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May 24, 2023
Ensuring protection from potentially harmful content online – especially via social media platforms – remains a priority for governments and data regulators
Some M&A practitioners refer to the due diligence of a bank as the ‘mother of all due diligences’. Admittedly, buying a bank is truly the archetype of acquiring a regulated business.
11th IBA European Corporate and Private M&A Conference
The Committee aims to gather global information on barriers to justice and solutions, focusing on statutory schemes like legal aid. Findings will be shared through reports and events, with all information available on the website for those unable to attend. Acting as a central hub within the IBA, the Committee will coordinate efforts on access to justice and legal aid, collaborating with other committees on joint projects. The IBA’s global reach will support the exchange of best practices, offering valuable insights for jurisdictions facing challenges in maintaining or improving access to justice during times of austerity.
Sep 06, 2022
The rise of child influencers – or ‘kidfluencers’ – on social media has prompted calls for greater regulation of the industry.
This session will discuss the points to be noted for buying and selling franchise systems internationally: from drafting of the agreements to practical aspects.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
The topics and problems covered by the Product Law and Advertising Committee are regularly part of and interlinked with bigger issues related to the international trade of goods and services in a globalised economy.
The Committee therefore deals with the legal aspects surrounding the use and safety of products, their presentation as well as advertising.
The main areas of interest are product liability, unfair competition, relevant trade regulation, product safety regulations, consumer law and advertising law. Special areas of interest include online advertising and advertising issues related to the latest technological developments.
A webinar presented by the IBA European Regional Forum, 30 September 2020, 0900 – 0945 BST
The rise in the frequency of online cross-border legal services, already in evidence before the pandemic but doubtless increased by home working and travel restrictions during the pandemic, poses challenging questions about whether bars’ existing regulation of foreign lawyers, often based on their physical presence, needs to be reconsidered in the light of digital advances.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Welcome to the Water Law Committee online. The Water Law Committee focuses on legal issues associated with water as a critical resource and as a basic need and building block throughout the world. The Committee seeks to promote the active exchange of information and views on the use of water as a limited resource and an infrastructure opportunity, the controversies on water and the governance and business of water. The Water Law Committee is part of the IBA Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law
Dispute resolution with an entrepreneurial mind-set: mediation and online mediation. IBA Latin American Entrepreneurship Conference: challenges and opportunities in Latin America. São Paulo, 6–8 November 2019. Raimundo Muñoz
The Immigration and Nationality Law Committee is concerned with all aspects of immigration and nationality law on a worldwide basis, including business-related immigration, family reunion policies, refugees and compassionate cases.
The Committee aims to provide a forum for the discussion of comparative data on immigration and nationality policies of countries worldwide.
The mission and focus of the committee is to provide a platform for lawyers practising immigration laws to receive input and update about the immigration laws of their country and also immigration laws and procedures of other jurisdictions. We achieve this by holding annual conferences and presentation of papers, newsletters and providing other online resources to enhance the knowledge of its member in multiple jurisdictions.
View a list of past chairs here.
Regulating buy-now-pay-later Fintechs. By Akshay Bhargav, Kaushalya Shetty and Vaishali Nayar
In today’s fast-paced retail environment, we are spoilt for choice with online business platforms trying to offer a plethora of services to ensure they retain their customers and achieve optimum customer acquisition. New ways are being invented to expedite online checkout – all with the objective of reducing the steps involved in, and the time spent on, transaction settlements. Faster checkouts ensure customer con
HumanRightsThe International Bar Association (IBA), UC Berkeley Human Rights Center (Berkeley HRC), and Oxford Programme on International Peace and Security (Oxford IPS) are working collaboratively to address the need for greater preservation of and
access to social media evidence to strengthen legal accountability for human rights violations and atrocity crimes. Social media platforms have become the unintended archives of information with historical and evidentiary value, even though
social media companies do not necessarily have the incentives or infrastructure to properly and indefinitely identify and preserve this content.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Welcome to the International Commerce, Trade, Franchising and Product Law Section online. Here you will find information, updates, news and other resources relevant to your section.
Jun 25, 2024
As in many other parts of the world, the age-old activity of gambling also finds various references in Indian history and mythology. While ancient texts such as the Rig Veda, Atharva Veda, Ramayana and Mahabharata caution against its harms, others such as the Katyayana Smriti, Manu Smriti and Narad Smriti support its regulated existence, citing its potential as a source of revenue for the Kingdom
The proliferation of online sales and e-marketplaces has expanded the direct-to-consumer market capabilities for manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, retailers and third-party sellers. This expanded online sales capability also includes sales of products direct to consumers across national boundaries.
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
Welcome to the Taxation Section online
Here you will find information, updates, news and other resources relevant to your section.
LBO transactions: when they shall be considered unlawful (or almost) under Italian Law. Maurizio Vasciminni, Giada Russo, Giovanni Gigliotti
Welcome to the Corporate Law Section online
Here you will find information, updates, news and other resources relevant to your section.
Legal levers in a virtual world- Law Firm Management Committee newsletter article, April 2020
IBA Online Services Committee members only.
By invitation only: IBA Mid-Year Leadership meetings 2025
Welcome to the Criminal Law Section online
Here you will find information, updates, news and other resources relevant to your section.
Regulating the rapid switch to online working during a pandemic: an overview for the Philippines.
Artificial Intelligence has the potential to revolutionise it. This session will explore the intersection of mediation and technology with an emphasis on psychological effects on mediation participants. Does online mediation make mediation fairer? Can digital mediators build rapport with parties?
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
Welcome to the Human Resources Section online
Here you will find information, updates, news and other resources relevant to your section.
Sep 02, 2024
Evolving online harms and tech-enabled violence against women and girls have been highlighted by a UK National Police Chief’s Council
This shift in practice has highlighted comparative advantages of online mediation and also exposed its limits. This session will explore the psychology of mediation at a distance and consider how mediators and mediation counsel are adapting to the digital world.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Welcome to the Dispute Resolution Law Section online
Here you will find information, updates, news and other resources relevant to your section.
A controversial European law to update copyright rules for the digital environment has moved a step closer amid an ongoing clash over internet freedoms and intellectual property rights.
IBA Online Services Subcommittee members only.
By invitation only: IBA Mid-Year Leadership Meetings 2023
Welcome to the Financial Services Law Section online
Here you will find information, updates, news and other resources relevant to your section.
By invitation only: IBA Mid-Year Leadership meetings 2024
Welcome to the Law and Individual Rights Section online
Here you will find information, updates, news and other resources relevant to your section.
Jul 22, 2024
Online bets have become one of the most interesting and lucrative markets of the entertainment industry. Nevertheless, the private sector operation is highly regulated in Colombia.
International sourcing and supply of certain goods such as special devices and machinery of technology leaders for industrial applications used to be handled in some areas mainly through dealers/ distributors and/or local subsidiaries. Such manufacturers increasingly also offer their goods and products directly through own webshop solutions, including extended customisation options to international customers.
One of the reasons for offering these selling channels is, aside of economic reasons, the connectivity of this source to digitalised supply chains, a step towards automated procurement.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
Welcome to the Maritime and Aviation Law Section online
Here you will find information, updates, news and other resources relevant to your section.
Indonesia introduced the Online Single Submission System (OSS System) in 2018 to improve the business licensing process in the country and improve the ease of doing business. Indonesia’s Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) recently issued a regulation that provides technical guidance on the application for and the issuance of business licences through the OSS System and a legal basis for new features implemented in OSS System version 1.1.
Professional ethics in online dispute resolution systems
Welcome to the Intellectual Property, Communications and Technology Law Section online
Here you will find information, updates, news and other resources relevant to your section.
Measures to increase the use of online platforms for negotiations and ‘non-typical’ mediation initiatives, such as dispute resolution alternatives in consumer relations, have been increasing in popularity in Brazil.
DiversityInclusionFrom an L&D perspective, the difficulties faced during the pandemic have made it clear that all organisations would be sensible to adopt more agile approaches to learning in order to improve performance, and embrace educational techniques that meet the opportunities and challenges of the adjusted world we now live in. One of the many dilemmas of L&D is figuring out how to use advances in technology as a means of engaging learners and improving access to learning for a more diverse audience with different needs and preferences. This session will be led by industry experts in learning design and delivery who will provide an insight into how a digital approach to learning can best serve learners of the future.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
The Aviation Law Committee is concerned with several major areas of law. Aircraft transactions and financing are always a major interest. The Committee also follows developments of international law with respect to airlines in both economic and tort areas, and also focuses on competition issues related to aviation.
The Committee provides an opportunity not only to contribute to the development of aviation law but also to make useful contacts with aviation attorneys from all over the world. This is particularly important in an international industry such as aviation, where attorneys are required to deal with aviation attorneys in other countries on a regular basis.
At the end of 2018 London hosted the inaugural International Forum on Online Courts. The event was attended by around 200 legal professionals and other stakeholders from over 20 countries, with discussions focusing on the development of online courts.
The Asia Pacific Forum offers fantastic opportunities to establish contact with legal experts in and outside of the region, practising in many different areas of law, and to keep abreast of legal business developments in the region.
In addition to offering an unrivalled opportunity to establish contact among lawyers within and outside the region, and with acknowledged experts on different areas of law, specialist Forum activities provide an unparalleled opportunity to keep abreast of legal business developments in the region. Members also benefit from excellent working relations with national Bars, the Inter-Pacific Bar Association and LAWASIA.
This article addresses the concept and functioning of online behavioural advertising, its main legal implications and the parameters that must be observed by suppliers to ensure the legality of such a practice in Brazil.
From ideas to impact: pioneering sustainable solutions with intellectual property
The Class Actions Committee serves as a platform for lawyers to discuss differing class action and collective redress regimes, monitor international developments, and debate key policy and rule of law issues. Class actions are becoming increasingly common, providing access to justice and holding corporations and authorities accountable.
Jurisdictions vary widely in their approaches, with some countries facing fundamental challenges. Global coordination in prosecuting and defending major cases is growing, with fostering collaboration and knowledge-sharing being vital. The Committee provides a forum for international lawyers to come together and discuss these differences, as well as network with other professionals within this space.
Nov 23, 2022
Key points from online workshop on recruitment and retention, the changing expectations of young lawyers in Europe, 7 October 2022
The interactive panel discussion will cover the growing cross-jurisdictional requirements (regulatory, stock exchange driven and market-based) to include greater representation of women on boards of directors, the drivers of these requirements and how boards can meet (and are meeting) these requirements. This will include a discussion of process integration and strategies to grow the number of women on boards, and the responsibilities of decision makers and influencers as they relate to this necessary evolution.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
The Arab Regional Forum provides lawyers active in, or with an interest in the region, with a means to establish contact and exchange information with each other. A particular focus of interest is the continuing economic importance of the region, including reconstruction and investment projects following peace initiatives.
Jun 16, 2021
An exponential rise in online abuse and harassment has necessitated governments to step up online regulation.
How do firms cultivate positive relationships with clients and leads; and is a way to accelerate the process?
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
The Communications Law Committee is a leading global forum for legal practitioners with specialist expertise or interest in the communications sector. The Committee offers members access to a worldwide network of leading practitioners, in-house counsel and regulators active in digital, communications and media markets. We encourage the sharing of sectoral expertise through regular publication of articles, periodic issues of our technical journal, the annual committee conference hosted jointly with IBA Antitrust Section, and specialised sessions at the IBA Annual Conference.
The scope of the Committee’s work covers network, service and content-related developments across all delivery platforms. This provides members with access to practical global perspectives on the array of technological, commercial and policy issues which confront communications lawyers, their companies and clients.
Jun 01, 2023
The German legislator has taken a step forward towards digitising German corporate law by introducing an online formation procedure for limited liability companies, which balances practical improvements and security needs. While the new procedure may help to save time and costs for certain non-German founders, the scope is limited, as only specific European identification documents are compatible and, furthermore, original (ie, paper) versions of certain documents are still required is some cases.
The Committee provides a forum for all international lawyers who are interested in discussing and debating issues affecting the practice of law. In today's world a lawyer may face conflicting duties and the application of professional standards may be far from apparent. The Committee focuses on developments of international significance and seeks active collaboration with other committees and constituents in providing programmes at the IBA conferences.
The Committee works closely with the IBA Standing Committee on Professional Ethics which is concerned with the maintenance and periodical reform of the International Code of Ethics.
The Committee seeks to facilitate relevant networking and information/experience sharing opportunities and encompasses the social and collegial interests of both members and potential members with other regional fora, the Corporate Counsel Forum and the Young Lawyers Committee and all LPD committees in general.
In March 2011, the International Bar Association (IBA)’s Legal Projects Team took up an important global initiative to examine the presence and role of online social networking within the legal profession and practice.
The net zero challenge and road to COP28: Candid conversations with legal counsel
The Indigenous Peoples Committee addresses development issues affecting land and people from the legal perspective of those impacted, rather than developers, governments, or businesses. The committee aims to enhance communication among lawyers worldwide on issues concerning indigenous peoples, and establish links with organisations like the UN Sub-Committee on Indigenous Peoples and the World Bank. The Committee plans to publish a regular newsletter and is seeking an editor, along with volunteers, particularly from outside Canada. To reduce travel costs, the committee will utilise e-communication to advance its projects, programs, and publications.
Sep 03, 2021
When the e-Commerce Directive was adopted within the EU in 2000, it was a foundational attempt to regulate online activity for businesses and consumers. Since then, social media platforms such as Facebook and companies such as Google and Amazon have transformed how we engage, purchase and share information online.
A conversation with experienced mediators about the magic of mediation - sharing some of the “secrets” of the trade and discussing different approaches to different dispute scenarios.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
The African Regional Forum aims to enhance the value and significance of the International Bar Association (IBA) by addressing issues unique to African lawyers. The Forum focuses on cooperation with bar associations, supporting legal development, and promoting IBA participation across Africa. We organise regional conferences, workshops, and seminars to foster specialisation and partnerships within the legal profession. The Forum also works to educate about legal rights, strengthen sub-regional bars, and facilitate exchanges between developed and developing bars. We play a crucial role in training, legal reforms, and fostering collaboration with government and other regional fora.
Minding the justice gap: a recent report on the role online referral services can play -July 2020
IBA Asset Recovery Conference
Insurance is present in every facet of commercial, industrial and private life. Lawyers practising in many different fields encounter insurance and its problems and can greatly benefit from the knowledge which membership of this Committee provides.
The Committee aims to provide its members, and the Division as a whole, with information about developments in insurance and reinsurance law and markets throughout the world as well as with specialist knowledge to assist in the efficient solution of practical insurance problems. New insurance products are also brought to the attention of members.
A webinar presented by the IBA Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee, 24 February 2021, 0900 – 1000 GMT
Nonetheless, client demands force law firms to be available around the clock. How can we balance availability requirements with the flexibility required by lawyers?
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
IBA regional fora represent the interests of members practising in, or with links to, a particular region. They provide networking opportunities, organise conferences or sessions at conferences, and produce publications with regional relevance. One regional forum is included in IBA membership.
21st Annual International Conference on Private Investment Funds
The Negligence and Damages Committee has the object of providing information from a range of jurisdictions worldwide. Participants will gain practical knowledge which will enable them to deliver a better service to clients in their own jurisdiction. Equally, when consulted by clients who were injured in other jurisdictions, on ships, on aircraft or elsewhere, the committee activities provide information and networking opportunities with colleagues which will enable lawyers to undertake such cases on an international basis.
Negligence and Damages are evolving fields of law in many jurisdictions. The committee seeks to equip its members with the ability to understand and influence these changes in the legal environment.
Apr 08, 2021
Following the publication of the 2019 landmark report Us Too? Bullying and Sexual Harassment in the Legal Profession, the International Bar Association (IBA) Legal Policy & Research Unit (LPRU), in collaboration with The College of Law Australia, have launched a set of e-learning modules designed to guide individuals and workplaces towards making positive cultural changes.
Litigating in the Asia Pacific Region
The Antitrust Section provides an international forum for thought leadership with respect to antitrust law developments and the profession through submissions to competition agencies, training programs/missions, developing the law through our conferences, publications, and interaction with antitrust enforcement authorities and the profession.
In addition, there is a strong commitment to bring together international practitioners to facilitate closer working relationships. The Section is increasingly relied upon by government officials and members of the private sector for its expertise and practical input into antitrust developments, including through its Working Group submissions.
Governments and financial services regulators around the world – including in the European Union and the United States – are considering their next moves as they seek to bring law and order to the ‘wild west’ of crypto-assets.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
The Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law Committee focuses on all legal aspects pertaining to art, artists, the art market and cultural heritage. The Committee’s interest extends from antiquities all the way to contemporary and ultra-contemporary works of art.
With members from over 50 countries - including experts in museums, galleries, auction houses, and cultural heritage protection - the Committee fosters communication among legal professionals on all matters involving Art and Cultural Property Law. Our goal is to establish a worldwide network of Art and Cultural Property lawyers with information and discussion links to relevant NGOs, institutes of art law, and governmental organisations.
IBA Global Insight February/March 2018 - Online innovation moves at a rapid pace and legislators can struggle to keep up. Global Insight examines whether competition law provides the necessary tools to keep the major players in check.
IBA Young Lawyers' Committee Training: Becoming a champion
The GEI, formed in 2010, provides a global approach to legal issues in human resources and human capital for multinationals. GEI collaborates with the Employment, Discrimination and Equality Law Committee and Immigration Law Committee to form the Human Resources Section. GEI members offer expert advice on global HR, discrimination, and immigration issues, enhancing organisations' performance and best practices. Activities include reports, research, commentary on legislation, training, and organising conferences. With leading global labour and employment practitioners, GEI is becoming a leading authority on global HR issues. Membership offers valuable resources and insights.
Thursday 22 April 2021, 1600 – 1700 BST
This panel will address the issue of data privacy in internal investigations, in particular in cross-border investigations where transfer of private data across countries will require special attention to different data privacy legislations.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
The mission of the Committee is to address issues of particular interest to start ups, owner-managed, closely held and family businesses and their legal advisors, and to organisations with ambitions for growth. The Committee's aim is to provide a focus for the different needs of ownership, management and financing of such organisations. Particular focus is placed on: management and ownership issues, finance and the raising of tier one and two capital, shareholder issues and agreements, business succession plans, exit planning, relationships with outside investors, protection of minority interests, dispute monitoring and resolution, the role of professionals in management and advisory roles and relevant issues arising from tax, employment, real estate, estate planning and family law.
It’s not every day a court adopts the lingo of disruption more often associated with Silicon Valley start-ups. It’s even more surprising in the often stagnant and restrictive Middle East. But the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is launching ambitious plans to set up the first ‘Court of the Future’, a model whose proponents say will forever change the way commercial courts do business.
This joint session is intended to be a dialogue between judges and arbitrators on the topic of the seeming trend of reconsideration and remissions of awards from the bench back to tribunals.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
Very few legal fields face the revolutionary changes that employment and industrial relations laws do. Issues such as technology, human rights, globalisation, corporate citizenship and increased movements of people have created unprecedented legal complexity as they interact with traditional laws often formulated decades ago. As the largest of the Human Resource Section Committees of the IBA, the purpose of the Committee is the identification, technical analysis and proactive management of national, regional and global developments in these rapidly evolving fields. The Committee takes a ‘cutting edge’ approach to its selection of topics and speakers and draws upon the combined experience of its officers and panellists to present the members with innovative solutions to the employment law problems of today.
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