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yir2019_cv_yir2019_cv 5/28/2019 4:14 PM Page 2 COLOR IS FOR APPROXIMATION ONLY – DO NOT USE FOR COLOR APPROVAL THE YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 • VOLUME 53 AN ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF THE ABA/SECTION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW THETHE YEAREAR ININ REVIERREVIEWEVIEW AN ANNUAL SURVEY OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS AND PUBLICATION OF THE ABA/SECTION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 2019 • VOLUME 53 INTERNATIONAL LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS YEAR IN REVIEW: 2018 Introduction . Jason Scott Palmer and Kimberly Y. W. Holst Business Regulation Constituent Division Customs Law Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Women’s Interest Network International Antitrust Young Lawyers’ Interest Network International Contracts THE YEAR IN REVIEW THE International M&A and Joint Ventures Tax, Estate, and Individuals International Trade Cross-Border Real Estate Immigration and Naturalization Disputes International Tax International Arbitration International Courts & Judicial Affairs Public International Law International Family Law Anti-Corruption International Litigation International Anti-Money Laundering International Art and Cultural Heritage Corporate International Human Rights International Employment Law Life Sciences and Health Law International Procurement National Security Law Finance Legal Practice International Investment and International Education and Specialist Development Certification International Private Client U.S. Lawyers Abroad AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION Industries Regional and Comparative Law 321 N. CLARK STREET Aerospace and Defense Industries Africa CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60610 Energy and Natural Resources Across Canada the Globe Central/East Asia & China International Transportation Law European Law Mexico Middle East Russia/Eurasia South Asia/Oceania & India PUBLISHED IN COOPERATION WITH PUBLISHED IN COOPERATION WITH SMU DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW THE YEAR IN REVIEW AN ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF THE ABA/SECTION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW YEAR IN REVIEW BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL EDITORS MARC I. STEINBERG Editor-in-Chief, SMU Dedman School of Law PATRICIA S. HEARD BEVERLY CARO DUREUS´ Co-Executive Editor Co-Executive Editor SMU Dedman School of Law SMU Dedman School of Law EXTERNAL ADVISORY BOARD WERNER F. EBKE Chair University of Heidelberg, Germany RAQUEL ALDANA ALBERT CHEN WILLIAM B.T. MOCK JR. University of California at Davis University of Hong Kong John Marshall Law School MADS ANDENAS DON S. DE AMICIS JOHN F. MURPHY Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Georgetown University Law Center and Villanova University the International Law Institute DOUGLAS W. ARNER PATRICK DEL DUCA JOHN E. NOYES University of Hong Kong Zuber Lawler & Del Duca California Western ROSS P. BUCKLEY MICHAEL A. FAMMLER ROBERT RENDELL UNSW Sydney Baker & McKenzie Member, Texas Bar Frankfurt, Germany RICHARD M. BUXBAUM HILARY K. JOSEPHS LAUREL S. TERRY University of California Syracuse University Pennsylvania State University at Berkeley Dickinson Law RODRIGO OLIVARES CAMINAL MARILYN J. KAMAN GEORGE WALKER Queen Mary University of London Senior Judge, Minnesota Queen Mary University of London ROBERT RENDELL ROBERT E. LUTZ Squire Patton Boggs Southwestern University SMU FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD Co-Chair Co-Chair CHRISTOPHER H. HANNA JOSEPH J. NORTON ANTHONY COLANGELO JOHN LOWE W. KEITH ROBINSON JEFFREY GABA GEORGE MARTINEZ DAVID TAYLOR CHRISTOPHER JENKS DANA NAHLEN* JENIA IONTCHEVA TURNER JEFF KAHN PETER WINSHIP *ADJUNCT FACULTY CO-GENERAL EDITORS KIMBERLY Y.W. HOLST JASON SCOTT PALMER Arizona State University Stetson University College of Law Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law THE YEAR IN REVIEW IS EDITED BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAWYER PUBLISHED IN COOPERATION WITH SMU DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW THE YEAR IN REVIEW AN ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF THE ABA/SECTION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW THE INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW ASSOCIATION An Association of The International Lawyer, The Year in Review, and Law and Business Review of the Americas SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW 2018-2019 STUDENT EDITORIAL BOARD President JEREMY R. WALLACE Editor-in-Chief The International Lawyer ELIZABETH W. 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