Vol. 7, No. 25, Autumn 2013

Increasing your in-house law department's efficiency. Today's businesses are operating in a challenging economic environment. It is increasingly difficult for companies to achieve their aggressive growth targets. Every function within...Read more

We live in a digital world. Today, information is power, and electronically stored information (“ESI”) is its global currency. It is a world where well over 90% of information is...Read more

The publishing and advertising businesses face challenges looking for profitable ways to reinvent themselves since the emergence of the Internet about two decades ago. In this digital environment, there are...Read more

As businesses grow their global footprint, the demand for fast, accurate, low-cost translation is mounting. With pressure coming from stakeholders to increase cross-border transactions in developing countries, legal spend is...Read more

As in house counsel, we are often tasked with wearing multiple hats, not all of which are legal. This can occasionally be a challenge, but in most cases, it represents...Read more

The Surreptitious Use of Dual Technology and the need to scrutinise Global merger and Acquisition activity in the Defence, Aerospace, Space and High-Technology verticals’ – this Article elementally examines...Read more

Japan is a promising market for companies, in-spite of the pressures posed by drug prices, competition and patents. The reason may be the large growth of pharmaceuticals, an aging population,...Read more

Joining forces in different ways may bring accelerating benefits for entities operating in different markets. Common forms of cooperation among others contain joint venture, distributorship and research and development arrangements....Read more

People are exposed to trademarks on a daily basis. Trademarks are a part of everyone’s everyday life. Trademarks are used on clothing, food, entertainment, cosmetics, etc. Unlike other aspects of...Read more

It’s often said that change is the only constant in life. The legal profession is no exception to that rule! Over the last two decades, we have experienced significant growth...Read more

Advertisements scream promises of unlimited resources and limited cost; a veritable pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Providers tout a perfect cloud solution that can handle any...Read more

Having a compliance program deemed “effective” has many potential benefits for a multinational company. Under some country laws, such a designation stands as an affirmative defense in an enforcement action....Read more

Based on experiences from patent transactions, potential buyers or licensors mostly see their return on investment in relation to the potential value the patents can generate. Their valuations take risks...Read more

I have lived and practiced law in Shanghai, China and throughout the world since 1997. I moved to China prior to its entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) and...Read more

In preparation for this article, I tried to think about how I could explain compliance and clever risk taking. To succeed as a commercial enterprise, we work hard to reach...Read more

After the collapse of major financial power houses, the push for corporate-wide risk assessment and management increased. At a national and state level, regulators and rating agencies are incorporating enterprise...Read more

The golf course is not always an inviting place for women – sometimes they are not even allowed through the front gate. The Royal & Ancient, one of golf’s governing...Read more

The contemporary state-of-art procurement is a well-organized, centralized, robust machine that gains benefits through ability to issue comprehensive RFP processes aiming, inter alia, for volume discounts. Through standardization, it is...Read more