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Making M&A a Core Competency
For many companies, transactions involving acquisitions and dispositions of businesses (commonly referred to as mergers and acquisitions or M&A transactions) are extraordinary events that occur infrequently and require no in-house...Read more
Jeff Adelman
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, J2 Global, USA
Laws Private Sector Business Attorneys Should be Aware of When Negotiating With a Government Entity in the United States
The San Diego Association of Governments, known as SANDAG, is a regional government agency in San Diego County, California. The agency serves as a public forum for policy decisions about...Read more
Julie Wiley
Special Counsel, Sandag, USA
Understanding Commercial Dispute Finance in the United States
Litigation is always a costly proposition. Although fraught with risk, it often represents a party’s only hope for redressing wrongs. The decision to bring suit is a momentous one, with...Read more
Max Volsky
Legal and Financial Counsel, Lexstone Capital, USA
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