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Attorney-Client Privilege: Application of the Community of Interest Doctrine Exception to Third Party Communications for Licensor-Licensee and Similar Relationships
Attorney-client privilege is usually waived if privileged information is disclosed to a third party. Corporations and universities face complicated privilege issues because of a need to sometimes share privileged information...Read more
Rodney Sparks
Senior Biotechnology Patent Counsel, University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group, USA
Data Protection in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Concerns and Considerations
Data protection is an important aspect of the pharmaceutical industry throughout all stages of a product lifecycle – from innovation to exit. In the early stages of product development, manufacturers...Read more
Leslie Restaino
General Counsel, Validus Pharmaceuticals, USA
Open Innovation Collaborations: Practical Guidance for In-House Patent Attorneys
Professor Henry Chesbrough first coined the term “Open Innovation” in 2003, describing Open Innovation (OI) as “a paradigm that assumes that firms can and should use external ideas as well...Read more
Rimma Mitelman
Associate General Counsel, Lead IP Technology Agreements, Unilever, USA
Key Steps to Establish an Effective Anti-Corruption Programme
The 1960s and 1970s were transformative years for the US. The country was in the midst of a chaotic armed conflict overseas. Civil rights were causing turmoil on city streets....Read more
Debra Kuper
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Agco, USA
Making Your Business One of the Most Ethical Companies
in the World
On March 15, 2011, Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. in Japan, was recognized by the Ethisphere Institute (www.ethisphere.com) as one of the “2011 World’s...Read more
Greg Coplans
Executive Vice President, Emeritus, Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, USA
Legal and Business Implications of Shrink-Wrap Agreements: Look Before You Click
Shrink-wrap and click-wrap agreements are the fine print you see, among other things, when you click through terms and conditions in accessing an online service (e.g., in connection with a...Read more
Yusuf Cassim
Vice President, Intellectual Property, Licensing and Contracts, The Charles Schwab Corporation, USA
Michael Overly
Partner, Foley & Lardner, USA
Recent Trends in US Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation
In 2010 mergers and acquisitions (‘M&A’) activity rebounded from recent lows with U.S. activity up 16.3% in 2010 over 2009. With this rebound came a number of new new structural...Read more
Sam Snider
Vice President & Lead Acquisition Counsel, LexisNexis, USA
Ken Thompson
Senior Vice President/Chief Legal Officer, Reed Elsevier, Inc., USA
Head in the Clouds: Navigating the Legal Cloud Nebula: Part2
In the world of computing and technology much has happened in a short time. This is especially true with respect to the new (sort of) technology known as “cloud computing”....Read more
Joseph Bambara
Attorney at Law, WithersworldWide/UCNY, USA
Recognizing the In-House Counsel's Role of 'Compliance Generalist' as a Formal Practice Area of Law
For many years, a number of large law firms have offered highly specialized practice areas dealing with various compliance requirements in specific and discrete areas of the law. A few...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
Managing Open Source Agreements and Licenses
Open Source Software (OSS) is generally software wherein the source code is available, downloadable without cost, can be modified, and the modifications are distributable. Thus, OSS provides an alternative and...Read more
Teddy Chen
Director of IP and Assoc. General Counsel , EMC Corporation, USA
Kevin Perkins
Director, Senior Counsel - Intellectual Property, EMC Corporation, USA
Joseph D'Angelo
Attorney, EMC Corporation, USA