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Why a Miami Federal Court Ruling Could Affect ADA Compliance Across the US and is the Business World Watching?
A two day bench trial in Miami this past June resulted in a Federal Court ruling the entire business world should pay attention to. This Miami case was on the...Read more
Erika Cappiello
In-house Counsel, South Florida Educational Federal Credit Union, USA
The Single Best Lesson You Can Teach in Ethics Training: Secrets Hate Being Kept.jpg&w=256&q=75)
When you train your people on your company’s code of ethics, what is the single-most useful lesson you can impart? What is the one thing you want everybody to take...Read more
Mark Ohringer
Global General Counsel, Jones Lang LaSalle, USA
Privilege in the International Corporate Context
As corporations become increasing international in the 21st century, in-house counsel located in one country are frequently asked to provide legal advice to employees, executives, and divisions located in different...Read more
Sriranga Veeraraghavan
VP, Legal, Xperi Corporation, USA
Global Meets Local: How General Counsel Navigate Clashes Between Global Standards and Local Law and Custom
You are the general counsel of a large U.S.-based multinational company with operations around the world. Your phone rings at 3 a.m. with a call from your counsel in a...Read more
Michael Solender
Global Vice Chair and General Counsel, Ey , USA
Unwitting Participants: Evaluating the Privacy Landscape for Website Operators in ‘Privacy-Lite’ Industries
Few things tie companies together like the Internet. No matter the business – be it professional basketball, aerospace engineering, or coffee sales – a company website is a fact of...Read more
Greg Mitchell
Counsel - Litigation Services, UnitedLex Corporation, USA
Bryan Lamble
Litigation Manager – Global Litigation Services, UnitedLex Corporation, USA
The Exponential Law Department: an Oxymoron?
Imagine you could fold a piece of paper as many times as you want. Every time you fold it, you make it thicker. The question is: how many times do...Read more
Till Olbrich
VP & Associate General Counsel, Philip Morris Global Services Inc., USA
Anatomy of a Deal: Good Things Come in Small (and Very Complicated) Packages
Acorda is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies that restore function and improve the lives of people with neurological disorders. Acorda recently completed the acquisition of Biotie Therapies, a...Read more
Jane Wasman
President, International & General Counsel, Acorda Therapeutics, USA
Andrew Mayer
Vice President, Legal, Acorda Therapeutics, USA
Getting Foreign Personnel to Comply, While Respecting Cultural Differences and Allowing Some Level of Operational Independence
Multinational companies often struggle with what is the appropriate level of diligence and oversight to apply to their foreign subsidiaries, particularly those foreign subsidiaries in underdeveloped nations, or in regions...Read more
Sarah Peter
Senior Corporate Director Ethics and Anti-Corruption and Corporate Compliance Attorney, Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, USA
The Case under the GDPR for Video and Audio Recording in Commercial Spaces and Interactions: An Example of Fitting Legacy Systems and Practices into a Forward-Looking Compliance Regime
This Paper considers how to square potentially the new General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR” or “Regulation”) requirements with the longstanding commercial practices of recording customers through video and...Read more
Daniel Corcoran
SVP, International General Counsel, Marchex, USA
Organizational Compliance Failures Quickly Become a Legal Problem
Legal and compliance are two essential functions in any contemporary organizational structure. The specific relationship between these two functions, including reporting lines and division of responsibilities, may well vary depending...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