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In-House Counsel’s Roles, Responsibilities and Accountabilities to the Board of Directors
Directors and Officers LiabilityGeneral
There may be attempts by other senior management to unduly influence, or even control, in-house counsel, such that in-house counsel may reasonably believe that their professional legal duties and obligations...Read more
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Richard Leblanc
President, Boardexpert com Inc, USA
Separate Legal Personality
Directors and Officers LiabilityGovernment
As well as advising on all manner of commercial and procurement matters, the Council’s in-house commercial lawyers regularly encounter issues in connection with the provision of care services. Given the...Read more
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Mike Wilkinson
Barrister, 18 St John Street Chambers, UK
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Ciaran Wells
Senior In-House Solicitor, Lancashire County Council, UK
Individual and Collective Corporate Liability in the European Union and the United States
Directors and Officers LiabilityTransport
Especially within the current networked society, with long chains of production and distribution, and holding chains, it is easy to conceive corporations more as faceless fiction. Yet, liability cannot be...Read more
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Anna Wennäkoski
Senior Specialist, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Finland, Finland
Global spread of DPA regimes: What they mean for multinationals
Directors and Officers LiabilityGeneral
On 31 January 2020, aerospace giant Airbus SE entered into coordinated agreements with the French, UK and US authorities in the largest corruption enforcement action in history. The company was...Read more
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Daniel Igra
Investigations Counsel, Nokia Corporation, UK
European Data Protection: A Review of the New Regulatory Framework
Directors and Officers LiabilityGeneral
With less than two years to go until the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation, in the next in a series of articles on data privacy, Claire Walsh and...Read more
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Claire Walsh
Cclaw, UK
The Path of Duty Down Under
Directors and Officers LiabilityInsurance
The focus of this paper is on the priority duties owed by Australian life companies and their directors to policyholders and addresses how those duties operate where the policyholder...Read more
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Catherine James
Acting General Counsel and Executive General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Challenger Limited, Australia
Duties of Directors in the Maritime/Offshore Verticals in an Age of Maritime Terrorism
Directors and Officers LiabilityGeneral
We live in an age of maritime terrorism and the consequences are grave for the planet, people and profits. Given the aforementioned, the duties of directors of corporations ought to...Read more
Protecting Your Organization, Your Board, Yourself: What every in-house counsel needs to know about D&O insurance
Directors and Officers LiabilityInsurance
As in-house counsel, you are expected to provide input into the analysis and management of risk for your organization. You may also be a director or officer yourself, and thus...Read more
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Shelley Lloyd
Vice President, Senior Legal Consultant, Aon Reed Stenhouse Inc, USA