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Compulsory Insurance for Shipowners' Cargo Liability: A Heresy or Logical Step?
1. If someone wants to introduce an innovation, he has to give arguments against prevailing standpoints that support current status quo. In this article we shall try to give an...Read more
Petar Kragic
Legal counsel , Tankerska Plovidba dd, Croatia
Etisalat's Telecoms Regulatory Compliance Program
In April 2009 Etisalat UAE launched a Telecoms Regulatory Compliance Program (‘Compliance Program’) for the first time. This paper will describe the genesis of Etisalat’s Compliance Program and establishment of...Read more
International Corporate Codes of Conduct: U.S. Whistleblowing and E.U. Data Privacy Laws
Companies operating internationally may face laws and regulations that, at times, appear to conflict with one another. Those companies must diligently review those laws and work to ensure compliance with...Read more
Tanya Axenson
Vice President, Human Resources, The Allegis Group, USA
Dubai Internationl Finance Center DIFC A Financial 'Free-Trade Zone'
In February of 2002, HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced on behalf of the U.A.E. the intention to establish the Dubai International Financial Centre (the “Centre” or the...Read more
Noah Shaikh
General Counsel, Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC), UAE
Private Equity Investment in the Middle East: Deal Structures and Issues
Private equity investments are structured differently in the Middle East than in other regions of the world. Traditionally, the Middle East has been a source of capital for a number...Read more
Mark Saltzburg
General Counsel, Abu Dhabi Investment House PJSC, UAE
In-House Legal Counsel and Enterprise Risk Management
No investment can be effective in the long term without proper risk management, and the outcomes of inadequate risk management turned out to be expensive. So from a certain perspective...Read more
Zhang Jianbin
In-House Counsel, China Telecom, China
Unintended Negative Consequences of Joint Ownership of a Patent
When one entity is a joint owner of a patent or pending patent application with another entity, there are many potential negative ramifications as to licensing, ability to enforce a...Read more
Rodney Sparks
Senior Biotechnology Patent Counsel, University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group, USA
Statutory Employer Issues in the Industrial Construction and Maintenance Markets
Statutory employer provisions are an important issue for in-house counsel in the construction industry – particularly in the heavy industrial and maintenance markets. If properly negotiated, these provisions result in...Read more
John Fenner
General Counsel, Turner Industries,., USA
How Advances in Technology Can Impact Cross-Border Electronic Discovery
An email within an organization can travel just as easily from New York to California as it can to Tokyo. Yet, when that email becomes evidence in litigation filed in...Read more
Allison Brecher
Senior litigation counsel and e-discovery Coordinator, Mercer Inc., USA
The New Financial Reform and Competition Laws in Colombia: Key Points for Bank In-House Counsel
In a previous article I noted that Colombia was experiencing a deepening in state intervention in the activities of banks and other financial institutions, often inspired by consumer right concerns....Read more
Antonio Núñez
Lawyer, Nuñez Rincon Abogados Consultores, Colombia