[Random-bits] FTC pushes for judgment recognition in FTAA treaty

[James Love]

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Subject: FTAA negotiations/enforcement of judgments
   Date:   Mon, 2 Oct 2000 15:02:51 -0400
      From: 
           Houston Putnam Lowry <HPLowry@brownwelsh.com>
 Organization: 
           Brown & Welsh, P.C.
        To: 
           INTPIL@MAIL.ABANET.ORG

The FTC proposed making the following recommendations to the ministers
involved in the FTAA process:

To ensure effective remedies in cross-border cases, FTAA Governments
should cooperate and work to provide for recognition and enforcement of
judgments resulting from disputes between consumers and businesses, as
well as law enforcement actions taken to combat fraud and misleading and
unfair conduct.

In light of the difficulties encountered in the Hague Judgments
negotiations, I suggested the private bar would not support such a
statement at this time.  It is likely the statement will be modified
during the next revision, possibly to reflect ADR instead of judgments.

Houston Putnam Lowry, Esq.
Brown & Welsh, P.C.
Phone: +1 (203) 235-1651
Fax: +1 (203) 235-9600
http://www.BrownWelsh.com
My PGP public key is available on PGP's server.


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