ILR Events
9th Annual Legal Reform Summit
October 29, 2008
Location: Washington, DC
The 9th Annual Legal Reform Summit covered a variety of timely topics. The Hon. Carlos M. Gutierrez, United States Secretary of Commerce, delivered the morning keynote address on the U.S. legal environment’s impact on foreign investment. Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, delivered the luncheon keynote address on the future of legal reform.
At the Summit, ILR released a practitioner's handbook on federal preemption, the interim findings of our discovery survey, and a whitepaper on the proper role of criminal law as it relates to corporate conduct. In addition, Commerce Secretary Gutierrez released a new Department of Commerce study on the U.S. legal environment’s impact on foreign investment.
The Preemption Defense in Tort Actions: Law, Strategy, and Practice
Reforming Corporate Criminal Liability to Promote Responsible Corporate Behavior (pdf)
Department of Commerce: The U.S. Litigation Environment and Foreign Direct Investment (pdf)
