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State Department Group to Meet on Cross-Border E-Commerce Disputes

The State Department Advisory Committee on Private International Law (ACPIL) scheduled a public meeting for 1 p.m. May 4, at the main State Department building in Washington. The ACPIL Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Study Group will discuss the next session…

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of the UNCITRAL ODR Working Group, scheduled for May 21-25, 2012, in New York City. The Working Group is developing generic ODR procedural rules for resolution of cross-border electronic commerce disputes, along with separate legal instruments that may take the form of annexes on guidelines and minimum requirements for online dispute resolution providers and arbitrators, substantive legal principles for resolving disputes, and a cross-border enforcement mechanism, State Department said.