About the Event

Pursuant to the Call for Papers released in September 2021, the Committee received numerous submissions from reputed law schools across India. After jointly conducting several rounds of review with Khaitan & Co, three papers were selected to be presented at the virtual conference. The papers selected for presentation are:
‘The Invisible Labour Force and the Foundation of the ‘Productive Economy’: Recognising Women’s Unpaid Labour’ by Avanti Deshpande.
‘Strengthening the Socially Informed Model of Arbitration under the Industrial Code, 2020: A Constructive Critique’ by Aaryan Mohan & Anannya Chitranshi.
‘A Gig-Antic Step towards Making India Labour-Friendly: Extension of Social Security to Gig Workers’ by Mehak Jain.
The abovementioned presentations will be evaluated by a panel of distinguished judges from Khaitan & Co. The presentation would be followed by a round of questions which will help the attendees develop a better understanding of the recent developments in the field of employment and labour laws. The Committee envisages this event as an endeavour to encourage and promote legal scholarship in the area of employment and labour law.

About the Journal Committee

The Committee was constituted with the objective of promoting legal research and writing. Apart from conducting the RMLNLU International Legal Essay Writing Competition every year, the Committee annually publishes two peer reviewed journals – the RMLNLU Law Review and the RMLNLU Journal on CMET (Communication, Media, Entertainment and Technology) Law. Both these journals publish articles, essays, case notes/comments and book reviews from contributors all over the world. The RMLNLU Law Review also runs a blog which provides a platform for people in the field to express their opinions on contemporary legal issues.

About Khaitan & Co

Founded in 1911, Khaitan & Co is among India’s oldest and most prestigious full-service law firms. It is also one of the largest law firms, with over 600 professionals. The firm has an array of practice areas which include mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, banking and finance, debt capital markets, dispute resolution, white collar crimes, data privacy and protection, and competition/ anti-trust law. The firm has strong capabilities and deep industry knowledge across all its practice areas.

Over the years, Khaitan & Co has consolidated its position as a leading law firm in the field of employment and labour law. Its Employment, Labour and Benefits practice provides commercially oriented and practical advice on areas and events around business sale and acquisitions, change of ownership, employee benefits including equity based incentive schemes, employment agreements and policies, workplace diversity and discrimination issues. Additionally, the practice specialises in contract labour and alternate employment arrangements, whistle blower complaints, employee grievance redressal, workforce restructuring, staff re-classification and mobility, workplace health and safety issues as well as immigration advisory. As recognition for the pioneering work of the firm in the field of labour and employment law, the Employment, Labour and Benefits (ELB) practice at the Firm has been ranked as Tier 1 by Legal 500 Asia Pacific in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, won In-House Counsel Community Award for Labour & Employment Firm of the Year 2021, IBLJ 2021 Best Overall Law Firm – Employment & Labour, Labour & Employment Law Firm of the Year 2020-21 award by Legal Era and, also won the IDEX Employment law firm of the year 2019 award. The ELB practice in the Firm has also been recognized and honorably ranked by Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific in 2019 and 2020.

About the Judges

Mr. Anshul Prakash is a Partner at Khaitan & Co’s Mumbai office and leads the firm’s Employment, Labour and Benefits practice. He advises various prominent domestic and international clients on numerous employment law and related matters inter alia concerning workforce management, social security, industrial relations, workplace harassment and discrimination, structuring benefits and incentives, health and safety, internal inquiries and workforce restructuring.

He also leads the firm’s thought leadership initiative on advocacy and knowledge sharing in the employment and labour law space and actively shares insights on evolving jurisprudence in the employment and labour law space in several industry publications, print media and public speaking events organised by industry bodies. 

He has been ranked as the Leading Individual lawyer for Labour and Employment by Legal 500 in the Rankings for 2022, awarded for Asia Law Client Service Excellence in the field of Employment and Labour laws for 2020, honourably ranked in Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific 2021, awarded recognition in 2020 amongst BW BusinessWorld Legal 40 under 40 Best Lawyers & Legal Influencers in India, recognized in Forbes India Legal Powerlist 2020 as Top Individual Lawyer (Labour & Employment) and recognized and listed for outstanding client services and work amongst ALB India 2021 Super 50 Lawyers.

Mr. Jeevan Ballav Panda is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution and Employment, Labour & Benefits practice group in the NCR office. He brings with him more than 13 years of experience with a focus on commercial litigation, arbitration and employment. He is also empanelled as an Arbitrator at the Delhi International Arbitration Centre (DIAC). 

Mr. Jeevan focuses on handling complex civil and contractual disputes, commercial litigation and arbitration and related pre litigation advisory. Mr. Jeevan also regularly argues matters before Courts and arbitral tribunals. Recently, Mr. Jeevan has successfully acted for MNCs and PSUs in high stake arbitration and litigation against government entities and private parties and between private players particularly in the railway, construction, infrastructure, power and hospitality sector.

Mr. Jeevan also focuses on labour and employment advisory and litigation involving structuring senior management contracts and exits, disciplinary/ domestic inquiries, sexual harassment at workplace, reorganisation and trade union related issues, compliances under various labour legislations including those relating to social security benefits, industrial disputes, termination, transfers, confidentiality, non-solicitation and non-compete clauses. Recently, Mr. Jeevan has successfully represented MNCs in civil suits against trade unions disrupting business operations through strikes and anti-social activities and in writ petitions and quasi-judicial proceedings involving high stake provident fund inquiries and exemption issues. 

Mr. Jeevan has featured in the Asian Legal Business Super 50 Lawyers India list in 2020 and 2021. Legal500 Asia Pacific recognised him as a Recommended Lawyer for Employment and Labour laws practice.

Mr. Deepak Kumar is a Partner in the Employment, Labour and Benefits practice group in the Mumbai office. Mr. Deepak has advised and assisted several multinational and domestic clients on a range of contentious and non-contentious employment and labour matters concerning workforce and benefits restructuring, managing industrial relations, strategizing India entries and exits, closures, downsizing, employee transfers under M&A transactions and internal business reorganisations, among others. Mr. Deepak also specialises in advising offshore clients on structuring India entry strategy, business setup and engagement of personnel in India, and implementation of global ESOPs and other incentive and benefit plans. Mr. Deepak is a regular speaker at leading industry bodies and forums on regulatory and policy developments. He contributes on trends in employment law space and speaks on a range of employment and labour law aspects at sessions.

Mr. Deepak has been acknowledged for his experience and expertise by Asian Legal Business (ALB) in their India Rising Stars Rankings (2021) and The Legal 500 (Legalease) Asia Pacific 2022 Rankings as Recommended Lawyer in the Labour & Employment practice.

Registration

To register for the event, please click here

To attend the event, please click here

For brochure, please click here

Please note that only registered attendees shall be provided with certificates.

Contact Information

In case of queries, please feel free to contact any of the people mentioned below:

• Aditya Pattanayak: +91 9818849520
• Harsh Agarwal: +91 9399831636
• Dharmesh Basedia: +91 6370583783

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The idea of ‘Symbiosis’ is nurtured by Dr. S. B. Mujumdar on the principles of Vedic thought ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ which means ‘World as One Family’. Symbiosis Law School (SLS) Hyderabad was established in 2014 inheriting splendid novelty, dynamism and excellence in the education of Symbiosis International University, Pune.

About the Centre

Established in 2018, the Centre for Corporate and Competition Law (CCCL) is a student-run centre aiming to provide a platform for students of the institute to explore and learn more about the nuances of Corporate and Competition Law, and to prepare them for the corporate world. To advance our agenda, CCCL has been successful in conducting multiple landmark events in the history of our institute, which has carved a niche corner for our centre within the legal fraternity. Amongst others, CCCL conducted our flagship event, the first-ever National Corporate Restructuring Competition in India in 2019. We have also spread our roots into banking law by conducting a three-day value-added course on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. Over the past two years, we have invited eminent personalities like Mr. Dhanendra Kumar, first Chairperson of the CCI and Dr. K. D. Singh, Joint Secretary for Law at CCI conduct webinars on relevant topics.

About The Events

There will be a total of two event that will be hosted by the Centre.

a. A One-Day National E-Conference b. A National Discussion

About The E-Conference

In the modern economy, the corporate sector has been assigned the leadership for ensuring the growth process. To carry forward the growth, the companies in India require a conducive legal environment with appropriate corporate and commercial laws.

The developed countries and the transnational economic institutions like WTO need to have an ease of business and trade to work in. By taking giant steps, India has moved into the top 100 rankings in the World Bank’s ‘Doing Business 2019’ fact sheet. Laws and regulations governing the incorporation and running of business is undergoing rapid change.

The impetus for such flux came from changes in the world economy, advancements in information technology and the opening of world economy. While at some points, regulations need to provide more flexibility, at others, there is a need for strengthening the laws.

The National E-Conference Seeks:

∙       To provide an interactive forum to engage in the discourse on emerging trends in corporate and competition laws in India;

∙       To facilitate a better understanding of policy and legal problems that are to be identified during the discussions;

∙       To create a network among the academicians, researchers, students and industry (particularly those working in the area of commercial law) so as to develop an environment for the exchange of ideas between academia and industry.

∙       To explore the possibility of undertaking collaborative research including all the participants.

Main Themes

Changing contours of market regulation – what lies ahead of the big antitrust investigation.

Sub-Themes

1.              Navigating antitrust issues in digital markets – Regulating anti-competitive conduct of AI, intermediaries, OTT platforms.

2.              Blockchain and competition regulation – Demystifying the anti-competitive nature of smart contracts.

3.              Analyzing the relevance of non-price factors in determining the abuse of dominance by the CCI.

4.              Competition issues in the e-commerce sector – Regulating gatekeeping, unfair contractual terms and exclusive agreements.

5.              Intersection of competition law with other areas of law – navigating concurrence or any potential conflicts.

6.              Way forward for anti-trust enforcement in India – Key takeaways and comparative analysis of the Indian anti-trust regime with respect to foreign jurisdictions

7.              Competition Compliance in the COVID-19 Era – Challenges and Way Forward

8.              Merger Control (Minority acquisitions; differential thresholds, on- market transactions, decisive influence)

9.              Settlements, Agreements, Cartels and Leniency (Competition Amendment Bill 2020)

10.           Impact of new technologies on Competition (Innovation, Digital Markets and Big Data and Convergence of online and offline markets)

Submission Categories would be:

∙       Articles (4,000 – 6,000 words) would be proposed to be comprehensive publications that would analyse important themes, and may adopt comparative perspectives. Co-authorship (Up to 2 authors) is permitted.

∙       Essays (3,000 – 4,000 words) would be proposed to be typically identified issues, dealt with, specifically, which may be of contemporary relevance, and present a central argument. Co-authorship (Up to 2 authors) is allowed

∙       Case Notes, Legislative Comments, Book/Article Reviews (1,500 – 3,000 words). Co-authorship is not allowed.

Submission Guidelines would be:

• All original submissions would be asked to be accompanied by an abstract not exceeding 300 words. The abstract would expressly include the novelty and usefulness of the idea that the author wishes to put forth and must categorically mention the specific contribution of the submission, beyond the existing available literature, and the practical utility of his/her recommendations.
• Co-authorship is permissible up to a maximum of two authors. However, co-authorship would not be allowed in cases of Case Comments, Legislative Comments and Book Reviews.
• Abstract (not exceeding 300 words ) should be attached as a word file in the link given below which would be peer reviewed before they are accepted.
• Link for abstract submission:- https://forms.gle/K9WcxBvUPYGnoeqq7
• Following the selection of their abstracts, the authors shall be informed about further guidelines in submitting the full research paper.

Who can attend (prospective audience and submitters):

This conference is aimed at students, educators, researchers, academicians and practitioners in the area of Corporate and Commercial Laws and scholars from the legal and business fraternity.

The conference will have a balance of lectures and presentations from the academic as well as the practitioners’ perspective and will have experts from the field.

It is aimed at creating a platform for exchange, debate and development of ideas and emerging issues in the area of Corporate and Commercial Laws.

Important Dates:

∙       Last date for Abstract Submission: 18^th Oct 2021

∙       Communication for Acceptance of Abstract: 22^nd Oct 2021

∙       Final Date of Online Registration along with full applicable Payment: 30^th Oct 2021

∙       Submission of Full Paper: 19^th Nov 2021

∙       Date of Conference: 28^th Nov 2021

Registration Fees:

Rs 300/- per registration

Prizes:

All the presenters shall receive Participation Certificates and the Best Manuscript, Best presenter of each technical session shall receive Certificates of Merit along with other prizes.

Event Brochure: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1biNFLfx0FFOsFS7Bl1E_evsLbr1dfhx_/view?usp=sharing 

CCCL Brochure: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14NyJG3C98YPOEkPcxv8fD2Hu_Q2Bd5nv/view?usp=sharing 

About the National Discussion

The centre is conducting a national discussion on ‘challenges in online contracts: an international perspective”, 17th October, 2021. The event aims to provide a platform for the participants to have an intellectual discussion on the given theme amongst themselves. This event will have a total maximum of 20 participants, including students and professionals, who will come together to express their views on the given topic. Selected participants are expected to do thorough research on the subject and associated topics. The panellist will be facilitating the discussion and proving insights wherever requires. She shall also guide the participants and assess their performance. 

To register for the national discussion fill in the google form attached below. 

Theme: “Challenges in Online Contracts: An International Perspective”

Date: 17th October, 2021.

Time: 12:30p.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

Platform: Will be intimated on confirmation of participation. 

Last day to register: 11th October 2021 before 11.59 p.m.

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/G5bCgANKUYaCvfUP6

About the Panelist for the Discussion

Dr. P. Sree Sudha is the Assistant Professor at Damodaram Sanjevayya National Law University (DSNLU), Visakhapatnam. She has completed her LL.D (2016) from National Law School of Indian University, Bangalore. Her areas of specialization are International Trade Laws, E-commerce Law, Intellectual Property Law and Tax Law. She has been the recipient of Four gold medals from Andhra Pradesh University for scoring the highest marks in B.L. Addition to this she has also been a visiting faculty to GITAM School of International Business, GITAM University and has been the Assistant-editor for Journal Academy of Jursitical Studies. 

You can check her profile at: https://dsnlu.ac.in/faculty/dr-p-sree-sudha-associate-professor-of-law-ll-m/

Who can Attend?

Professionals and students from the Legal fraternity. E-certificates will be provided to all the participants.

Email us at cccl@slsh.edu.in to clear your queries.

For more details on our activities, you may follow our LinkedIn and Instagram (@cccl_slsh) Pages.  

Link to Brochure: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14NyJG3C98YPOEkPcxv8fD2Hu_Q2Bd5nv/view?usp=sharing 

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The Campus Law Centre (CLC), Faculty of Law, University of Delhi is the time tested legal institution par excellence. It is the national hub of legal studies. Since its inception in1924, the department has been a leader producing many legal luminaries, Supreme Court and High Court judges, leading advocates, political leaders, policy makers and trend-setters in all walks of life. CLC is an egalitarian institute providing practically free legal education at a negligible cost. With the unparallel expertise of faculty members, multicultural environment, CLC attracts brilliant students from all over the country and abroad.

Ethiccraft Club is meant for empowering the youth of India on the matter of values and social wellbeing through a systematic education and training program at various levels in the society. With the motto, “Marching towards Values”, Ethiccraft club is organising various programs to help, support and create favourable ambience for the holistic development of youth. The members of Ethiccraft Club are solemnly resolved for the enlightenment, encouragement and empowerment to help them evolve as perfect leaders in the society.

Event Details 

The spirit and soul of law is traditionally rooted in the elements of spirituality.  The International E-Conference on Law and Spirituality, organized by Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi in collaboration with Ethiccraft club, aims to bring the focus back on this dimension and explore the everlasting bonds between Law & Spirituality.

The E-Conference being organized from 27th August 2021 to 29th August 2021, will be graced by presence of leaders who are unmatched for their contributions in fields ranging from Law, Politics, Social Work, and Education, to name a few. Bringing their own lens of wisdom, they will shed light on the threads of spirituality which bind people and law together and will set the ball rolling for future evolution of not only the field but society in general.

Don’t miss out on being part of the experience to explore these uncharted dimensions of law and immerse yourself in understanding the role of spirituality in making, interpreting, and enforcing laws.

Eligibility Details

Every person, scholar, student, thinker, or anyone who wishes to be enlightened about the amalgamation of law with spirituality is welcome to attend the conference. 

Location 

The event will be streamed live at YouTube page of Campus Law Centre at – https://TINYURL.COM/CLCOFFICIALYOUTUBE 

Registration Details 

Interested participants can register themselves at: https://TINYURL.COM/REGISTRATIONICLS2021 

Note – Participation Certificates will be provided to all the registered attendees. 

Fee Details

The event is completely free to join.

Date and Time

The event will be hosted for 3 days, 27^th August – 29^th August, 2021. 

Contact Details

For any queries, feel free to reach out to us at –  info.lawandspirituality@gmail.com 

Or contact, Mr. Vijay Pujari, Mobile Number – 7981778079

For further information and updates follow us on:
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Link for brochure – https://drive.google.com/file/d/11W7fdXDh9lT2ske42GQNziw7XfT5QwOE/view

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Law Centre-II, Faculty of Law, the University of Delhi in association with Samadhan: The Delhi High Court Mediation & Conciliation Centre and Delhi School of Public Policy and Governance, Institute of Eminence (IoE), the University of Delhi under the action research project by Department of Justice, Ministry of Law & Justice, Govt. of India is organising:

The second International Conference on Mediation (Capacity development program & Innovative practices) in virtual mode.

It is our absolute honour and pleasure to have the Union Minister of Law and Justice in India, Electronics, IT and Communication, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad on its inaugural day, Hon’ble Mr Justice S. Ravindra Bhat on its valedictory day as Chief Guests.

Many other esteemed dignitaries would also be gracing our event with their presence and participation.

Dates

The virtual conference will be held on dates 22nd April,2021 – 24th April,2021.

A brief schedule of the events are as follows:

22nd April,2021:

Inaugural session

23rd April, 2021:

Session I :Capacity Development Programme 

Session II : Innovative  Practices  And  Online  Mediation

24th April,2021: Session I : Mediation in Family Disputes

Session II : Mediation in IPR Disputes

Session III : Mediation in Ease of Doing Business

Session IV : Mediation in Commercial Disputes

For the list of speakers and a detailed itinerary , refer to the official brochure

Registration

The organizers invite Judges, Faculty members, Advocates, Research scholars, Entrepreneur, Students, Faculty members, and other professionals. E-Certificates will be provided to the attendees after successfully attending all the sessions. Registration for the conference is compulsory.

Link for registration :

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8OXd56glPEFTMvjqN7RXP2bUQp5rQcD4O0NDubOc7R_9lPg/viewform

About the Conference[1] 

Mediation as an Alternative Dispute Resolution is a process of resolving disputes with the help of a third neutral person who assists the parties in the dispute to reach a negotiated resolution. It is empowering every common person of the society and imparting justice in a cost-effective and expeditious manner.

Through awareness and confidence-building measures, this conference would help potential litigants as well as the general public, thereby reducing the burden on the courts. The expertise of the speakers as well as the esteemed dignitaries in the event is invaluable to the entire legal fraternity including lawyers, judges, law teachers, law students, and legal researchers.

Recent legislative changes have also placed reliance on mediation as a prominent mode of the dispute resolution process. It shows the increasing intent of the legislature to bring the same at the forefront which is also in tandem with the changing demands of the times. Better dissemination of knowledge and information regarding the process of mediation will build the faith of the general public in this process and, ultimately lead to better administration of justice.

In a dynamic country like ours, a speedy, equitable, and innovative dispute resolution system like mediation brings positive externalities for the economy, the society, the legal ecosystem, and the general prosperity of the nation as a whole.

About Law Centre II

Law Centre-II, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi is a premier institution and is known for its qualitative teaching, research and other co-curricular and extracurricular activities. Started in 1971, it has a glorious past of 50 years. The current state of art infrastructure, commitment and assiduity of faculty members with huge quality student strength separates it from other institutions of the country. Law Centre-II feels proud to have the alumni who got the position like Governor, Cabinet and State Ministers, Parliamentarians, Hon’ble Judges, distinguished Jurists, leading advocates, policymakers and some of the academicians of the country.

About Samadhan

The Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre, known as Samadhan, was established in May 2006. Its objective is to act as a catalyst in providing a healing touch to the litigating public in amicably resolving their disputes.

Samadhan is administered by a Joint Committee of lawyers and Judges that has been smoothly coordinating and supervising all its activities. It has cemented a vital and unique collaboration between the Bar and the Bench that has been able to empower disputants to amicably resolve their disputes and find peace and harmony in their lives.

About Delhi School of Public Policy and Governance

The Delhi School of Public Policy and Governance (DSPPG) at the University of Delhi has been established under the Institution of Eminence (IOE) of the University. The University of Delhi has got the privilege to be declared as an Institution of Eminence by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. It aims to serve as the key platform to promote and foster excellence in Public Policy and Governance studies, research and outreach, and policymaking. The School shall be the University’s interface for

engaging with the wider community of academics and practitioners in initiating, developing and sharing ideas to address various emerging domestic and international public policy challenges. More importantly, the School shall fill the existing void in building a specialized and efficient cadre of professionals dedicated to public service in India

Organising Committee

PATRON IN-CHIEF : Prof. P.C. Joshi, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi

PATRON: Prof. (Dr.) Mahavir Singh Kalon, Professor In Charge, Law Centre-II, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi

Conference Director: Dr. Ashutosh Mishra,Assistant Professor, Law Centre-II,,Faculty of Law, University of Delhi;OSD, Delhi School of Public Policy & Governance, Institution of Eminence, University of Delhi (Project Investigator)

Conference Co-Director: Mr. Ashutosh Acharya , Assistant Professor, Law Centre- II,Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (Co-Project Investigator)

Dr. Ajay Sonawane, Assistant Professor, Law Centre- II, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi 

Contacts

Khushal Garg : +91-9643546263

Shubham Kumar : +91-8084845441

ICM.lawcentre@gmail.com

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Seton Hall Law School hosts the Fifth Annual Health Law Works-in-Progress Retreat (Virtual) on February 5, 2021. Preliminary drafts, or a detailed introduction or outline of at least five pages, are due November 20, 2020. Please see the event announcement for details and information.

WHEN

February 5-6, 2021, from 10:30pm-1:30am IST.

WHERE

Virtual (Depending on the number of submissions we receive, we may also schedule a second virtual event for another afternoon.)

TICKETS

Complimentary Event

DESCRIPTION

Seton Hall Law School’s Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law & Policy is pleased to announce the Fifth Annual Health Law Works-in-Progress Retreat. The purpose of this retreat is to give health law scholars an opportunity to share their work and exchange ideas in a friendly, informal setting. The retreat is open to anyone with an academic appointment in health law, including professors, fellows, and visitors, in any institution of higher education (not just law schools).

During the retreat, we will engage in an in-depth discussion of 2-3 draft papers. For each paper, we will designate two commentators, each of whom will have about 10 minutes to present comments and suggestions. The author will then have 5 minutes to respond, after which we will open the floor to a general discussion among all retreat participants.

In addition, we will be adding a new feature to this year’s retreat: a lightning round of “raw meat” proposals, where participants will be invited to give 2-3 minute summaries of ideas they are planning to write about but have not yet fully fleshed out, followed by questions and discussion among the group as a whole.

If you are interested in having your paper presented, we ask that you submit a preliminary draft or, if that is not possible, a detailed introduction or outline of at least 5 pages, no later than November 20, 2020. Submissions should be sent to Catherine Finizio, at catherine.Finizio@shu.edu, who will anonymize them before distributing them to the selection committee. We will select the papers to be presented by December 11, and we will then identify two commentators for each of the papers. Final drafts will be due on January 22, 2021. Drafts will be made available to all participants on a password-protected website.

If you are interested in participating in the lightning round, please email carl.coleman@shu.edu, also by November 20. You may participate in the lightning round whether or not you have submitted a paper.

CONTACT

If you have any questions about the retreat, please contact Professor Carl Coleman at carl.coleman@shu.edu.

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Trade and Inclusivity: Small and Mid-size Enterprises (SMEs) and Women’s Access to Trade

Date and Time

Date- 6th October, 2020

Time- 9:30 PM – 10:45 PM [IST]

About the Conference

This panel is part of the annual African Legal Conference held by the African Law and Policy Association (ALPA).  This year’s theme focuses on Challenges and Opportunities in Governance, Trade, and Economic Empowerment on the African Continent.  

The panel will focus on the legal, policy, and governance challenges and opportunities of implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the AfCFTA’s goal of creating inclusive SMEs.  It will highlight women’s role in the informal sector and the effects of the AfCFTA on SMEs and the implications for US trade relations.  The panel can also link issues of governance and trade agreements to women’s access to formal trade regimes.   

REGISTER HERE

Note

Registration cost is zero

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Date: 9th October 2020

Time: 5:30 PM

Lecture summary: 

The lecture attempts to look at some important concepts and landmarks in international law and analyse how they have been impacted by developments in the field of women and children’s rights. The issues concerning women and children have transformed all the sources of international law, sovereignty, state responsibility, human rights and the status of non-state actors. These developments have created a more intrusive international law framework while highlighting universal global values. The lecture will also look at some of the critiques of this new approach to international law while looking to the future to see how these issues will unfold.  

About the Lecturer:

Dr Radhika Coomaraswamy will be delivering the lecture.

Radhika Coomaraswamy received her BA from Yale University, her J.D. from Columbia University and her LLM from Harvard University. In Sri Lanka, she was Director of International Centre for Ethnic Studies from 1982 to 2005 and the Chairperson of the Sri Lankan Human Rights Commission from 2003 to 2006. Recently, from 2015-2018, she was a member of the Constitutional Council.

Internationally, Radhika Coomaraswamy served as UN Under-Secretary-General and as Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict from 2006 until her retirement in 2012.

Earlier, from 1994 to 2003, she was the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, an independent expert attached to the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva.

In 2014, the UN Secretary-General asked Radhika Coomaraswamy to lead the Global Study to review the fifteen-year implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.

In 2017 she was appointed to the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar and also appointed as a member of The Secretary General’s Board of Advisers on Mediation.

She was been privileged to be asked to deliver the Grotius Lecture of the American Association of International Law in 2013 and has received numerous honorary degrees and honors.

Registration

This event will be held on Zoom Webinar. You can register your attendance at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kspxTyBpS42-n-HXFRGBcQ​

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Transparency in International Arbitration: Publication of arbitral awards versus data protection

Date and Time

Thursday, September 24, 2020  |  10:15 PM – 11:45 PM
Virtual Event

In recent years, many arbitral institutions across the world have been adopting new rules regarding, on one hand, the publication of arbitral awards and, on the other hand, data protection.

Such topics are commonly intertwined and relate to a new era of transparency in international arbitration.

To some extent, the call for more transparency in international arbitration may find limits and constraints in the regulation of data protection across countries.

The issue of applicable law to data protection may also play a major role and limit the new policies put in place by arbitral institutions.

A single arbitration may be subject to data protection laws from different countries, with different standards and requirements.

Is there a role to be played by soft law? This panel will focus on this ongoing debate, with particular attention to the perspective of the arbitral institutions.

Moderator(s)

• Franco Ferrari, NYU Law

Speakers:

• Eleonora Coelho, CAM-CCBC President, São Paulo
• Christian Leathley, NYU Law; Herbert Smith Freehills, New York
• Daniel Levy, FGV; Enyo Law, London
• Anna Katharina Scheffer da Silveira, LO Baptista, São Paulo

Register here

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This conference aims to explore the role of antitrust and competition law in shaping the future of the digital economy. The conference will discuss what kinds of harms antitrust law needs to address in the digital age and how they can be specified and measured. It will also consider the relationship between antitrust law and broader concerns—including privacy, innovation, and inequality. Finally, the conference will consider policy recommendations, including changes in the interpretation of antitrust laws and doctrines, enforcement practices, and the institutional organization of agencies. We encourage submissions from all disciplines that contribute to related legal, economic, regulatory, or policy discussions.

The Information Society Project (ISP) is an intellectual center at Yale Law School, founded in 1997 by Professor Jack Balkin. The ISP explores issues at the intersection of law, technology, and society. It supports an international community of interdisciplinary scholars work to illuminate the complex relationships between law, technology, and society. The ISP produces scholarship, convenes legal experts, and hosts events to foster the cross-pollination of ideas and spark new collaborations.

The Thurman Arnold Project (TAP@Yale) launched in fall 2019 in response to the growing interest in competition enforcement by scholars, students, and the general public. The project is named in honour of Thurman Arnold, Yale Law Professor and head of the Antitrust Division from 1938-43, to capture the intellectual and enforcement tradition he represented, as well as his zeal for achieving competitive markets for the people of the United States. The project was founded by Professor Fiona Scott Morton, an economist at the School of Management, and is designed to bring together Yale scholars and students who are interested in antitrust to engage with one another and create rigorous antitrust research and policy, disseminate it, and enable links to enforcement and regulatory policy.

Date And Time

Sat, Oct 3, 2020, 5:30 PM – Mon, Oct 5, 2020, 1:00 AM IST

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About organizers

The Global Corporate Governance Colloquia (GCGC) is a global initiative to bring together the best research in law, economics, and finance relating to corporate governance at a yearly conference held at 12 leading universities in the Americas, Asia and Europe. The 12 hosting institutions are: 

Columbia University, Goethe University Frankfurt, Harvard University, Imperial College London, National University of Singapore, Peking University, Seoul National University, Stanford University, Swedish House of Finance, University of Oxford, University of Tokyo, and Yale University.

About the Conference

The aim of the conference series is to attract current research papers of the highest scholarly quality in the field of corporate governance. The conferences are primarily ‘academic to academic’ events with some participants from industry and the public sector including the practitioner partners of GCGC and other invited panelists. The practitioner partners are Zurich Insurance Group and Japan Exchange Group (JPX).

The sixth annual GCGC Conference will be hosted by Yale University on 11 – 12 June 2021. The Conference Committee is inviting researchers to submit recent papers on corporate governance (no maximum word count). In this context, corporate governance refers to the way in which private and public companies, enterprises, entrepreneurship, and financial institutions are governed and run in relation to their purpose, values, ownership, representation, accountability, financing, investment, performance, leadership, direction, management, employment, law, regulation, and taxation.

Papers will be selected for presentation from the submissions received. Ideally, these submissions should be based on new research that will not have been presented before. Each paper will be assigned a discussant and there will be ample time for questions and comments from the audience.

PAPER SELECTION PROCEDURE

A selection will be made by a Conference Committee from the papers that were submitted online before the deadline of 30 October 2020 (midnight CEST) using the form below. Researchers will be notified whether their paper has been accepted for the conference before 31 December 2020.

ORGANISATION

The conference will take place over two days. In addition to the research presentations, there will be two-panel discussions involving participants from industry and the public sector. The conference dinner will be held on the evening of 11 June. The organisers will contribute towards the cost of travel and provide up to three nights of hotel accommodation for the presenters. (Note: A separate workshop event on ‘The History of the Corporation’ is also being organised for 10 June 2021 to which GCGC presenters will be invited).

Questions may be directed to: admin@ecgi.org
This event is organised by the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) www.ecgi.global

Note: It is intended to convene this meeting physically, however, in the event that it becomes unviable, it will take place online.

Additional Information

– This event is strictly by invitation only and the number of places are limited to ensure quality engagement.
– Only one author will be invited to present a paper when selected, you may indicate who this is on the form.
– There are no formatting requirements for submissions.
– Full papers are preferred to extended abstracts, however, early drafts will be considered. There is a preference for fresh research so if a draft paper will be in good shape by the time of the conference (11 June 2021) please go ahead and submit it. By exception, extended abstracts may be accepted (particularly in the case of ECGI Fellows and Research members) but please include as much information as possible.

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