Alexis Gauthier appeals to ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum Andre’s Gauthier’s dedicated son Alexis, has been campaigning for his father’s release for years and has now appealed to Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum, the Ruler of Dubai, for help. Alexis, who lives in Quebec and speaks to his father regularly, has been disappointed with […]

Paris has historically been an attractive venue for international conventions, conferences, and world forums. This year in particular started with a bang thanks to the third edition of the CHANGENOW Summit, which was held over three days at the Grand Palais at the end of January. CHANGENOW has been riding the wave of VIVATECH, the […]

Une nouvelle loi, le Règlement sur la protection des passagers aériens (RPPA, DORS/2019-150), est entrée en vigueur au Canada le 15 décembre. Grâce à elle, les passagers voyageant au départ ou à destination du Canada, et ce sur toute compagnie aérienne, bénéficieront de meilleures normes de traitement, de communications plus rapides et d’une plus grande indemnisation en cas […]

    Today, the HCCH finalised the text for a new multilateral treaty: the 2019 HCCH Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters. This new Convention will be a single global framework, enabling the free circulation of judgments on civil or commercial matters across borders. It will be […]

Lex Mundi, in conjunction with members of the Lex Mundi Environmental Group and the Lex Mundi Energy and Natural Resources Industry Group, has today published a new interactive guide – Lex Mundi Global Climate Change Law Guide. Lex Mundi’s complimentary guide has been developed to help in-house counsel understand the spectrum of relevant policies, measures and legislation related to climate […]

New reports from the New York Times and Pro Publica detail the efforts by the United States Government to conceal Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The new report shows how F.B.I. agents persisted in investigating Saudi connections to the 9/11 attacks for more than a decade, despite resistance from the […]

New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that the Office of the New York Attorney General intends to sue the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over a new federal policy that prohibits New Yorkers from enrolling or re-enrolling in the federal government’s Trusted Traveler Programs. “This is political retribution, plain and simple, and while the […]

Dear Sir or Madam, I am taking the liberty of writing to you to let you know that the Program of the tenth Session of the International Academy for Arbitration Law (“Arbitration Academy”), which will run from July 6, 2020 through July 24, 2020, has been released recently. The Arbitration Academy was launched in July […]

Une nouvelle loi, le Règlement sur la protection des passagers aériens (RPPA, DORS/2019-150), est entrée en vigueur au Canada le 15 décembre. Grâce à elle, les passagers voyageant au départ ou à destination du Canada, et ce sur toute compagnie aérienne, bénéficieront de meilleures normes de traitement, de communications plus rapides et d’une plus grande indemnisation en cas […]

New reports from the New York Times and Pro Publica detail the efforts by the United States Government to conceal Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.   The new report shows how F.B.I. agents persisted in investigating Saudi connections to the 9/11 attacks for more than a decade, despite resistance from the […]