Trade Commission joined public sector...

On April 27, CLDP participated in the launch of its recently produced Handicraft Export Guide whose aim is to facilitate the export of Tunisian handicrafts to the U.S. The same week, CLDP also led a group of three U.S. private sector experts to Tunisias annual handicraft expo, which included 1200...

From April 19-24, CLDPled a series of franchising workshops in Tunis, Tunisia.

On February 6, CLDP staff and international dispute resolution experts from the American Arbitration Association and the International Chamber of Commerce met with representatives of the Kuwait Council of Ministers Department of Legal Advice Legislation (the Department). CLDP advocated for reform...

On February 7, CLDP Senior Counsel James Filpi spoke at the Kuwait annualKnowledge Economy Forum conference organized by the Kuwait Supreme Council of Planning and Development in Kuwait City. The conference brought experts in economic development from around the world to discuss the demands on...

In an effort to encourage investment and economic growth by introducing best practices in contract enforcement,CLDP isproviding technical assistance to the Governments of Morocco and Tunisia.

On November 20, CLDP and the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service met with high-level officials from the Palestinian Attorney Generals Office and the Higher Judicial Council to determine next steps for CLDPs technical assistance on intellectual property (IP) in the West Bank.

On November 19, CLDP and the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service met with the Palestinian Legislative Review Committee for Competition Law to review a recently updated draft law that was requested by the prime minister.

On March 22-29, 2018, CLDP sponsored three Middle East law schools: Iraqyia College of Law, Faculty of Legal, Political and Social Sciences of Tunis, and University of Jordan to participate in the 25th Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Vis Moot) in Vienna, Austria.