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FUELING ORGANIC GROWTH: Business Expansion and Talent Acquisition
Business growth into new markets may occur through organic growth or acquisition. When acquiring a business enterprise, a company, through due diligence, will determine whether key relationships have been properly...Read more

Jo Anne Schwendinger
AGC Information Management, Deere & Company, USA
Corporate Use of Open Source Software: Dispelling the Myths with a Policy
Many companies do not understand open source software and choose to avoid it completely instead of creating an informed policy. Avoiding the issue can lead to developers using open source...Read more

Heather McNay
Senior IP Counsel, Landis+Gyr AG, USA
My Privacy is Better Than Yours: US and European Perspectives on Privacy
Business is increasingly global. Relatively few transactions begin and end in a single country or single currency. Inseparable from the global flow of business is the flow of personal data...Read more
Lisa Glover-Gardin
Senior Ethics & Compliance Counsel, Google Inc. , USA
Navigating California's Proposition 65: A Primer for In-house Counsel
In 1986, California voters passed a ballot initiative  known as "Proposition 65."   The Act was the result of voter distrust of state agencies responsible for regulating the...Read more
Carol Monahan-Cummings
Chief Counsel, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, USA
Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way: Eyeing The Future: Proactive Total Information Governance®
The current paradigm in eDiscovery revolves around the benefits of “predictive coding”, “automated document classification”, or any number of synonyms for this type of technology assisted review (TAR). This technology...Read more

Linda Sharp
Associate General Counsel, ZL Technologies Inc, USA
Canadian Risky Business: Why Fair and Predictable Patentable Utility is Critical to Investments and Innovation
Investment in innovation and procurement of patent protection within any jurisdiction is justified by reliance upon fair and predictable patent protection. For new investment within any particular jurisdiction, innovators expect...Read more
Arvie Anderson
Assistant General Patent Counsel, Eli Lilly and Company, USA
Managing the Decline - The Role of the General Counsel in a Faltering Company
In the current complex business environment, the vast majority of companies who must sell themselves to preserve some remaining value, or those who fail to sell and experience either a...Read more
Mitch Baruchowitz
General Counsel, Abadi & Co. Group, USA
'Money or Monies worth? Beware the Transaction 'Cost' of Payment Systems'
The efficiency of business transactions has become increasingly important in the digital age, and an issue that has arguably evolved as a result of free-markets. Already, advances in technology has...Read more

Sarah Hinchliffe
Barrister and Solicitor (HCA, Vic), The College of William and Mary, USA
Shhh - the Internet is listening: Has technology eroded Attorney-Client Privilege and what can You do about it?
The year 1912 marked the first time that mail was delivered by airplane. Now, 100 years later, mail is sent with the click of a button, instantly delivered to a...Read more
Vincent Catanzaro
Senior Counsel, Global Discovery Manager, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, USA
Why the 2011 America Invents Act is Bad for Entrepreneurs, Bad for Startups, and Bad for America-and How to Fix It
Now that the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011 (AIA) is law and is beginning to phase into effect, the patent community has begun to focus and understand what has...Read more

David Boundy
CEO, Cambridge Technology Law LLC, USA