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Introduced in 2013, India became the first country in the world to statutorily mandate Corporate Social Responsibility (“CSR”), which is otherwise seen as a philanthropic activity undertaken at the discretion...Read more
Vanita Bhargava
Senior Partner, Khaitan & Co., India
German Patent Modernisation Act – A Game Changer for Protection of Confidential Information in Patent Litigation?
Protection of confidential information disclosed in litigation used to be insufficient in Germany. For a long time, it was only regulated fragmentarily. Despite the implementation of the Trade Secret Directive...Read more
Nikita Alymov
Attorney-at-law , Hoffmann Eite , Germany
Dirk Schüßler-Langeheine
attorney-at-law, partner , Hoffmann Eitle , Germany
A right to copy, right?
Copyright is an intellectual property right that vests automatically. The question arises, whether the right has international enforcement due to the nature of the right. Copyright subsists the moment it...Read more
Madelein Kleyn
Chief Legal and IP Officers, Omnisient Rf Pty, South Africa
An Open Systems Approach to Law, Strategy, and Sustainability: The Role of the In-House Counsel in the Anthropocene Era
In an embarrassing rebuke, referred to by some as “the vote heard round the world” (Le Berre, 2021), the board of directors of oil and gas giant ExxonMobil lost a...Read more
Constance E. Bagley
CEO, Founder, and General Counsel, Bagley Strategic Advisors LLC, USA
Classification Challenges Involving Use of Independent Contractors in the US Workplace
The independent contractor workforce is a rapidly evolving component of the U.S. economy that has significantly increased in recent years. Even before COVID, independent workers were a growing part of...Read more
Victoria Filippov Nemeth
Principal, Filippov Law Group, PLLC, USA
The Role of the Company in Contemporary South Africa &
Directors Duties: The Accelerated Shift
In this paper I will consider a company’s role in contemporary South African society and whether or not it is necessary to broaden the traditional concept that directors only owe...Read more
Daniella Pellegrini van Rooyen
Tax & Legal, Quiver Tree Capital (Pty), South Africa
Triple Point Technology, Inc v PTT [2021] UKSC 29
An Untested Point?
The recent Supreme Court decision in Triple Point Technology, Inc v PTT [2021] UKSC 29, delves into a range of issues that should interest commercial contract lawyers. However, I’d like...Read more
Christopher Parr
Director, The Legal Director, UK
Responsible and Sustainable Business Conduct – Everyone’s Business
Many leading businesses have recognised the importance of an integrated view of sustainability and responsible business conduct across their operations and business relationships as a key strategic priority for their...Read more
Nicole Bigby
Partner and General Counsel - EMEA & Asia, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, UK
Freedom to Operate Conundrum
Growing a patent portfolio by protecting the innovation derived from research and development investment is merely the beginning to the creation of value.
Freedom to use, sell and otherwise...Read more
Madelein Kleyn
Chief Legal and IP Officers, Omnisient Rf Pty, South Africa
International Personal Data Transfers after Schrems II
On 16 July 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) issued his verdict in case C-311/18 Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems. The infamous...Read more
Leszek Sytniewski
In-house Legal Counsel, Objectivity., Poland