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A Comparative Survey of U.S. Data Protection Schemes for safeguarding Essential Infrastructure Information
The energy sector functions as a key lifeline for economies around the world. In recent years, the security of energy infrastructure has become a global concern, raising questions regarding...Read more
Anna R. Kuperstein
Legal Counsel, TransCanada, USA
A Comparative Survey of U.S. Data Protection Schemes for
Safeguarding Essential Infrastructure Information
The energy sector functions as a key lifeline for economies around the world. In recent years, the security of energy infrastructure has become a global concern, raising questions regarding...Read more
Tracy Penn
Legal Counsel, TransCanada, USA
Drilling Contracts: Post Macondo Considerations
This paper will discuss new issues in drilling contracts following the litigation regarding the BP Macondo well blowout incident. Considering the tens of billions of dollars in damages that were...Read more
Lisa Bagley Brown
Managing Counsel (Retired), Lisa B. Brown, Esquire, USA
Horse Sense for Lawyers - Tap Your Somatic Wisdom to Boost Your Performance
Science is increasingly supporting the premise that the majority of communication among humans is non-verbal. Neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author Robert Cooper’s book The Other 90%, How to...Read more
Francie Kilborne
Associate General Counsel, Energy Transfer Partners, USA
Joint Property and Joint Ventures; the Laws of Unintended Consequences
This article examines how joint property is legally held by participants in an upstream oil and gas joint venture. Using the examples of English law and Kazakh law, it makes...Read more
Reg Fowler
Senior Legal Counsel, Shell International BV, Netherlands
The Big White Elephant: 'Contract Management state of mind and road forward'
I have worked in in-house legal departments as an in-house lawyer for almost 10 years in various industries both on the customer side as well as the supplier side mainly...Read more
Martin Lønstrup
Head of Compliance, Falck Global Assistance A/S, Denmark
Bounds and Pitfalls When Splitting the Choice of Law 
For most in-house lawyers dealing with international contracts is a daily and ordinary task. In the multi-state context where the contract has a connection to more than one jurisdiction the...Read more
Andreas Schønbeck
Attorney-at-law, Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Denmark
A Consideration of The Role of The Company in Contemporary South African Society and The Traditional Concept of Directors Duties
Corporate South Africa has become entrenched in a plethora of tag lines such as “social responsibility”, “corporate social investment” and the “triple bottom line” in an apparent effort to “give...Read more
Darryl Jago
Legal Advisor, Total South Africa (Pty), South Africa
A Succession of Parties; When Does a State Succession Terminate a Contract?
Changes in governments and the overthrow of States are increasingly commonplace. Drafters of long term contracts with Sovereign States, be they loan agreements or natural resources or infrastructure investment agreements,...Read more
Reg Fowler
Senior Legal Counsel, Shell International BV, Netherlands
Knock-for-Knock Indemnities and their Application in Oil and Gas Contracts in Argentina
Although knock-for-knock contractual indemnities (otherwise known as ‘mutual hold harmless’ or ‘bury your own dead’ indemnities) are common to oil and gas contracts worldwide, their usefulness in oil and gas...Read more
Juan Pablo Santopinto
Attorney, Global Legal Operations Group , Flowserve, Argentina