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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
Lawyers as Negotiators: Hitting the Wrong Targets?
The annual IACCM study of the most frequently negotiated terms in business-to-business contracts once again reveals a strong focus on the provisions that deal with risk allocation and the consequences...Read more
Sally Hughes
Chief Executive Officer, IACCM - International Association for Contract and Commercial Management, UK
UK Bribery Act 2010: Has a Revolution in Corporate Governance Begun?
On 1st July 2011, the UK Bribery Act 2010 (“Bribery Act) has entered into force , thus paving the way for a new stage in the battle to bribery and...Read more
Matteo Grassani
Legal Director of KPO BV, Shell, Trinidad And Tobago
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
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
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