Federal Bar Association
Southern District of New York Chapter
Winston & Strawn LLP
Present
Activation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act and its implications for
U.S. entities and interests in Cuba
Link to register: https://cm.winston.com/21/4525/landing-pages/rsvp-blank.asp
Please join Winston & Strawn and the Federal Bar Association, SDNY Chapter, for a CLE program discussing the activation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act and its implications for U.S. entities and interests in Cuba.
On April 17, 2019, the Trump administration announced for the first time since its enactment the activation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, which authorizes a private cause of action for any U.S. citizen whose land was nationalized or confiscated by the Cuban government as of 1959 to sue in U.S. courts any person or entity who “tracs” or economically benefits from their previously held property.
The statute’s expansive extraterritorial application allows for lawsuits against foreign companies engaged in business deemed lawful in Cuba, in their home countries and under international law to be subject to U.S. jurisdiction. As such, it has caused much concern. Indeed, some countries have already passed “blocking legislation” prohibiting cooperation with U.S. courts and pledging to fight any suits against their companies doing business in Cuba. The policy and litigation landscape after activation of Title III is complex and will be discussed in depth by our panel of speakers:
• William LeoGrande, Associate Vice Provost for Academic
Aairs, Department of Government, American University
• Julissa Reynoso, Winston & Strawn LLP and former US
Ambassador to Uruguay and Deputy Assistant Secretary
of State for Central American, Caribbean and Cuban
Aairs
• Christopher Monahan, Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP
• Jerey DeLaurentis, Georgetown University, School of
Foreign Service and former Chargé d’Aaires ad interim,
U.S. Embassy in Havana (2015-2017)
• Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan, Past President of the National
Lawyers Guild (Moderator)
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Program: 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Venue
Winston & Strawn
200 Park Avenue, 45th Floor
New York, NY 10166
CLE
Winston & Strawn LLPis an accredited CLE provider in California, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, and Texas.
Questions?
Please contact Gwen Silverman at +1 (212) 294-6620.