In conjunction with the Kuwaiti Institute for Judicial and Legal Studies, CLDP organized a two-day Commercial Law Conference in Kuwait City related to dispute resolution in the Arabian Peninsula.

CLDP's Iraq team conducted a three-day seminar in Paris that brought together a group of key Iraqi decision-makers to explore how Iraq can develop the legal infrastructure to enforce arbitral awards under the New York Convention.

As part of the Department of Commerce's ongoing technical assistance to the Government of Iraq, CLDP organized a consultation in Paris, France, for Iraq's Shura Council. The consultation, organized in close coordination with the Office of Constitutional and Legislative Affairs (CLA) of the US...

n response to a request from the Libyan Government, CLDP planned and implemented the second seminar of a four-phase program intended to build the judiciary's capacity to adjudicate fairly and consistently international trade/investment disputes and enforce arbitral awards.

As part of our ongoing technical assistance to the Government of Morocco (GOM) within the framework of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement, at the the request of the GOM, CLDP conducted a workshop focused on trade remedies, including anti-dumping and countervailing duties, in Rabat, Morocco...

CLDP sent an arbitration advisor to Muscat to provide training to lawyers and legal researchers at the Ministry of Legal Affairs in Oman and discuss arbitration case studies and their application under Omani law.

In preparation of future judicial training in Libya, three high ranking Libyan Court officials visited the United States to meet with agencies and organizations specializing in judicial decision making and training. These delegates visited the administrative offices of the US Court system and held...

CLDP conducted a two-day workshop in Cairo on May 22 and 23 for 85 Economic Court Egyptian judges on bankruptcy adjudication and mediation, followed by a second two-day workshop in Cairo on May 24 and 25 for a further 85 Economic Court judges.

CLDP conducted a two-day workshop in Cairo on May 26 for 17 (one-half of the total) preparatory Egyptian judges, followed by a two-day workshop in Cairo on May 27 for a remaining 16 preparatory judges on advanced commercial mediation concepts.

CLDP provided an advisor to present at the Egyptian Competition Authority's Workshop for General Prosecutors on May 31 and June 1, 2010 in Cairo, Egypt. The DOJ advisor spoke to the working relationship with US Attorney's offices in cartel and bid-rigging cases in the U.S.