The Year in Review
International Legal Developments Year in Review: 2015
Front Matter
Introduction
IntroductionBrooke J. Bowman and Jason Scott Palmer1
Business Regulations
Customs LawLuis Arandia, Shane Devins, Vince Draa, Geoffrey Goodale, Patricio La Porta, Keith P. Larsen, Greg Kanargelidis, Daniel L. Kiselbach, Matt Nakachi, Ruta Riley, Marcos Rios, Rebecca Rodriguez, Neo T. Tran, George R. Tuttle III, and Matias Vergara5
Export Controls and Economic SanctionsJohn Boscariol, J. Patrick Briscoe, Geoffrey Goodale, Jahna Hartwig, Jonathan Meyer, Christopher Stagg, and Lawrence Ward27
International AntitrustNikiforos Iatrou, Brownwyn Roe, Paul Schoff, Katrina Groshinski, Maria Ceclia Andrade, Rafaela P. de Calcena, Eric White, Adam S. Goodman, Peter Wang, Yizhe Zhang, Laurie-Anne Grelier, Peter Camesasca, Aurdlien Condomines, Susanne Zuehlke, Vinod Dhall, Sonam Mathur, Tal Eyal-Boger, Ziv Schwartz, Gerardo Calderon-Villegas, Vassily Rudomino, Ksenia Tarkhova, Roman Vedernikov, Alla Azmukhanova, Heather Irvine, Lara Granville, Jonathan Tickner, Jasvinder Nakhwal, William F. Cavanaugh Jr., Robert P. LoBue, Dierdre A. McEvoy, Daniel A. Friendman, and Jake Walter-Warner45
International M&A and Joint VenturesVanesa Balda, Marilen Figueroa, Jose Otavio Pinheiro Olivero, Gordon N. Cameron, Laura Fraser, Francisco Ugarte, Lucille Barale, H. Jayesh, Aditi Bagri, Aaheree Mukherjee, Nicolas van Heule, Eva Das, Frederik de Hosson, Elena Cuatrecasas, Isabel Gandoy, Timur Bondaryev, Alex L. Khakarian, and Joseph J. Basile69
International TradeStephanie Bell, Johny Chaklader, Sylvia Chen, Shane Devins, Laura El-Sabaawi, Jeffrey Frank, Cynthia Galvez, Geoffrey Goodale, Derick Holt, Bernd Janzen, Ron Kendler, Ying Lin, Diane MacDonald, Cortney O'Toole Morgan, David Sella-Villa, Valerie Sorenson, Sarah Sprinkle, and Adam Teslik85
Privacy, E-Commerce and Data SecurityMarco R. Provvidera, Volha Samasiuk, Richard Peltz-Steele, Mayra Cavazos Calvillo, Adrian Lucio Furman, Renato Opice Blum, Matthew Murphy, and Kyoung Yeon Kim103
Disputes
International ArbitrationManuel Liatowitsch, Jeffrey Rosenthal, Christopher P. DeNicola, Elizabeth M. Hanly, Mauricio Becerra de la Roca Donoso, Diepiriye Anga, James Menz, Guido Carducci, Medhavi Singh, Hanns-Christian Salger, Luping Zhang, Adam Al-Sarraf, Bruno Guandalini, Clifford J. Hendel, and Tamari J. Lagilava119
International Criminal LawLinda Strite Murnane135
International Family LawRobert G. Spector and Melissa A. Kucinski141
International LitigationAndrew Marr Page, Jonathan I. Blackman, Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Erin Lawrence, Phillip B. Dye Jr., Matthew D. Slater, Howard S. Zelbo, Charles A. Patrizia, Joseph R. Profaizer, and Igor V. Timofeyev153
Corporate
Corporate Social ResponsibilityUche Ewelukwa Ofodile, Chisara Ezie, Nigel Roberts, Dr. Corinne Lewis, Constance Wagner, Claudia Feldkamp, and Michael Judin171
International Commercial Transactions, Franchising & DistributionSun Chang and Hernan Verly187
International Intellectual Property LawCaroline Berube, Susan Brushaber, Amanda Covington, Manish Dhingra, Robin S. Fahlberg, Carolina Keller Jupitz, Jennifer Kwon, Mrityunjay Kumar, Daniel Marugg, Bruce A. McDonald, David Taylor, Sameep Vijayvergiya, Uche Ewelukwa Ofodile, Ralph Cathcart, and Michelle Wynne193
Finance
International Financial Products and ServicesCillian Bredin, Hernan Camarero, Alan B. Rabkin, Lorcan Tienan, and Walter Stuber225
International Investment and DevelopmentUche Ewelukwa Ofodile, Mauricio Becerra de la Roca, Qingqing Miao, Irina Feofanova, and Dr. Aboubacara Fall243
International Secured Transactions and InsolvencyArnold S. Rosenberg, Judith Elkin, Dr. Gordon Geiser, and Christian Kohler-Ma259
International Securities and Capital MarketsJennifer Y. Poon, Dr. Manfred Ketzer, Walter Stuber, Robert Lando, Audrey Kravets, Sandeep Parekh, Perry Wildes, Ayelet Krispin, Piyansena Perera, Mario Piana, Jose Carrillo, Daniel Winterfeldt, Trish O'Donnell, and Jennifer Pence273
Industries
Aerospace and Defense IndustriesR. Locke Bell, Johny Chaklader, Donna A. Dulo, Priya Iyengar, Kevin J. Lombardo, and Jason M. Silverman289
International Energy and Natural Resources LawKristin Drecktrah Paz, Mariana Ardizzone, Ricardo A. Silva, Sara Frazao, Mauricio Becerra de la Roca Donoso, Joao Otavio Pinheiro Oliverio, Jehmal T. Hudson, Leonardo Sempertegui, and Ariel Cohen307
International Transportation LawAndrew M. Danas and Philip Peng325
Constituent Division
Women's Interest NetworkRong Kohtz, Jami Mills Vibbert, and Sharon M. James339
Young Lawyers Interest Network (YIN)Sara Blackwell, Siena Caruso, Jose Francisco Mafla, and Manoj Kumar351
Tax, Estate and Individuals
Employment LawTheodore Goloff359
Immigration and NaturalizationKevin J. Fandl, Melanie Glover, Sabrina Damast, and Alexandria Sodini373
International TaxMargriet Lukkien, Christie Galinski, David Dingfa Liu, Aseem Chawla, Eugenio Romita, Guillermo Villsenor, Jorge Lopez, and Star Q. Lopez385
Public International Law
Anti-CorruptionLeslie A. Benton, Stuart H. Deming, Mikhail Reider-Gordon, Frank A. Fariello, and Christina M. Mitropoulos403
Anti-Money LaunderingNicole S. Healy and Emily N. Christiansen423
International Art and Cultural HeritagePatty Gerstenblith, Jacqueline Farinella, David Bright, and Kevin Ray439
International Environmental and Resources LawKristen Hite, Lynn A. Long, Stephanie Altman, Derek Campbell, David Gravallese, Richard A. Horsch, David Hunter, Erika Lennon, Thomas Parker Redick, Matt Oakes, Erica Lyman, Andrew Schatz, Baskut Tunack, and Giulia Carlini453
International Human RightsNoor Ahmad, Honorable Del Atwood, Jeffrey L. Bleich, Cindy Galway Buys, and Nicholas J. Leddy471
International Organizations: The Work of the UN in 2015Javier Etcheverry Boneo, Elizabeth A. Turchi, Renee Dopplick, Jehmal Hudson, Gabrielle Culmer, and Poopak Taati487
National Security LawJames D. Carlson, Geoffrey M. Goodale, Guy C. Quinlan, and Sergio L. Suarez499
Sexual Orientation and Gender IdentityMark E. Wojcik517
Legal Practice
Transnational Legal PracticeLaurel Terry531
Regional and Comparative Law
AfricaDiepiriye Anga, Lawrence Fubara Anga, Rosanna Barsati, Elisha Bhugwandeen, Susan Bishai, Anne Bodley, Ineke Brink, LaDawn Burnett, Kirsty Dean-Mhlongo, Michela Cocchi, Tamara Dini, Adam Dubin, Dr. Porpoise Evans, Rudolf Ezeani, Peter Finan, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Katherine Flannery, Sara Frazao, Ganiyou Gassikia, Felicia Gordon, Jehmal Hudson, Joyce Karanja-Ng'ang'a, Sarika Karia, Ryan P. Kelley, James Lord, Lumela Lumela, Anis Mahfoud, Xolani Nyali, Nkatha Obungu, Nelson Ogbuanya, Steve Onwuasoanya, and Ricardo Silva545
Asia PacificJustin G. Persaud, Zack Spencer, and Genan Zilkha571
CanadaAngela E. Weaver, Erin Brown, Melissa N. Burkett, Sunita D. Doobay, Theodore Goloff, George Karayannides, Ken MacDonald, Martin G. Masse, Terri-Lee Oleniuk, Taylor Schappert, Ellen Snow, and Clifford Sosnow577
EuropeThomas Stanton, Laurent De Muyter, Angelique Devaux, Audrey Kavets, Valeria Miller, Jorg Rehder, John Richards, Andreas Ripken, and Roselyn Sands595
IndiaAseem Chawla, Kavita Mohan, Poorvi Chothani, Gagan Kumar, Amit Kaushik, Namrata Patodia Rastogi, Sharanya G. Ranga, and Riya Dutta613
MexicoGil Anav, Francisco Garcia Bedoy Uribe, Susan Burns, Sergio Bustamante, Yurixhi Gallardo Martinez, Jorge Garcia Peralta, Karla Gudino YanezYves, Matthew Hansen, Yves Hayaux Du Tilly L., Marco Antonio Pena Barba, and Juan Pablo Sainz625
Middle East CommitteeHdeel Abdelhady, Sarah A. Oliai, Ibrahim Sattout, Dania Dib, Emma Higham, Yasser Shabbir, Abdulaziz M. Al Hussan, Amgad T. Husein, Mahmoud Abdel-Baky, Jonathan G. Burns, Zachary J. Walker, Christian Murad, and S. Elisa Kim639
Russia/EurasiaMaria Grechishkina, Natalia Lantonio, and Timur Bondaryev655
