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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
Group Re-organisations
Imagine a situation where your Group, over a two to three year period, has expanded rapidly through a mixture of acquisitions and organic growth; where, as each acquisition is completed,...Read more
Jeremy Evans
Director, JECCS Commercial Consultancy Services Limited, UK
The Innovation and Development of In-house Legal Teams: Sharing Legal Resources Within Local Authorities-Camden Council's Experience
Local government has been subject to constant change over the past few decades. More recently, and pertinently, an ongoing theme in the planning reforms of 2004, is a recognition of...Read more
Breellen Warry
Assistant Solicitor, London Borough of Camden, UK
Shareholder Engagement and Performance
The question of whether there is a link between shareholder engagement and performance is significant for a fund manager such as Hermes, which undertakes engagement work on behalf of a...Read more
Hans-Christoph Hirt
Associate Director-European Corporate Governance, Hermes Pensions Management, UK
Protecting and Enhancing Shareholder Value through Strategic Management of Intellectual Property
Preparing for Exit and Asking the Right Questions (ICT sector case study)
Do you remember 1993? Nelson Mandela has just been elected as South Africa's first black leader, the first...Read more
Andrew Watson
Head of Legal, ipVa, UK