Globalization - General Overview as Seen from Developed Countries - Part 3

Two months after the adoption of the Concordat, a new proceeding Everfresh came along. Bruce Leonard, a Toronto lawyer and part of the Canadian team, was involved in this case wherein Everfresh operated legally and functionally intertwined in both Canada and the U.S. By "coincidence", the case came before Judge Lifland and myself and both of us had also been involved in developing the Concordat. It should then be no surprise that the judges on either side of the border enthusiastically supported the concept of developing a more general protocol based on the Concordat principles. While other functional work was progressing, a protocol was developed in a few weeks by the practitioners. Based upon a general consensus of those involved, each court approved the protocol. Matters were proceeding more quickly in Canada than in the U.S. The protocol was then utilized to hold what was the first cross-border joint hearing so that the pace of proceedings on each side of the border could be