This one could be in the remainder bins very soon !
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COST $US199
Cuba: A Legal Guide to Business comes at a time of renewed interest in the Cuban market. Cuba has implemented market-oriented economic reforms and there’s been a shift in U.S. policy towards Cuba, culminating in the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two nations. In addition, in March of 2014, Cuba adopted a new Foreign Investment Law designed to attract foreign capital. The Cuban government has also issued a list of over 200 projects that are candidates for foreign investment in such sectors as energy, tourism, agriculture, and industry. While the U.S. Embargo remains in place, a majority of Americans support the Obama Administration’s policy of engagement and normalization of relations with Cuba. The Obama Administration has introduced changes to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, reopened the U.S. Embassy in Havana, and rescinded Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism. The new policy changes have led to a considerable increase in travel and remittances, commerce, and the flow of information to and from Cuba. It is with this backdrop that this title provides important and practical guidance on how to successfully navigate the current legal system to help clients and businesses explore commercial transactions in the Cuban market.
Features
- A valuable resource for attorneys and business professionals, including those in the export/import business, banking, business development, small business owners, law professors and students, port authority administrators, hospitality industry, as well as travel and transportation professionals
- Contains the most recent developments in U.S. and Cuban law
- Guidance on foreign investment and business transactions with Cuba
- An essential resource for understanding the current U.S. laws regarding the embargo and business transactions in Cuba
Here are some more details via Tulane News
Tulane University alumnus José R. Cot co-edited ‘Cuba: A Legal Guide to Business,’ a resource designed to help navigate the Cuban legal system, with Cuban law scholar Rolando Anillo. “I grew up in Puerto Rico, which has a close relationship with Cuba,” said the San Juan native.
As diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States have steadily been restored, the Latin American nation is being acknowledged as a viable market for American businesses. With policy changes creating an influx of travel and commerce in Cuba, publishers Thomson Reuters decided that the time was right for creating a resource for navigating the Cuban legal system. Entitled Cuba: A Legal Guide to Business, the book is co-edited by Tulane University alumnus José R. Cot and Cuban law scholar Rolando Anillo.
Cot received a bachelor of arts degree from the School of Liberal Arts in 1985, followed by a juris doctor degree from Tulane Law School in 1988.
“After graduating from Tulane Law, I went to work as an associate with McGlinchey Stafford and later we formed our firm, where I have worked for 25 years,” said Cot, a partner at Hurley & Cot, APLC. Cot’s law partner, Timothy P. Hurley, is also a Tulane graduate.
“Our shared Civil Law heritage is particularly significant as we continue to rekindle the historical, cultural and commercial ties between Louisiana and Cuba.”
— Jose Cot, co-editor of ‘Cuba: A Legal Guide to Business’
Cot specializes in maritime litigation and insurance coverage disputes at the New Orleans law firm.
Currently a member of the Louisiana Bar Association’s Task Force on Cuba, Cot also co-chairs the New Orleans Bar Association’s Study Group on Cuba.
He additionally penned a chapter on Cuban maritime law for the guidebook, which took about a year to complete. Work on the book was based, in part, on Cot’s meetings with Cuban jurists, lawyers and law professors during recent trips to Havana.
“We included a comprehensive discussion of relevant laws and regulations, many of which had not been translated into English from their original sources,” he said.
“Trying to stay current is challenging. We felt that providing a handbook for commercial relations between the U.S. and Cuba would be more useful than a hypothetical discussion of Cuba’s future.”
The duo also aims for the book to stoke comparative analysis with other legal systems, as Cuba’s Civil Law tradition is shared with other Latin American nations, like Puerto Rico, and with Louisiana.
http://news.tulane.edu/news/new-book-serves-legal-guide-business-cuba
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