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Smart Contracts – Self-Executing Contracts of the Future?
The first thing many people think of when they hear the term ‘smart contract’ is a contract that is somehow transposed into computer code and runs without any human intervention....Read more
Jelena Madir
General Counsel, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Switzerland
Building a Global Brand Protection Program from Inside a Small Company
It was his first time at the Canton Trade Show and Tim Demarais, Vice President of ABRO Industries, Inc., was shocked. He had just turned a corner in the cavernous...Read more
William Mansfield
Director of Intellectual Property, ABRO Industries Inc, USA
What Makes a Great Compliance Leader?
Great leaders exercise emotional intelligence, and they are very adept at understanding their strengths and weaknesses as well as those around them and can assess a situation pretty accurately and...Read more
Fabiana Lacerca-Allen
Chief Compliance Officer, Cipla, USA
Laura Hamm
Sr. Director, Corporate Compliance, Aimmune Therapeutics, USA
Brenda Crabtree
Director, Compliance Auditing and Monitoring, Aimmune Therapeutics, USA
Lisa Mares
Executive Assistant, Compliance, Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc., USA
New Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT) Rules for Share Deals in Germany
In Germany, real estate transfer tax (“RETT”) has to be paid in different percentages, depending on the respective federal state. This applies not only to asset deals but also to...Read more
Michael Schindlbauer
Legal Counsel, Eyemaxx International Holding & Consulting GmbH, Austria
Limits of Liability Provisions for IT Service Contracts
Some of the most negotiated and critical provisions in information technology (“IT”) service contracts are those relating to the limits and exclusions of liability. As a partner in private practice...Read more
Clive Davies
Senior Counsel and Professional Development Manager Legal & Commercial, UK&I, Fujitsu Services Limited, UK
Covid-19 - A Contractual Nightmare
While COVID-19 (previously known as ‘2019 novel coronavirus’) has engulfed the entire world and authorities have been desperately implementing umpteen measures to contain the spread of this pandemic; from a...Read more
Arun Subash
Legal Counsel for Oil and Gas - E&P, Reliance Industries Limited, India
Amazon v. Donald J. Trump: A Massive Defense Contract Award Tainted by the Appearance of Impropriety
An unconventional U.S. president personally attacking the CEO of Amazon, one of the country’s largest and most impactful companies, is salacious news. Important public policy considerations are implicated when those...Read more
Rodney Sweetland
Vice President and General Counsel, Camris International Inc., USA
Expert Witnesses at a Conference with Counsel: A Pracitical Guide
This guide is intended to help expert witnesses understand the purpose of a conference with counsel. If you are a lawyer, you can cut out and keep this article to...Read more
Mark Solon
Managing Director & Solicitor, Wilmington, UK
Bilateral Investment Treaties and Amendments to the Corresponding Private Investment Contracts are Long Overdue: They Fail to Cater for the Interests of Both Investors and Beneficiaries
Revised policies for drafting bi-lateral investment agreements and investment contracts as products of these agreements are long overdue. By the same token, a reflection on the attitudinal changes on the...Read more
Anna Lefcovitch
Solicitor, Arcadis, UK
Professor Charles Chatterjee
Senior Research Fellow, Global Policy Institute , UK
Comparison in General: The Perils of Generic Disparagement
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In the midst of a lockdown due to the unprecedented outbreak of the novel coronavirus, Bar&Bench reported that in a disparagement suit filed by Hindustan Unilever Limited, Reckitt Benckiser agreed...Read more
Surup Ray Chaudhuri
Counsel, United Breweries Limited, India