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Is China’s Increased Investment Elevating Latin America’s Risk Profile?



Economic initiatives within the Latin America region over the past two decades have led to a dramatic increase in investment from China, particularly within critical industries such as energy, infrastructure,...Read more

Drew Costello
Partner, Forensic Risk Alliance, USA

Brian Ross
Associate Director, Forensic Risk Alliance, USA

Jordan Basich
Associate Director, Forensic Risk Alliance, USA
New Priorities of Corporate Directors: Geopolitical and Technological Disruptions



This article highlights the rising geopolitical tensions and technological competition between the United States (and allied liberal democracies) and China (and certain other authoritarian regimes). These geopolitical challenges will impact...Read more
Donald Rosenberg
Former General Counsel, Qualcomm, USA
David Teece
Executive Chairman, Berkeley Research Group LLC, USA
Kirti Gupta
Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies, USA
A Current Look at the State of Inequitable Conduct and Other Equitable Concerns




Inequitable conduct is an “equitable defense to patent infringement that, if proved, bars enforcement of a patent. ” Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co. , 649 F. 3d 1276,...Read more

Tom Irving
Partner, Marbury Law Group, USA

Xiaoguang Michelle Gao
Associate VP - Assistant General Patent Counsel , Eli Lilly and Company, USA
Stacy Lewis
Law Clerk, Finnegan, USA
Jordan Cowger
Finnegan, USA
Melissa Santos
Finnegan, USA
Why the Silence on Vertical Price Restraints?
Despite pronouncements that a “New Wave” of antitrust enforcement is underway, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) have exercised collective silence...Read more

R. Mark McCareins
General Counsel, Metals Service Center Institute, USA
What Every Lawyer Should Know About Digital Forensics
Retaining a subject matter expert should provide you with not just the sound analysis of the technical subject but also an education for you and perhaps a judge and jury....Read more

Jon Berryhill
President & COO, Berryhill Computer Forensics Inc., USA
Patent law differs in each country, but there are some important equitable doctrines that apply across borders. One such a doctrine is prosecution history estoppel.
The term Estoppel ...Read more

Roy Girasa
Professor of Law, Pace University, USA

R. Mark McCareins
General Counsel, Metals Service Center Institute, USA
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My aim is to consider the legal regulation of the public corporation and its governance from the perspective of natural law theory. There are many theories of natural law that...Read more
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Michael Ambrosio
Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law, USA
Don’t Waste All your Lawyer’s Time on Legal Matters
Hire In-House General Counsel, Because You are Adding Four Key Workhorses All in One
1. A broad technical expert in all the engineering and science aspects of your company.
2. An unconventional...Read more
Paul Grahovac
Building Envelope Codes, Standards and Field Support, General Counsel, Director of New Business Develo, PROSOCO Inc, USA
Smart Farming and Managing Data

You may find walking down the frozen food aisle of a grocery store less than extraordinary. Unless, of course, you are particularly hungry. Hungry or not, if you consider that...Read more

Steven Schossberger
General Counsel and Vice President, Oregon Potato Company, USA

Skylar Schossberger
J.D. Candidate , University of Idaho College of Law, USA
Independence of the Compliance Function & What Makes a Compliance Officer Successful
This article addresses the question of why the Compliance Function in financial services firms, including banks, needs to be independent, and the factors that can contribute to such independence. “‘Independent’...Read more

Elizabeth Fiorelli
Assistant Adviser of Global Legal and Compliance , Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited, New York Branch, USA