ANNUAL CONFERENCE

ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Israel Bar Association
EILAT , MAY 30th - JUNE 3rd, 2010
General Information
■■ Entrance to panels and coffee breaks will only be permitted to conference's participants and
accompanying persons wearing name badges.
■■ Entrance to all social activities is via tickets which will be handed to you upon arrival to the hotel.
■■ All professional panels are being conducted either at the Isrotel Royal Beach Hotel, Hotel Dan Eilat
or at the Hilton Eilat Queen of Sheba Hotel.
■■ The conference's office is located at the Isrotel Royal Beach Hotel, 11th floor - "Echad Haam" hall.
The office is opened for inquiries throughout the whole day between the hours of 8:30-13:00 and
15:00-19:30.
■■ "Diesenhaus-Unitours" counters are located at the various hotels and are open every day between
the hours of 9:00-19:00.
■■ Please note that checkout time is at 11:00 a.m.
■■ The recommended dress code for all of the conference's events is casual business attire.
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Contact Information
Israel Bar Association:
Adv. Dikla Elkabets, International Relations Director
Mobile: 050-207-0986
Adv. Linda Shafir, General Manager
Mobile: 050-666-0260
Adv. Eli Nakar, Deputy General Manager
Mobile: 054-451-1028
Conference Administration:
"Diesenhaus-Unitours"
Tel: 08-6368843
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Sunday, May 30th, 2010
17:00 to 19:30
Preliminary Session
Institution of the Attorney General - Gatekeeper or Consultant?
Opening
Remarks:
Adv. Eytan Epstein, Chairman of the Annual Conference,
Epstein, Chomsky, Osnat & Co., Tel Aviv, Israel
Greetings:
Mr. Meir Yitzhak Halevi, Mayor of Eilat, Israel
Chair:
Prof. Suzie Navot, College of Management, Rishon Lezion, Israel
Speakers:
Mr. Moshe Lador, State Prosecutor, Jerusalem, Israel
MK Tzipi Livni, Adv., Chair of Opposition, Jerusalem, Israel
Justice Eliakim Rubinstein, Israel Supreme Court, Jerusalem, Israel
Mr. Gilad Arden, Minister of the Environment, Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. Shlomo Cohen, Adv., Dr. Shlomo Cohen & Co., Tel-Aviv, Israel
MK David Rotem, Adv., Chairman of Knesset's Constitution,
Law and Justice Committee, Jerusalem, Israel
Adv. Dan Avi Yitzhak, Dan Avi-Yitzhak, Law Office, Jerusalem
Prof. David Libai, Adv., Tel-Aviv, Israel
Simultaneous English Translation
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Isrotel Royal Beach Hotel
21:00
Party of the Decade
Israelite Concert -
Sarit Hadad
At the Isrotel Sport Hotel Lawns
Monday, May 31th, 2010
Opening Session
Court Intervention on Issues of Budgetary Implications
10:15 to 12:45
Opening
Remarks:
Remarks:
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Adv. Yori Geiron, President, Israel Bar association
Justice Dorit Beinisch, President, Israel Supreme Court, Jerusalem, Israel
Prof. Yaakov Neeman, Minister of Justice, Jerusalem, Israel
Mr. Yehuda Weinstein, Attorney General of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel
Israel Bar Award Ceremony 2009-2010
Chair, Award Committee - Prof. Yuval Levy, Adv.
Chair:
Speakers:
Adv. Orna Lin, Orna Lin & Co., Tel-Aviv, Israel
Rt. Justice Itzhak Zamir, Israel Supreme Court, Jerusalem, Israel
MK Ronnie Bar On , Adv., Jerusalem, Israel
Mr. Itzhak Herzog, Minister of Welfare and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel
Mr. Menachem Mazuz, Former Attorney General, Jerusalem, Israel
Mr. Gideon Saar, Minister of Education, Jerusalem, Israel
Mr. Sever Plotzker, Yedioth Ahronoth, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Adv. Pinhas Rubin, Tel-Aviv, Israel
13:00 to 15:00
Simultaneous English Translation
Isrotel Royal Beach Hotel
Lunch Break
Monday, May 31th, 2010
Israel-US Cross-Border Investment:
Real Estate and Corporate
15:00 to 16:30
An overview of the opportunities and pitfalls of investment in United States real estate, as well
as corporate investments, contrasting the differences/similarities with real estate practices in
Israel as well as the required US disciplines. The session will include needed resources, various
jurisdictional issues, financial considerations and geographic concerns. Additionally, the review
will include an analysis of various product markets.
Opening Remarks: Mr. Stephen N. Zack, ABA President-Elect
Adv. Yori Geiron, President, Israel Bar association
Adv. Reli Leshem, Conference Co-chair, Meitar Liquornik Geva & Leshem
Brandwein, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Chair:
Mr. Abe Schear, Arnall Golden Gregory, Atlanta, GA
Speakers:
Adv. Dubi Zoltak, Goldfarb Levy Eran, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Mr. Boaz Schwartz, Deutsche Bank, Israel
Adv. Eyal Lev Ari, Arlon Global, Israel
Adv. Jeffrey Nadler, Zellermayer Pelossof & Co., Tel-Aviv, Israel
Hilton Hotel
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Monday, May 31th, 2010
15:45 to 17:15
Prohibition of Conflict of Interest - What is the Limit?
Chair:
Prof. Daphna Barak-Erez, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Speakers:
Judge Uzi Fogelman, Israel Supreme Court, Jerusalem, Israel
Minister Michael Eitan, Jerusalem, Israel
Adv. Dov Weisglass, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Adv. Yehoshua Horesh, S. Horovitz & Co., Tel-Aviv, Israel
Prof. Daniel Fridman, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Simultaneous English Translation
Dan Hotel
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16:30 to 17:00
Coffee / Networking Break
Monday, May 31th, 2010
17:00 to 18:30
The Surprisingly Long Arm of the Law - Extraterritorial Application of Employment Law
Employment-related statutes, often seen as applying only to domestic law matters, can stand
as exceptions to the rule that national laws stop at national borders. Recent decisions under
American statutes (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Alien Tort Claims Act, and anti-discrimination
statutes), the U.K.’s Public Interest Disclosure Act and aspects of Canada’s privacy regime and
whistle-blowing statutes illustrate how these statutes wield extraterritorial power. A discussion
of these rules, and how privacy rules affect discovery in transnational litigation, will illustrate the
areas of potential exposure that Israeli employers may face when they expand overseas, or bring
foreign employees to Israel.
Chair:
Mr. Eric A. Savage, Littler Mendelson, P.C. , Newark, NJ
Speakers:
Mr. Paul Callaghan, Taylor Wessing. London, United Kingdom
Mr. Theodore Goloff, Robinson Sheppard and Shapiro, Montreal, Canada
Mr. Alan M. Koral, Vedder Price LLP, New York, NY
Mrs. Roxane Peyser, Maurgood, LLC, Atlanta, GA
Adv. Orna Lin, Orna Lin & Co., Tel-Aviv, Israel
Hilton Hotel
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Monday, May 31th, 2010
19:30 Celebratory Reception
for International Guests and Bar Leaders (in English)
Host: Adv. Yori Geiron, President, Israel Bar association
In the presence of:
Prof. Yaakov Neeman, Justice Minister
and Mr. Yehuda Weinstein, Attorney General of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel
Isrotel Royal Beach Hotel - Lobby porch
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
09:30 to 11:00
Acquiring and Licensing Israeli High-Tech: A Review of Corporate,
Competition, Intellectual Property and Export Control Issues
A detailed and critical look at the relationships between competition, market structure and
innovation, in the context of a hypothetical technology transaction between an Israeli technology
company and a larger well-established U.S.-based competitor. This hypothetical will address the
legal issues that arise under Israeli and U.S. law from the time such a transaction is proposed
through regulatory review.
Chair:
Mr. Mark Katz, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg, Toronto, Canada
Speakers:
Adv. Tamar Dolev-Green, Epstein, Chomsky, Osnat & Co. , Tel Aviv, Israel
Adv. Maya Liquornik, Meitar Liquornik Geva & Leshem Brandwein
Ramat-Gan, Israel
Adv. Yechiam Cohen, Corporate Vice President and General Counsel, NICE
Systems, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Hilton Hotel
11:00 to 11:30
Coffee / Networking Break
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
11:30 to 13:00
Private Wealth/Tax Planning: Israel/US/Europe
While substantial assets may be held offshore, the investors and their families may reside
anywhere between the United States, continental European countries or Israel. This Program will
discuss the tax and estate planning implications of such structures. Are they outdated in light of
current tax and regulatory initiatives? What problems arise for the management of such funds,
their re-investment into the business of the investor, or the estate planning of the family?
Speakers: Mr. Michael Ben-Jacob, Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY
Mr. Huang Lester Garson, P. C Woo & Co, Hong Kong
Mrs. Dimitria Coucouni, Andreas Coucounis & Co., Larnaka, Cyprus
Mr. Markus Zwicky, Zwicky Windlin & Partner, Switzerland
Mr. William D. Rohrer, Carlton Fields PA, Miami, FL
Adv. Meir Linzen, Herzog, Fox & Neeman, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Adv. Ron Dror, Adam Law Offices, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Hilton Hotel
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13:00 to 14:30 Lunch Break
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Arab Minority Representation in the Civil Service
Chair:
Adv. Khaled Husseini Zuabi, Nazareth, Israel
12:30 to 14:00
Speakers: Mr. Avishai Braverman, Minister for Minorities, Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. Guy Rotkoff, CEO - Justice Department, Chairman - Interministerial Team for Barriers
Removal, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Dr. Yousef Jabareen, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning,
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Simultaneous English Translation
Hilton Hotel
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
14:30 to 16:00
Solving Disputes in Israeli-North American/European Commerce
An overview of key contemporary issues, including service of process, enforcement of judgments
and arbitration awards, discovery and evidence-gathering, proof of foreign law in domestic courts,
cross-cultural issues in mediation and arbitration.
Chair:
Mr. Marc J. Goldstein, Marc J. Goldstein Litigation & Arbitration Chambers, New York, NY
Speakers:
Prop. Janet Walker, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Canada
Mrs. Dominique Brown-Berset, Brown & Page LLP, Geneva, Switzerland
Adv. Zvi Firon, M. Firon & Co., Ramat-Gan, Israel
Adv. Peter Gad Naschitz, Naschitz Brandes, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Hilton Hotel
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16:00 to 16:30
Coffee / Networking Break
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
16:30 to 18:00
Oil and Gas Development in Israel
Introduce the legal regulatory schemes for petroleum production in Israel, US and other
jurisdictions. The attendees will have the unique opportunity to study the major elements of legal
work and the unique challenges legal professionals face in ensuring Israel’s place among the
large natural gas producers in the Mediterranean.
Chair:
Mrs. Bellanne (“Belle”) Meltzer Toren, Coppell, Texas
Adv. Noam Breiman, Legal Counsel, Ministry of National Infrastructure,
Jerusalem, Israel
Speakers:
Mr. Arnold Johnson, Noble Energy, Inc.
Adv. Dan Hacohen, Rosenberg, Hacohen, Goddard & Ephrat, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Hilton Hotel
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
17:45 to 19:15
Infringement of Privacy in an Age of Information
Chair:
Adv. Ron Gazit, Ron Gazit, Rotenberg & Co., Tel-Aviv, Israel
Speakers:
Judge Yosef Alon, President, Beer - Sheva District Court, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Adv. Yoram Hacohen, Head of Law and Technology Authority, Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. Amal Jabarin, Ono Academic College, Kiryat Ono, Israel
Adv. Dorit Inbar, CEO of New Fund for Film and TV, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Adv. Avner Pinchuk, Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Jerusalem, Israel
Simultaneous English Translation
Dan Hotel
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
21:00
Show of "Waterloo"
songs of ABBA
Dan Hotel, Blue Hall (-1 floor)
Wednesday, June 2st, 2010
12:00 to 14:00
Joint Panel with the International Bar Association
International Criminal Jurisdiction - Universal Justice or Judicial Imperialism?
Chair:
Dr. Ilana Dayan, Channel 2, Israel
Speakers:
Prof. Alan M. Dershowitz, Esq., Cambridge, MA
Mr. Mark S. Ellis, Executive Director, International Bar Association, London, UK
The Rt Hon Lord Peter Goldsmith QC, Former UK Attorney General, Debevoise &
Plimpton LLP, London, UK
Dr. Yousef Jabareen, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
MG Avihai Mandelblit, Judge Advocate General, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Prof. Mordechai Kremnitzer, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Mr. Larry Johnson, Advisory Board to the International Bar Association’s War
Crimes Committee
Dan Hotel
16:00 to 18:00
Cruise at the Red Sea for International Guests and Bar Leaders
Departure at 15:30 sharp! from Hilton Hotel
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Wednesday, June 2st, 2010
16:00 to 16:30 Coffee / Networking Break
16:30 to 18:30
Media Law
Chair:
Mr. Gadi Sukenik, Channel 2, Israel
Speakers:
Dr. Aviad Hacohen, Dean Sha’arei Mishpat College, Hod HaSharon, Israel
Adv. Eli Zohar, M. Seligman & Co. Tel-Aviv, Israel
Mr. Baruch Kra, Channel 10, Israel
Adv. Bruria Lekener, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Simultaneous English Translation
Isrotel Royal Beach Hotel
21:00
Farewell Party
Concert
"Shlomo Artzi"
At the Dekel Beach
Organized transportation from the hotels
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