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Intelligent Combination of Contract, Policy and Technology as the Answer to Impending Heightened European Union Data Protection Regulations
For multi-national corporate counsel, the complex web of national and super-national legislation and regulation in Europe may seem an intractable fettering of activity. The updating of the 1995 European Directive,...Read more
David Kemp
xecutive Director of Legal Policy, HP Autonomy, UK
Common European Sales Law Unlocking the Potential of the EU market?
On 3rd June 2011 Viviane Reding Vice-President of the European Commission ("VP Reding) delivered a key-note speech – "The Next Steps towards a European Contract law for Businesses and Consumers"...Read more
Anthony Kenny
European Counsel, The Boston Consulting Group Inc, UK
Preparing Company Witnesses
As witness familiarisation becomes commonplace among the litigation departments of leading City law firms there is a strong argument that it should automatically be part of the consideration of all...Read more
Mark Solon
Managing Director & Solicitor, Wilmington, UK
Bric Merger Control - The New Regulatory Frontier
Global M&A activity increasingly focuses on businesses with assets and/or sales in the BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China. From the end of May 2012, when the regime...Read more
Emily Roche
Senior Counsel - Competition, Rio Tinto Group, UK
Meeting the Challenges of European Union Anti-trust Compliance with Technical Innovation
To paraphrase an old adage – “God could not be everywhere all the time, that’s why he invented regulators”! However, as most legislators and regulation draftsmen would have it, their...Read more
David Kemp
xecutive Director of Legal Policy, HP Autonomy, UK
Lawyers as Negotiators: Hitting the Wrong Targets?
The annual IACCM study of the most frequently negotiated terms in business-to-business contracts once again reveals a strong focus on the provisions that deal with risk allocation and the consequences...Read more
Sally Hughes
Chief Executive Officer, IACCM - International Association for Contract and Commercial Management, UK
Open Innovation Collaborations: Practical Guidance for In-House Patent Attorneys
Professor Henry Chesbrough first coined the term “Open Innovation” in 2003, describing Open Innovation (OI) as “a paradigm that assumes that firms can and should use external ideas as well...Read more
Matt Goodwin
General Counsel, Intellectual Property, Unilever, UK
Harmonisation for Consumer Finance Organisations in the Context of the Data Protection and Passporting Directives - A Critical Review
This article looks at the conflict between commercial and legal aspects of EU policy making. In particular in the consumer finance sector whether two fundamental planks – Data Protection and...Read more
Solomon Osagie
Chief Legal Counsel, TSYS International, UK
Corporate Governance Principles in Denmark - Ticking a Box or Driving Shareholder Value?
Any Danish company which has its securities admitted to trading on a regulated market has been exposed to regulation on Corporate Governance throughout the last decade. The Danish Committee on...Read more
Mike Butcher
General Counsel and Company Secretary, Veolia Environment UK Limited, UK
Practical Steps and Approaches for Handling and Managing Regulatory Investigations
Increasing levels of legislation across markets increases regulatory risks, including risks from investigations, for both firms and individuals. This is likely to require renewed focus on compliance as well as...Read more
Ifeanyi Uyanneh
Director, Compliance, Affinion International Limited, UK