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Corporate Conglomerates:
Advantages, Disadvantages, Successes and Failures, Including Case Studies of General Electric and Berkshire Hathaway
This article discusses the rise and fall of corporate structures commonly referred to as “conglomerates.” They represent a collection of different companies, either in distinct industries or concentrated in one...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
Legal Transformation? Mirage Turned Reality
For those awaiting transformation of the legacy legal delivery model, it’s been a long, frustrating wait punctuated by high hopes and dashed expectations. The Economist raised legal transformation expectations in...Read more
Mark A. Cohen
Chief Executive Officer, Legal Mosaic, UK
Mediation: The Jimmy Carter Way!
Tributes have abounded for James Earl Carter, Jnr., the 39th President of the United States of America who died in late December 2024. This virtually unknown Southern peanut-farmer-turned-politician, former Governor...Read more
Siddharth Raja
Partner, Vertices Partners, India
Roopa Doraswamy
General Counsel, Ideaspring Capital, India
Payback Time: Trump and EU’s “Exorbitant” Fines vs US Tech Companies
The election of Donald Trump for a second term of the US Presidency is of considerable concern to the European Union (EU), NATO, and states worldwide in general owing to...Read more
Roy Girasa
Professor of Law, Pace University, USA
Biodiversity Net Gain and the Task Force for NatureDisclosures Help Prevent the Sixth Mass Extinction?
Scientists recognise a dual planetary crisis: climate breakdown and biodiversity loss. The current extermination of nature by humans is often called the sixth mass extinction. Climate breakdown is caused by...Read more
Simon Boyle
Legal Director, Landmark Information Group, UK
Beyond Stereotypes: Cross-Cultural Differences that Matter for Lawyers.jpg&w=256&q=75)
In over two decades as the head of litigation for international companies, I encountered questions of whether cultural differences contributed to our contract disputes with parties in different countries. These...Read more
Michael Mcilwrath
ICC Dispute Resolution Services, CEO, MDisputes, Italy
In-House Legal Counsel Services to the State of Delaware and the COVID-19 Pandemic
This article provides an overview of how in-house legal services are provided to the government of the State of Delaware, discusses the role of the government attorney as a check...Read more
Aaron Goldstein
Chief Staff Attorney, State of Delaware Court of Chancery, USA
De-risk as You Democratize: Accelerating Innovation and Ensuring AI Act Readiness in 2025
In the few short years since I wrote an article for the International In-House Counsel Journal advocating for the stronger integration of technology into the strategic planning of in-house legal...Read more
Dirk Naumann
Executive Vice President of Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance, and Chief Legal Officer , Orange Business, International
NIS2 & Cybersecurity in Practice: Compliance Challenges
The recently adopted NIS2 Directive places novel and stringent compliance requirements before a wide selection of essential and important entities (energy, transport, food production, telecoms, etc). The actual number of...Read more
Andrej Savin
Professor, CBS LAW, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Employee or Independent Contractor? A Primer on U.S. Law - The Microsoft Case
In the late eighties and nineties Microsoft’s stock and popularity was soaring. At that time, it was arguably the hottest tech company in history. Microsoft was employing thousands of tech...Read more
Andrew Marquardt
Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel, Advantage Tech Inc, USA