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Details Matter: Mitigating M&A Post-Closing Purchase Price Disputes

A post-closing purchase price dispute is never a pleasant experience. I would venture a guess that no one reading this would willingly be involved in a dispute at all, much...Read more

Jerry Hansen
Partner, Forensic Risk Alliance, USA
Assessing the Risk and Impact of Climate, and Social and Human Capital on a Corporation: An In-house Counsel’s Perspective

With the exception of the few skeptics, climate change has been acknowledged worldwide, and climate change is impacting our environment globally. Companies, and the things we produce, and the way...Read more

Mary Kennard
Vice President & General Counsel (retired), American University, USA
Evolution of Agile Lawyering In-House Counsel as a Strategic Asset



In-house counsel faces a new reality and challenge. The world and business have gone from analog to digital. Innovation, speed, digital technology and the internet have transformed how to manage...Read more
Michael Grazio
Assistant General Counsel, Products and Innovation, Mastercard, USA

Jonathan Anastasia
Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Cyber & Intelligence Solutions, Mastercard, USA

Paul Petta
Chief Franchise Officer, Mastercard, USA
Navigating the Brave New World of International Trade Agreements
The world seems to be getting smaller every day. Technology has improved the speed of business travel and all forms of commercial communication to the point where the global market...Read more

Bruce Fox
Retired Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, The Main Street America Group, USA
Crossing National Boundaries to Access Electronic Data: New Technology, Old Laws

On June 5, 2013, Edward Snowden revealed to the world that the U.S. government had ordered Verizon to hand over data under the USA PATRIOT Act, and, the following day,...Read more

Sanjay Agrawal
Senior Counsel, Elekta AB, USA
Considerations for In-House Counsel in Navigating CFIUS Issues in Cross-Border Transactions

Internal lawyers play a unique role in transactions involving the acquisition of a business, for both acquirers and targets. Frequently, internal lawyers are involved in the early stages of a...Read more
Paul Giordano
Former General Counsel, Ironshore Inc., USA
Practice and Procedure in a Representative State Court System
This article examines civil practice and procedure at the pre-trial level under the “best practices” rules of the courts of the State of New Jersey. Although each of the fifty...Read more

Joseph Aronds
Vice President and Chief Litigation and Trial Counsel, Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc., USA
Mitigating Risks of Privately Financed Power Projects in
Sub-Sahara Africa ('SSA')
In 2014, the forty-nine Sub-Sahara Africa (“SSA”) countries, with a combined population of more than 800 million, had an installed electric power generation capacity of 92 Gigawatts (GW). This figure...Read more

Kingsley Osei
Lead Project Counsel, State University of New York, USA
When Things Go Wrong
Project management skills are often undervalued in legal departments
As in-house counsel, we are often called upon to manage or participate in company or departmental projects. These projects can be complex...Read more

Michael Spivey
General Counsel, Africa & South America, Walmart International, Walmart International, USA
Making it Stick: How to Provide Legal Advice that Influences Business Decisions

As attorneys, determining the most risk-averse legal advice to give to our business partners often comes naturally. After all, we have both academic and professional experience in considering legal questions.
But...Read more

Joshua Axelrod
Brand Counsel, Celgene Corporation, USA