Vol. 7, No. 27, Spring 2014

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (“LCPA”), located in New York City, is the world’s largest and most comprehensive performing arts center. For over half a century, Lincoln Center has...Read more

This article first explores some of the enhancements to the competition enforcement regime in Ireland and organisational changes to the Irish Competition Authority since 2010. It then addresses my personal...Read more

This paper explores various types of pre-contractual agreements commonly encountered, and the particular features of each. It analyses where Australian law draws the line of enforceability over such arrangements by...Read more

Insurers, in terms of insurance product distribution, often consider and balance the many routes to market with the inherent, external costs and risks of the various routes. This paper analyses...Read more

Financial services and the new FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) competition role in the UK. Why the changes, how will it work and how should you manage them? • The next phase of...Read more

The procurement function is the key to success in most manufacturing businesses. It is the business process involved from recognising that something needs to be acquired, through to ordering and...Read more

The mobile phone (and the smart phone, in particular) is increasingly displacing other mediums as a way to channel content. Given the growth and importance of the telecommunications industry in...Read more

Private investment in real estate may be broadly divided into two general categories: 1) acquisition of land with buildings that are already built, and 2) the planning and building of...Read more

Commercial break clauses remain a highly contentious area of landlord and tenant law. The recent economic downturn has seen landlords and tenants manoeuvring to protect their own financial positions. Whilst...Read more

Legal Leadership and Innovation in EU AssociationsRead more

This paper aims at examining some of the key questions that are essential to the daily work of Collective Management Organisations (CMOs) , who perform an important role by administering...Read more

In recent years, Malaysia has seen the introduction of several pieces of legislation which have had some impact on its financial industry. The most significant piece of legislation is none...Read more

Today’s General Counsel is truly a global counsel who may deal with laws, documentation, governance along with issues ranging from corruption and fraudulent practices amongst stakeholders to concerns about corporate...Read more

After two years into a three-year transformation program, Atos’ legal department, supported by its management team has created an integrated legal department which works effectively, each lawyer becoming an innovative...Read more

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in the pharmaceuticals and biotech industries should be looked at - as much as a means for saving on legal cost and managing litigation risk -...Read more

I have been working as a lawyer for several years in Europe, in countries governed by different legal systems. I have learned to love English law because of its practical...Read more

To begin with, the right to privacy is not explicitly stated anywhere in the Bill of Rights. The idea of a right to privacy was first addressed within a legal...Read more

Imagine that you are in-house counsel negotiating a large and complex international IT transaction. The parties are interested in doing business together and but cannot agree on one of the...Read more