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Pitfalls of Email Marketing
This article touches on several subjects related to the use of commercial email in today's business environment. First, it addresses the current state of advertising and marketing via email. Second,...Read more
John Lawless
Corporate Counsel, Omega World Travel, USA
Prevent Me if You Can
Frank W. Abagnale is probably the best known identity thief and author of Catch Me if You Can and The Art of the Steal. Mr. Abagnale, now fully-reformed and a...Read more
Mike Fahey
General Counsel/Company Secretary, Thrasio, UK
How Much Value is Your Company Losing? Implementing Effective Intellectual Property Management
Increasingly most of the value of a company today can be attributed to its intellectual property and other intangible assets. Without effective management of these assets, including governance committees, intellectual...Read more
Gunnar Wieboldt
General Counsel & VP of Corporate Development, Wearality Corporation, USA
Electronic Contracts: Where We've Come From, Where We Are, and Where We Should Be Going
The power and importance of contracts can hardly be overstated. Contracts constitute the legal foundation upon which business is transacted around the globe. A contract can be as informal as...Read more
Ruth Orpwood
General Counsel, Cloudreach, UK
Is the Offshore Still Offshore? The Impact of Corporate Governance Practice and IPO in the Shipping Market
Offshore is often synonym of lack of transparency and avoidance of responsibilities and tax liabilities. Any definition of offshore will focus on the friendly tax and easy legal system of...Read more
Pierre Pinto
Legal Counsel, Transocean Maritime Agencies, Monaco
Must Shops and Offices Now Go Green? - The New Energy Performance Regulations
The rather snappily entitled Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 ('Regulations') will effectively come into force on 6 April 2008.
The Regulations give effect to...Read more
Guy Walton
Property Lawyer, John Lewis Partnership, UK
Competition Law and the European Financial Services Sector: An Overview of Recent Developments
The European Commission has recently been channelling more resources to the enforcement of competition in the financial sector in an effort to combat the financial industry's continuing fragmentation. Contrary to...Read more
Phoebus Athanassiou
Principal Legal Counsel, European Central Bank, Germany
Restructuring In-House Counsel's Utilization of Law Firms: Reducing Legal Spend without Increasing Risk
Traditional assumptions underpinning the outsourcing of all aspects of cases to law firms by in-house counsel should be revisited in view of recent seismic changes in the legal environment. Law...Read more
Mark A. Cohen
Chief Executive Officer, Legal Mosaic, UK
Mark Besser
Chief Technology Officer/Partner , Qualitas Knowledge Management, USA
Reach of U.S. Hands Across the Waters May Impact
It's been "a hard day's night" for in-house counsel in the U.S. as the "revolution" from corporate confidante to corporate gatekeeper continued through 2007 into 2008. During this transition claims...Read more
Susan Friedman
Area Vice President & Group Coverage Counsel, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., USA
Reflections on cross border integration of organizations in a highly regulated environment and in particular legal department's role
When European exchanges merge cross borders, the role of in-house lawyers is important, not only during the actual merger, but also post merger in relation to the integration and harmonization...Read more
Magnus Billing
General Counsel, OMX Group, Sweden