International Law and Immigration
Ca. Int'l Law Journal 2018 WINTER, VOL. 26, NO. 1
Content
- 2018 Cla Annual Meeting Report
- Restorative Justice Solutions For Mass Incarceration
- Sec Confirms Its Authority In Eb-5 and Tags Immigration Attorney For Unregistered Brokering In California Federal Court Win: Sec V. Feng
- Steel, Tariffs and National Security Under the Trump Administration
- The California International Law Journal
- The International Law Section Continues Its Dynamic Relationship With Foreign Bar Associations Through Friendship Agreements and Conferences
- The International Law Section of the California Lawyers Association
- The International Law Section Presents Eighth Annual Warren M. Christopher International Lawyer of the Year Award
- Thief In the Night: the Invasive Nature of Home Internet of Things and Its Attempt To Silently Shift Rules of Personal Data Ownership
- Unarmed Attacks: Cyber Combatants and the Right To Defend
- Welcome From the International Law Section's Co-chairs
- Welcome From the Journal's Editor-in-chief
- California Now Open For Business In International Arbitration
CALIFORNIA NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
Howard B. Miller*
The most important change in international legal affairs in 2018 for California lawyers and their clients was the legislature unanimously passing and Governor Brown signing Senate Bill 766 (SB 766), sponsored by Senator Bill Monning (D. Monterey). SB 766, signed by Governor Brown on July 18, 2018, effective as of January 1, 2019, permits a non-California lawyer qualified as a lawyer in another state or country to represent parties in international arbitrations in California. As international contracts, whether for financing, trade, joint ventures or suppliers, ordinarily include an international arbitration clause, SB 766 will have widespread effect.
It will not only bring more international arbitrations to California. It quite separately will provide additional leverage to California companies negotiating all international contracts.