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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
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
Compliance with New Anti-Money Laundering Requirements in
New York State
Anti-money laundering requirements, specifically those prohibiting the funding of countries and entities subject to U.S. sanctions laws, continue to be a top priority of bank regulatory agencies in the United...Read more
Bruce Ortwine
General Counsel (retired), Americas; Adviser, Global Legal and Compliance (Retired), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc., 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
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
Status of Forces Agreements and Defense Cooperation Agreements:
A Primer for US Defense Contractors
Some of the largest US government defense contracts are for work to be performed OCONUS; that is, Outside of the Continental United States. The US Department of Defense (DOD) spends...Read more
David Newsome
Senior Legal Counsel, KBRwyle, USA
From Compliance to Commitment: The Way We Work at Walmart
Walmart was my first introduction to the retail business. Before moving from Houston, Texas, to Bentonville, Arkansas, I spent the prior twenty years working for other large corporations in different...Read more
Daniel Trujillo
Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer Walmart International, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., USA
Metric Programs for In-house Counsel Work
Numbers don’t tell a story. We tell a story about the numbers.
In-house attorneys are under increasing pressure to produce numbers – metrics - which measure their work. The pressure comes...Read more
Suzanne Miller
Director and Managing Counsel, HP Inc., USA