2026 International Client Seminar Course Materials

2026 International Client Seminar Course Materials

2026 International Client Seminar

 March 5-7, 2026
JW Marriott Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, Golf Club & Spa | Carlsbad, CA

2026 Program Chair

Tim Peeples
DANIEL COKER
Oxford, Mississippi

Course Book Editor

Kelly Hoffman
NORMAN HANSON & DETROY, LLC
Portland, Maine

Assistant Course Book Editor

Norm Viti 
GIBSON, MCASKILL & CROSBY, LLP
Buffalo, New York

Course Materials

General Sessions

  • Embracing the Awe of Mystery—Opening Yourself Up to the Mysterious and Amazing Ways that International Attorneys are Successful
    • 5 for the Road
  • Pulp Fiction “AI Edition” – Civil Litigation in the Age of Global Artificial Intelligence
    • 5 for the Road
  • Around the World in 80 Questions: Global Trivia Challenge
    • 5 for the Road

Breakout Sessions – Group 1

  • Cross-Border Contracts—Getting Dispute Resolution Clauses Right
    • 5 for the Road
  • Litigation Cost Control: Identifying and Managing the Hidden (and not so Hidden) Internal Costs of Litigation
    • 5 for the Road
  • The Law, Translated and Simplified—How to Make Yourself Understood in the Legal Practice with Foreign Clients
    • 5 for the Road
  • Navigating Tariffs – Legal Strategies for a Shifting Global Trade Landscape
    • 5 for the Road

Roundtable Sessions  

  • Small World, Big Schemes—Navigating the Global Landscape of Payment Fraud
    • 5 for the Road
  • LOPER BRIGHT 2.0
    • 5 for the Road
  • Cross-Border Contracts—Enforcing and Collecting on Contractual Promises
    • 5 for the Road
  • Always the Last to Know
    • 5 for the Road
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) in 2026— A Global Odyssey
    • 5 for the Road
  • It’s a Small World of Evidence— Digital Forensics in the Connected Workplace
    • 5 for the Road

Breakout Sessions – Group 2

  • Riding the ESG Wave—Navigating Climate Reporting and Decarbonisation Across the Borders
    • 5 for the Road
  • Walt Was Right! It Really is a Small World After All
    • 5 for the Road
  •  Navigating International Depositions and Cultural Challenges
    • 5 for the Road
  • The Privacy Balancing Act— Practical Compliance in a Fragmented Legal Landscape
    • 5 for the Road