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The 2022 Forum on Air & Space Law 2022 Annual Conference will feature a series of keynote speakers, panels, breakout sessions, and fireside chats that will provide valuable overviews about hot issues concerning matters of critical importance to the aviation and aerospace industries.

World Arbitration Update (“WAU”) invites you to attend a 75-minute webinar discussion by leading practitioners in the international dispute resolution field on the recent developments concerning the intersection of dispute resolution and the Ukraine-Russia crisis. According to the Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine has so far experienced economic damage amounting up to $600 billion. Over $10 billion in airplane assets have been reportedly stranded in Russia setting off potentially large insurance claims and related disputes. Yale School of Management has collected data showing that almost 1,000 companies have publicly announced they are voluntarily curtailing operations in Russia to some degree beyond the bare minimum legally required by international sanctions. The Russian parliament continues to consider the expropriation of foreign assets. International disputes involving Russia and Ukraine are arising from the crisis and more likely to follow. Our speakers will discuss related topics, including: the impact of sanctions, the proposed formation of an international claims commission for Ukraine, the impact of the crisis on the legal profession, the potential and current international forums in which Ukrainian businesses and investors could submit legal recourse to address the consequences of the war in Ukraine, as well as an update on the ICJ case, Ukraine v. Russian Federation.

The inaugural Law-Tech-Connect Workshop, co-located with AUVSI XPONENTIAL 22, will take place on Monday, April 25 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. This dynamic one-day educational event will connect attorneys and unmanned ecosystem thought leaders with world-class legal, regulatory and policy knowledge relating to unmanned aircraft systems, autonomy and advanced air mobility.

The ABA Forum on Air and Space Law will hold its 2020 Washington Update Conference (WUC) at the W Hotel in Washington, DC. The 2020 WUC will include preeminent aviation and aerospace lawyers, senior airline, airport, and labor union executives, and key government decision makers. The Forum hosts this session each year to encourage industry-wide dialogue on the most important regulatory topics in aviation. This year’s conference will feature panels addressing leading issues in the air cargo industry, drones and aircraft certification.

Two days of workshop-style learning on value-based fee structures and the management skills and tools to support them, valuable take-home resources, and opportunities to network with other attendees

Will you be able to use UAS in your trade or business? Does your business have a potential stake in the emerging global market for civilian UAS? Hear how close rapidly evolving UAS technology is to changing civil aviation as we know it.

The aviation industry is at a crossroads, facing unique challenges including large scale products liability claims arising from malfunctions and crashes in and out of the United States, increasing tarmac delay and TSA security check claims alleging violations of passenger rights and privacy, and the potential for criminal liability arising out of airline operations and non-compliance.  These challenges, coupled with the FAA and NTSB cracking down on connecting carrier liability and other safety matters and a creative and motivated plaintiffs’ bar make it critical that outside counsel remain prepared to deal with constantly evolving regulations, case law and new theories of liability and ensure the best defense strategies in order to succeed pre-trial and at trial.

Lisa Savitt is one of the panelists on "Formulating a Discovery Plan for U.S. and Foreign Defendants that Counters Overly Aggressive Requests and Ensures Compliance."

Different laws, different languages, different cultures, different ideas. And yet in the Internet age, consumers and businesses alike demand the ability to access whatever they want, whenever and wherever they want it. Across oceans and continents, business leaders and the attorneys who support them must strive to bridge all borders, tapping into worldwide resources and executing seamless business processes in order to succeed in the global economy.