Globinar What's Up in Global Law

Globinar What's Up in Global Law: WTF? aka Wild Tariff Frontier
Positioning to Create Value and Minimize Risk in the Current World Order

• Friday, August 22nd at  9:30am PT / 10:30am MT / 12:30pm ET / 4:30pm Accra / 5:30pm London / 6:30pm CET / 6:30pm Kyiv / 7:30pm Tel Aviv + Nairobi + Kyiv / 8:30pm Dubai / 10pm Mumbai 
• Saturday, August 23rd at 12:30am Singapore / 1:30am Seoul + Tokyo / 2:30am Sydney

The globinar What's Up in Global Law is a new, monthly conversation with leaders having legal expertise around the world, for the benefit of members and non-members of Global Chamber, intending to add value for those impacted by international trade AND technology + innovation + law. 

AGENDA

I. Hot Topic(s)

II. Feature: "Top 10 Developments" based on AI analysis

   A. US

   B. World

III. Feature Topic: Attorney & Lawyer Business Development

IV. Hot Mic Moments (open discussion)

V. Next Steps: featured speaker and topic for next week

Closing: Why "Global" + "Law" matters 

HOST:

Christopher Bennett at T-I-L

Chris Bennett is a social entrepreneur working at the intersection of technology, innovation, and law. A lifelong learner, he specializes in creating data-driven and sustainable business models on budget, on schedule, and within scope to achieve a positive transformational vision. This vision includes making intellectual property (IP) rights accessible to all creatives and entrepreneurs, particularly those from under-served communities. Connect with him directly on LinkedIn: Chris Bennett.

Through the T-I-L® brand, its social impact law firm, and its fully separate legal tech startup, Chris has disrupted structural barriers to innovation by enhancing awareness, accessibility, affordability, and availability of intellectual property rights (IPR). This work helps grow both U.S. and global GDP for all. As of the latest update, T-I-L® law represents and supports 109 creatives and emerging entrepreneurs, helping them create an estimated $43 million in financial value. The insights gained from this work are now being applied to a more scalable purpose— a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) IP legal tech solution branded IPRights4All™.

IPRights4All™ launched in 2024 with pre-seed funding from 1863 Ventures and the District of Columbia. It has since developed a proprietary design and recently launched a minimum viable product with artificial intelligence and blockchain capabilities. After graduating from the Smart City Works Actuator Program (https://smartcityworks.io/) on January 16, 2025, IPRights4All™ is actively seeking funding, community support, and partnerships to make the world a better place through intellectual property rights.

Connect with us online:
www.iprights4all.com | www.t-i-l-group.com

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LinkedIn | Instagram 

Guest Speaker:

Irene Chen - Partner at VCL Law LLP

Irene H. Chen represents and counsels foreign producers, exporters, and U.S. importers in international trade matters, including antidumping/countervailing duties, customs issues and cross-border commercial disputes. Previously, Irene spent four years as an attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel for Trade Enforcement and Compliance at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Irene's work at the Commerce Department included advising the Import Administration division on its antidumping and countervailing duty investigations and reviews and customs protests. Irene also represented the United States in international trade litigation matters, including cases at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the World Trade Organization. Prior to her work at the Department of Commerce, Irene served as an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel at the U.S. International Trade Commission, where she advised the Commission on matters pertaining to injury determinations in antidumping and countervailing duty investigations and represented the Commission in arguing appeals before the U.S. Court of International Trade and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Irene has also worked at the law firms of Baker Donelson, LP, and Ding & Ding, in Taipei, Taiwan.

Irene obtained a J.D. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and a B.A. in economics from Columbia University. She lives in Arlington, VA with her husband, two children, and dog Pookie. She enjoys running, tennis, Krav Maga and learning new languages.

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