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Sustainability Management: The Role of the Legal Department
In recent years we have observed a rising internal and external pressure on companies to improve their sustainability-related performances; companies responded with an exponential increase in sustainability reporting and planning...Read more
Federico Piccaluga
General Counsel, Duferco Participations Holding SA, Switzerland
Impacts That Social Distancing Rules Resulting from the Pandemic Have had on the Development of Distance Selling of Insurance Products and Effects of the Emergency Legislation Issued in Italy
Technological innovation has become a driver of change capable of influencing the entire process of insurance companies’ strategic, organisational and commercial development and is having a significant impact on the...Read more
Cristina Rustignoli
General Counsel , Generali Italia, Italy
Negotiating Commercial Terms and Mitigating Risks in Virtual Power Purchase Agreements in The United States
In 2019, commercial and industrial purchasers (C&I), particularly in the United States (U.S.), signed record renewable energy deals with third-party developers through power purchase agreements. Worldwide contracts that were signed...Read more
Kingsley Osei
Lead Project Counsel, State University of New York, USA
Brazilian Data Protection Law and its first Impacts
Following the global movement of countries to protect the personal data of national people, Brazil has definitely plunged into this theme by making the Brazilian data protection law applicable in...Read more
Mariana Bueno
Legal Manager & DPO, Mindray do Brasil, Brazil
Competition Law Compliance in a Socially Distanced World
As a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic, working life has changed for millions of people. The need to keep a distance from others in order to try to limit the...Read more
Ian Rose
VP Compliance, Volvo Trucks, Sweden
2020s Strategic Patent Portfolio Management -
Challenges and Opportunities of a new Decade in a Traditional Product Producing Company
In the early twenties, traditional product producing companies face rapidly transforming business environments with ongoing technology shifts, converging industries and increased global competition. This changing world puts increasing demands on...Read more
Hanns Hallesius
Former Head of IP Electrolux and Senior Advisor Strategic IP Management, Hallesius Consulting, Bromma, Sweden
Overview of 2020 Italian Laws in Payment Services and
Expected Trends for 2021
2020 has experienced significant changes in the Italian payments market and also the relevant legal framework has seen a substantial boost in terms of new laws and amendments to existing...Read more
Andrea Brancatelli
Assistant General Counsel - Europe, MoneyGram , Italy
Patent Protection of Plants in AATF Biotechnology Project Countries
The basis of this article stems from the evolution of protection of plant biotechnology culminating in the extension of intellectual property rights to plant biotechnology. The World Trade Organization’s (WTO)...Read more
Alhaji Tejan-Cole
Legal Counsel, African Agricultural Technology Foundation, Kenya
Marcelin Tonye Mahop
IP Rights Consultant, African Agricultural Technology Foundation, Cameroon
Aprinah Magarinah Shikoli
African Agricultural Technology Foundation, Cameroon
Howard Okiror
Legal Counsel, African Agricultural Technology Foundation, Kenya
Did You Know That There is The Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity? And Why Should you Care?
Cultural diversity is difficult to quantify, but a good indication is thought to be a count of the number of languages spoken in a region or in the world as...Read more
Juliette Passer
General Counsel, International Project Development Group, LLC,, USA
Executive General Counsels - Lawyers Going Beyond Just Law
The COVID-19 pandemic has inundated lawyers in corporations with a multitude of challenges. In the past year, in-house lawyers aka General Counsels (GCs) have been providing valuable guidance to their...Read more
Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore