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Creating a Legal Smart Grid
This article describes the benefits of creating a virtual network, designed to offer part-time lawyers and retirees a way back into the workforce in the most efficient manner, for the...Read more

Iain Jacobs
Managing Director, The Contract Centre, Switzerland
Shark-Infested Waters: The New (And Much More Aggressive) Role of Regulatory Oversight and What You Can Do to Keep Your Company Clean
Whether you work in a small legal department with a handful of lawyers or a large department spanning multiple continents, the importance of managing the behavior of your business clients...Read more
Jim René
Deputy General Counsel, Alcatel USA, Inc., USA
Is Saying 'sorry' Good For Business?
The article examines business complaints and how they escalate through bad management and failure to address customer fears. It covers the practical complaints handling techniques employed by our business and...Read more
Peter Judge
Head of Legal Services and Procurement, One North East, UK
Standing The Test of Time: Important Considerations in Long-Term Partnering Transactions

In the integrated global economy that has emerged over the last two decades, companies in all industries require a network of partners to discover, develop, manufacture, market, sell, supply and...Read more
Gilbert Labrucherie
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Nektar Therapeutics, USA
Frank Curtis
Vice President-legal Commercial and Regulatory, Nektar Therapeutics, USA
Legal Risk Management - Anticipating and Pre-Empting Legal Problems
Legal service provided by in-house lawyers evolved over the last period from pure advisory and consultancy type of business into legal risk management. Business is considering in-house lawyer as their...Read more
Aurelia Dragomirescu
Director, Legal, Vodafone, Romania
Transparency Obligations of Listed Companies According to Greek Law
This paper examines the disclosure obligations of publicly listed companies as stipulated by Greek Law N. 3556/2007 (O.J. 91/A/2007), implementing Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council...Read more
Effie Meridou
Legal Counsel, Sato S.A., Greece
When Good Faith is Not Good Enough

As the global economic crisis makes its mark, regulators and courts are sounding off with one message coming through loud and clear, ‘flout the rules, pay the penalties’. In-house counsel,...Read more
Andrew Kanter
In-House Counsel, Autonomy Corporation, UK
Deborah Baron
In-House Counsel, Autonomy Corporation, UK
New Trends in Turkish Insurance Law
In 2007 the Turkish Parliament adopted new legislation (Act no. 5684) on insurance activities. We now have new rules in the area of control law. On the other hand the...Read more
Samim Ünan
Legal Consultant, Anadolu Sigorta, Turkey
The Impacts of Mifid on the Italian Market
The implementation of MiFID in Italy.
The implementation of Directive 2004/39/CE by the European Parliament and the Council, dated April 21st 2004, referring to the markets of the financial instruments (from...Read more
Ferdinando Bruno
Head of Italian Restructuring , UniCredit Bank AG, Milan Branch, (UniCredit Group), Italy
Cartel Indicators
The term cartel meaning “written challenge” originates from medieval French word “Cartel”, from Italian “Cartello”, from Latin “Carta” i.e. card. It came to mean “written agreement between challengers” in 1692...Read more
Rahat Hassan
Member (Legal), Pakistan's Competition Commission, Pakistan