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Restructuring In-House Counsel's Utilization of Law Firms: Reducing Legal Spend without Increasing Risk
Traditional assumptions underpinning the outsourcing of all aspects of cases to law firms by in-house counsel should be revisited in view of recent seismic changes in the legal environment. Law...Read more
Mark Besser
Chief Technology Officer/Partner , Qualitas Knowledge Management, USA
Reach of U.S. Hands Across the Waters May Impact
It's been "a hard day's night" for in-house counsel in the U.S. as the "revolution" from corporate confidante to corporate gatekeeper continued through 2007 into 2008. During this transition claims...Read more
Susan Friedman
Area Vice President & Group Coverage Counsel, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., USA
How To Run Your In-House Legal Department Like a Profit Center
I have always had a love of business, even when I knew I wanted to be a lawyer. Reality set in at my first in-house position, during the height of...Read more
Susan Diehl
Partner, Trinitas Advisors, USA
Basic Patent Law in Brazil, and Recent Developments
The largest country in South America by both geography and population, Brazil was discovered by Portuguese explorers in 1500. It remained a colony of Portugal until 1822, when Brazil declared...Read more
Russell Boltwood
Lawyer, Innovative Interfaces, Inc., USA
Exporting Best Legal Practices to a Japanese Head Office
In the United States, the role of corporate general counsel has grown over the last several years. Highly publicized corporate scandals, some highlighting either actual or perceived deficiencies in the...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
Entity Management, Technology and Corporate Governance
Organisations have a critical role in helping corporate governance practitioners navigate the complexities of today's business environment. Ask anyone who is involved in corporate governance and they will tell you...Read more
Brian Chartier
Director Consultancy Services, Datacare Software Group, USA
United States Jurisdiction Abroad
The United States applies their jurisdiction abroad under several instances. This is something very important for U.S. based corporations with global operations to understand, since there might be in a...Read more
Fabiana Lacerca-Allen
Chief Compliance Officer, Cipla, USA
Current Trends V/s Traditional Trends in Legal Outsourcing
Legal Process Outsourcing is a unique blend of legal knowledge and technical expertise. The legal industry across the globe is gradually turning towards outsourcing in order to control their ever...Read more
Ken Cutshaw
Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Church's Chicken, USA
Creating new legal service delivery systems for a complex world
The FMC Technologies legal team is relentless in trying to find new and better ways to deliver legal services to our customers ie the FMC Technologies business units. Key tenets...Read more
Jeff Carr
Vice President and General Counsel, FMC Technologies Inc, USA
Orange Book Listings Under Scrutiny: What’s In, What’s Out, and Why It Matters
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Orange Book, officially titled Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations, plays a key role in the U.S. pharmaceutical patent and exclusivity system. The...Read more
Joanna Brougher
Owner & Principal, BioPharma Law Group PLLC, USA
Tom Irving
Partner, Marbury Law Group, USA
Michelle E. O'Brien
Partner, Marbury Law Group, USA