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German Patent Modernisation Act – A Game Changer for Protection of Confidential Information in Patent Litigation?
Protection of confidential information disclosed in litigation used to be insufficient in Germany. For a long time, it was only regulated fragmentarily. Despite the implementation of the Trade Secret Directive...Read more
Nikita Alymov
Attorney-at-law , Hoffmann Eite , Germany
Dirk Schüßler-Langeheine
attorney-at-law, partner , Hoffmann Eitle , Germany
U.S. Plays Catch-up to Close Long-Standing Gaps in Anti-Money Laundering Laws: Part One
The U.S. Government finally seems to begin focusing on closing long-standing and significant gaps in existing anti-money and contra-terrorist financing laws (together, “AML”) that have been in existence for nearly...Read more
Bruce Ortwine
General Counsel (retired), Americas; Adviser, Global Legal and Compliance (Retired), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc., USA
Metaverse and Privacy
From Facebook's recent decision to rename itself "Meta" to Epic Games' billion-dollar investment in metaverse technologies, the metaverse has dominated the news and will likely continue to do so over...Read more
Matthias Artzt
Senior Legal Counsel, Deutsche Bank AG, Germany
Gary Weingarden
Counsel, Data Protection Officer, Notarize, Inc., USA
The Future of Remote Working – Does it have one?
In July 2021, Morgan Stanley’s chief legal officer, Eric Grossman, indicated in a memo to law firms his organisation instructed, that those who maintain remote working practices instead of returning...Read more
Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
Optional Arbitration Appeals: Principles and Practice
This article examines the availability of optional appellate review of a final award entered in private contractual arbitration proceedings between commercial entities in the United States. Such appellate review is...Read more
Joseph Aronds
Vice President and Chief Litigation and Trial Counsel, Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc., USA
How to Obtain a GDPR-Compliant Consent?
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), consent is one of the more well-known legal bases upon which personal data can lawfully be processed. At a first glance, it seems...Read more
Silvia Gorlani
Data Protection Officer, Mediamarket SpA (Mediaworld), Italy
Agnès Terreau
Data Protection Officer ManpowerGroup Switzerland, ManpowerGroup, Germany
Best Practices in Managing an In-House Legal Department 
This paper discusses certain best practices in the management of an in-house legal department. Topics covered herewith include the structuring of the legal department within an organisation, managing the legal...Read more
Nicolas Vielliard
Senior Counsel , Shawcor , Netherlands
Conflict of Laws and Compliance
Normally conflict of Laws (also called private international law) is defined as the set of rules or laws a jurisdiction applies to a case, transaction, or other occurrences that have...Read more
Haitao Zhang
Director, Legal, Cnpc America, Canada
Written Description Requirement of Patentability
One of the requirements for an invention to be patentable is written description, which requires that the invention be described in sufficient detail for one of ordinary skill in the...Read more
Anagha Tendulkar
In-house Patent Counsel, Cipla, India
Service Descriptions and Service Levels in the Digital World
As lawyers negotiating a contract we have a duty to our clients to protect their legal, commercial and business interests and we do so with great enthusiasm and skill for...Read more
Clive Davies
Senior Counsel and Professional Development Manager Legal & Commercial, UK&I, Fujitsu Services Limited, UK