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International Litigation and Forum non conveniens: Strategies and lessons from the aviation context
International litigation is now a fact of life for most corporations. They may find themselves hauled into court in unexpected places and, perhaps more often than anywhere but their home...Read more

Karl Hennessee
Vice-President, Public Law & Technology, Halliburton, USA
Passport Without A Visa: Open Source Software Licensing and Trademarks

Open source software has defied its sceptics and become a big business. Governments at the national, state and local level across the globe are requiring open source in their projects....Read more
Harvey Anderson
General Counsel, Mozilla, USA
Tiki Dare
Director, Trademarks, Sun Microsystems, USA
Understanding Implications of Compliance to Government Contracts
Government contracts are complex instruments that require rigour, discipline and foresight well beyond the signature and execution of the deal. These contracts have unique obligations and duties not generally intuitive,...Read more

Nishat Ruiter
General Counsel, TED Conferences, USA
Five Considerations for US Advisers Contemplating Registration in the UK

With the continuously increasing globalization of US corporations, it is to be expected
that the US investment industry would not be far behind. Based on a recent review of
51 top hedge...Read more
John Monsky
Partner and General Counsel, Oak Hill Capital Management, USA
Lynne Carreiro
Senior Principal Consultant, ACA Compliance Group, USA
Performing a Preliminary Assessment of Patentability for a New Invention: Guidelines For Non-Patent Lawyers
Having an effective technology evaluation and patenting strategy in place may be critical
to the growth of a company or to prevent a company from losing its competitive edge.
When an invention...Read more

Rodney Sparks
Senior Biotechnology Patent Counsel, University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group, USA
Patent Demand - A Simple Path to Patent Reform
The patent system in the United States was intended to help promote the useful arts by
providing inventors of new technologies the time-limited right to exclude others from the
market in exchange...Read more

Tim Wilson
Senior IP Counsel, SAS Institute Inc., USA
Numbing the Expert Pinch: Avoiding Expert Disqualification in Construction Litigation
This is the era of the expert. Modern construction litigation is a morass of Critical Path Method schedules and other intricate details that all but cry out for expert testimony....Read more
Steve Butler
In-house Counsel, Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc, USA
The Real ID Act and the Public Administration of Global Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Policies
As a former prosecutor, I understood that each crime I prosecuted had certain “elements,” which must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt in order to secure a conviction. The “elements”...Read more
Bart Bevers
Attorney, Law Offices of Bart Bevers, USA
Taking Over a Private Retail Company in Argentina
The first thing to ask. What is the rationale for an acquisition?
Mergers and acquisitions are considered by bidders to achieve strategic goals like the expansion of assets, sales and...Read more

Eduardo Mariscotti
VP Human Resources Walmart US, Walmart, USA
The future of the legal advisor - impact of technology
The modern law office is an amazing place when compared to the law office of the past.
If we go back only a little way, the modern law office may well...Read more

Ian McDougall
EVP & General Counsel, LexisNexis, USA