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Managing Reward Satisfaction of In-House Counsel: Lessons from an empirical study of in-house Counsel in Australia
Perceptions of remuneration and reward can play an important role in employee behaviours, motivation, engagement, performance, retention and ultimately organisational productivity. They can also call into question the alignment between...Read more
Michael Johnston
Group Head of Employee Relations & Special Counsel , Westpac Banking Corporation , Australia
Passport Without A Visa: Open Source Software Licensing and Trademarks
Open source software has defied its sceptics and become a big business. Governments at the national, state and local level across the globe are requiring open source in their projects....Read more
Harvey Anderson
General Counsel, Mozilla, USA
Tiki Dare
Director, Trademarks, Sun Microsystems, USA
Fighting the fog: How to provide comprehensible advice on regulatory matters making sure that it is perceived as an added value
The role of the regulatory affairs (and antitrust) department in a vertically integrated company operating in highly regulated markets is by definition a central one.
Most of the activities carried...Read more
Rosario Baratta
General Counsel, Gsma, Italy
Related parties transactions under Lebanese law (with comparative references to the UAE Law)
A man cannot serve two masters. One will invariably take a free ride at the expense of the other. A company manager is the custodian of his company’s assets. He...Read more
Saba Zreik
Chief Legal Officer , Manal Consultancy SARL, Lebanon
Telecommunications: The challenges of In-house Legal Departments in an environment of constant technology innovation and regulatory changes.
Law schools usually teach future lawyers to work based on a very important tool: case law, that is, the collection of reported cases and their decisions that throughout the years...Read more
Ricardo Lagreca
Legal Manager, Sky Brasil Serviçosa., Brazil
Challenges and opportunities for corporate counsel in a distressed market
Current stresses in markets and the daily industry and worldwide financial developments generated by such stresses raise specific challenges for corporate counsel which I have attempted to detail below in...Read more
Catherine Kearns
Vice President - Legal, ORIX Aviation Systems Limited, Ireland
A clash of cultures: Implementing a SOX compliant whistle-blower policy in Europe
Based on Canon Europe’s experience of implementing a SOX-compliant whistle-blower policy, this paper looks at how US-style whistle-blower policies in Europe can clash with various national laws (mainly data protection)...Read more
Toby Hornett
L&D Manager, Canon Europe, UK
'Virtual Infringement' - Is it real?
How to deal with IP infringement in Virtual Worlds
Participating in virtual worlds (‘VWs’) is big entertainment and big business. Given the enormous and diverse participation in these computer generated environments, VWs offer an exciting new channel for intellectual...Read more
Karen Hallenstein
Supervising Counsel, Intellectual Property, Telstra Corporation Limited, Australia
Jane Perrier
General Counsel for Intellectual Property, Telstra Corporation Limited, Australia
How law firms can develop more effective client relationships
General Counsel today, in addition to the traditional myriad of responsibilities, are business unit managers, in much the same way as line management. Accordingly, General Counsel are also responsible for...Read more
Brian Swartz
EVP, Legal & Commercial, Aecon Group Inc., Canada
Dispute Resolution in Romania - Before and After Accession to the European Union
Romania, like most of the European countries, is a civil law jurisdiction. The main sources of Romanian law are the Constitution, the Acts of the Parliament, international treaties having direct...Read more
Andreea Chirita
Legal Counsel, Ministry of Economy and Finances – Central Financial and Contracting Unit, Romania