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Report on the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements

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REPORT

Hon. John Bellinger III
Legal Advisor to the Secretary of State
Department of State
2201 C Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20520

Dear Sir,

I am pleased to send herewith a report of the International Commercial Dispute Committee of the New York City Bar Association commenting on the proposed Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements. This report is the product of work done by a sub-committee consisting of Sheldon H. Elsen (Chairman), Professor Linda J. Silberman, Professor Louise Ellen Teitz, Judge John G. Koetl and Robert H. Smit (the principal drafter).

The sub-committee has, in the preparation of the report, worked with Assistant Legal Adviser David Stewart.

Yours sincerely,
Lawrence W. Newman

Enclosure: Report of the Committee on International Commercial Disputes of the New York City Bar on the Hague Convention On Choice Of Court Agreements

CC:
David Stewart, Assistant Legal Adviser
Sheldon Elsen
Robert H. Smit.

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