Jason E. Prince

Experience

Jason Prince's practice emphasizes domestic and international commercial litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and transactional counseling. He represents businesses of various sizes in complex contract disputes in state and federal courts, as well as in negotiations, mediations, and arbitrations. Additionally, he advises exporting businesses on an array of international commercial agreements involving buyers, distributors, and sales representatives in Canada, Asia, Latin America, Europe, and Africa. He also counsels multinational and exporting businesses on compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the Export Administration Regulations.

Representative Work

• Defending two national grocery corporations in the Motor Fuel Temperature Sales Practices Litigation MDL proceeding
• Defended a large multinational software corporation in a breach of contract lawsuit in Idaho federal court involving complex software implementation issues; obtained a settlement through mediation
• Counseling Meyer Industries, winner of the Commercial News USA 2009 Exporter of the Year Award (Agriculture), on legal issues related to distributing its Rodenator® product in the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Spain, France, South Africa, and Mexico
• Defended a national grocery corporation in a breach of contract lawsuit in Idaho federal court concerning a multi-million dollar professional services agreement; obtained a settlement through mediation
• Counseled an international humanitarian organization on complying with the EAR provisions governing its donations of millions of dollars worth of goods to women and children in North Korea
• Provided FCPA compliance training to executives and employees of a multinational renewable energy company and counseled the company on tailoring its mergers and acquisitions due diligence protocol to address FCPA issues

Prior Domestic and International Experience

• Law clerk to the Honorable Susan H. Black, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2005-2006
• Deputy press secretary to the Honorable Nobuteru Ishihara, Member of the Japanese House of Representatives and Minister of State for Administrative and Regulatory Reform, Tokyo, Japan, 2001-2002
• Legislative correspondent, U.S. Senator Mike Crapo, 2000-2001

Professional Honors & Activities

• Selected as Mountain States Super Lawyers® "Rising Star," Business Litigation, 2010
• Selected as Idaho Business Review "Accomplished Under 40," 2010
• Member, Local Civil Rules Committee, U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, 2010-present
• Chair, 2009-2011, member (appointed by U.S. Secretary of Commerce), 2008-present, Idaho District Export Council
• Member, Kickstand Board of Trustees, 2008-present
• Advisory Council Member, 2009-present, member, 2008-present, Idaho State Bar, International section
• Member, Idaho State Bar, Litigation section, 2006-present
• Member, American Bar Association, International and Litigation sections, 2007-present
• Member, Federal Bar Association, Idaho Chapter, 2006-present
• Associate, American Inn of Court No. 130, 2007-2009

Presentations

• "Foreign Corrupt Practices Act," Legal Updates in the Forest Products Industry Seminar, World Forestry Center, Portland, Oregon, October 2009
• "International Distribution Agreements: Ten Traps for the Unwary," World Trade Day Conference, Boise, Idaho, 2008
• "International Commercial Law Issues," Seminar, Boise State University Department of Business, Boise, Idaho, 2008
• "Anti-Corruption in the International Marketplace," CLE Seminar, National Business Institute, Seattle, Washington, November 2008
• "Rise of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: How to Minimize the Perils of Doing Business in China," Presentation, Northwest China Council, Portland, Oregon, 2008
• "International Commercial Transactions and the Law," Seminar, U.S. Commercial Service, Boise, Idaho, 2008
• "The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act," CLE Seminar, Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, Idaho, 2007

Civic Activities

• Chair, Idaho Law Day Committee, 2007-2008, member and volunteer, 2006-present
• Participant, Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Boise, 2007-2009
• Assistant continental liaison for Asia, USA Swimming International Relations Committee, 2004-2008
• Member, USA Swimming Board of Directors, 2000-2006

Publications

• Contributor, "Brookings Report Disparages Cities' 'Desperate Corporate Recruitment'," Idaho Business Review, July 27, 2010
• "Does Act of State Mean Out of Luck?: The Perils of Doing Business with Foreign States and Their State-Owned Companies," The Advocate, October 2009
• Coauthor, "Foreign Corrupt Practices Act," Chapter 16 of The Law of Wind, Stoel Rives
• "A Rose By Any Other Name? Foreign Corrupt Practices Act-Inspired Civil Actions," The Advocate, Mar/Apr 2009
• Coauthor, "Paying for the Sins of Another: Vicarious and Successor Liability Under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act," Terralex eNewsletter, July 2008
• "Five Ways Idaho's Exporters Can Minimize Liability," Idaho Business Review, June 2008
• "First to File or First to Offend?: Demand Letters and the First-to-File Rule," The Advocate, May 2007
• "China, Idaho, Florida? Which Law Governs Your Contract Disputes?", Idaho Business Review, March 2007
• "New Wine in Old Wineskins: Analyzing State Direct-Shipment Laws in the Context of Federalism, the Dormant Commerce Clause, and the Twenty-First Amendment," 80 Notre Dame Law Review 1563, 2004

Education

• University of Notre Dame Law School, J.D., 2005, magna cum laude
  Editor-in-chief, Notre Dame Law Review (2004-05)
  International Law Program, London, England (Summer 2003)
• University of Cambridge, M.Phil., 2000
  Coursework in European Union environmental law
• Davidson College, B.A., 1999, magna cum laude
  Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

• Idaho
• U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

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