Among the important issues presented in the case is whether the law of the forum and buyer’s domicile (New Jersey) or the law of the seller’s domicile (Italy) governs the rate of prejudgment interest and the recoverability of attorneys’ fees by the prevailing party.

The College of Commercial Arbitrators is a national organization of commercial arbitrators that promotes the highest standards of conduct, professionalism and ethical practice, and offers an easy means to identify those individuals whose professional training and experience qualify them to undertake the most complex and difficult arbitration assignments. (www.thecca.net).

Visit Chicago International Dispute Resolution Association (CIDRA): (www.cidra.org).

Marc’s case comment on the Second Circuit’s Life receivables decision, concerning the scope of the arbitral subpoena power, as published in Vol. 14 No. 1 of the IBA Arbitration Committee Newsletter (at p. 68). You may link to a copy of the article here.

Marc will attend the following events. If you expect to be present, please send an email!

• IBA Arbitration Day, Dubai, Feb. 16
• LCIA Symposium, Dubai, Feb. 17
• AAA/ICDR Neutrals Conference, Coronado CA, Feb. 26-28
• Vis Moot Warm-Up Rounds: New York, March 6; Chicago, March 14
• Vis Moot East, Hong Kong, March 23-27

Marc has been selected for inclusion in the forthcoming 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of International Arbitration. Marc was similarly selected for inclusion in the 2008 edition of Best Lawyers, six months after the opening of Marc J. Goldstein Litigation & Arbitration Chambers in March 2007.  The publishers of Best Lawyers state that selection “is based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey comprising . . . confidential evaluations by the top attorneys in the country.”

On October 1, 2008, Marc was a featured speaker at a conference on Electronic Discovery in Montreal, Canada, where he discussed U.S. judicial developments concerning e-discovery before an audience of Canadian in-house counsel and IT professionals.  Marc’s conference paper can be found in the Publications section of this website.

Marc has been engaged by the Export Development Canada (“EDC”) to advance claims in federal litigation in the U.S. District Court for New Jersey.   EDC, a Crown Corporation of the Dominion of Canada based in Ottawa,  provides financial support for Canadian corporations doing business outside of Canada.  Marc has also been engaged as counsel to a New York investor and architect in an AAA construction arbitration in New York. Marc is also advising a Canadian corporation selling goods in the United States on US credit issues involving  US Department of Agriculture loan and loan guarantee programs.

Marc will be a panelist discussing current trends in E-Discovery at a conference in Montreal on October 1-2 entitled ‘Administration de la Preuve Electronique (E Discovery).’

The conference is presented by Insight Information, a division of American Lawyer Media, in collaboration with Canadian Lawyer and the Société Québécoise D’Information Juridique.

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On June 26, 2008, Mealey’s Class Action Reports published Marc’s most recent article entitled ‘Class Action Waivers and the Federal Arbitration Act.’ (a reprint appears in the Publications section of this website).