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From Sellafield to the States and back again: The journey of BNFL and the effect on its in-house legal services
This paper will discuss the development and ultimate decline of BNFL, a Government owned public limited company in the nuclear sector, and its in house legal team. It considers the...Read more
Sue Quint
Group Legal Director, Bnfl, UK
Implications of Counterfeiting and Piracy for European Competitiveness, Innovation, Economic Growth and Job Losses
Over the years, counterfeiting has become the greatest threat to established trademarks, and therefore brands, across all industry sectors. In the late ‘80s, it was viewed together, with its big...Read more
Richard Heath
Managing Director, Richard Heath (Ip) Associates, UK
Managing External Legal Resources
In today's world, obtaining the best legal support from both internal and external resources is a constant challenge. During the past ten years it has become the norm for this...Read more
Richard Tapp
Former: Company Secretary and Director of Legal Services, Carillion, UK
Prevent Me if You Can
Frank W. Abagnale is probably the best known identity thief and author of Catch Me if You Can and The Art of the Steal. Mr. Abagnale, now fully-reformed and a...Read more
Mike Fahey
General Counsel/Company Secretary, Thrasio, UK
Electronic Contracts: Where We've Come From, Where We Are, and Where We Should Be Going
The power and importance of contracts can hardly be overstated. Contracts constitute the legal foundation upon which business is transacted around the globe. A contract can be as informal as...Read more
Ruth Orpwood
General Counsel, Cloudreach, UK
Must Shops and Offices Now Go Green? - The New Energy Performance Regulations
The rather snappily entitled Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 ('Regulations') will effectively come into force on 6 April 2008.
The Regulations give effect to...Read more
Guy Walton
Property Lawyer, John Lewis Partnership, UK
Restructuring In-House Counsel's Utilization of Law Firms: Reducing Legal Spend without Increasing Risk
Traditional assumptions underpinning the outsourcing of all aspects of cases to law firms by in-house counsel should be revisited in view of recent seismic changes in the legal environment. Law...Read more
Mark A. Cohen
Chief Executive Officer, Legal Mosaic, UK
Fees and Value in Legal Services
A lot has been written recently on the subject of law firm fees as in-house counsel come under greater pressure than ever to reduce costs and demonstrate value to their...Read more
Deepak Malhotra
Vice President and General Counsel, InBev, UK
Kathryn Britten
Managing Director, AlixPartners , UK
B2C sales over the internet: consumer rights and business obligations
In addition to general consumer protection, disability discrimination and privacy laws, UK businesses selling to consumers over the internet need to comply with the Distance Selling Regulations ('DSRs'), E-Commerce Regulations...Read more
Noel Tarleton
Solicitor, Office of Fair Trading, UK
Horizontal Competitor Contact: 'Don't call us and we won't call you'
EC Sectoral inquiry into business insurances and the new draft guidelines on information exchanges in the Maritime Transport Sector: What are the key findings in the inquiry, what is the...Read more
Lee Callaghan
General Counsel International Markets. Group Competition Counsel, Aviva, UK