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Directors and Officers Liability
Companies are incorporated under the respective laws of the country to create a separate legal entity – an artificial personality – but they cannot act on their own. They need...Read more
Bala Balakrishnan
In-House Counsel, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, India
How to Set-up a Compliance Function and Make it a Strategic Partner to an Organisation
Over the past few years, we have witnessed a great deal of corporate scandals from financial and non-financial institutions which were caused in part by failures of corporate culture, ethics...Read more
Robert Payawal
Legal and Compliance Manager, Abu Dhabi Finance, UAE
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
Matt Goodwin
General Counsel, Intellectual Property, Unilever, UK
Rimma Mitelman
Associate General Counsel, Lead IP Technology Agreements, Unilever, USA
Harmonisation for Consumer Finance Organisations in the Context of the Data Protection and Passporting Directives - A Critical Review
This article looks at the conflict between commercial and legal aspects of EU policy making. In particular in the consumer finance sector whether two fundamental planks – Data Protection and...Read more
Solomon Osagie
Chief Legal Counsel, TSYS International, UK
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
Cloud Computing: Instructions for use
Cloud computing seems to be on everybody’s mouth as the future trend in IT. Notwithstanding the fact that it has been around for some years, it continues to represent a...Read more
Sergio Calderara
Partner, Clgl, Italy
A Bird's Eye View of the Regulatory Framework of Payment Systems in Albania
It is evident that payment and settlement systems play an important role for the stability and efficiency of the financial sector and the economy of a country as a whole....Read more
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
Corporate Governance Principles in Denmark - Ticking a Box or Driving Shareholder Value?
Any Danish company which has its securities admitted to trading on a regulated market has been exposed to regulation on Corporate Governance throughout the last decade. The Danish Committee on...Read more
Mike Butcher
General Counsel and Company Secretary, Veolia Environment UK Limited, UK