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Competition Law, Big Data and Privacy
For years, big data has been the hot buzzword across industries. At the same time, the debate about big data and its implications for competition law has grown louder. The...Read more
Maria Wasastjerna
Senior Legal Counsel Competition Law, Nokia, Finland
The Application of General Constitutional Principles Governing Taxation to Control Tax Exemptions Pursuant to Precedents of the Supreme Court of Brazil
The purpose of the paper is to analyse how the Supreme Court of Brazil applies general tax principles to control tax exemptions. More specifically, the paper envisions to answer whether,...Read more
Juliana Bastianello Baldin Martins
Managing Director - Legal Affairs, GTIS Partners, Brazil
Practical Aspects of Protection of Collective Consumer Interests – Overview of Measures Applied by the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection
In Poland, protection of consumer interests and protection of competition has been entrusted to one institution, the one I am in charge of. The Polish Antimonopoly Office was established in...Read more
Marek Niechcial
President, Poland's Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, Poland
In-house Legal Department: A cost generating support function or a profitability centre?
In-house legal teams, considered for a very very long time as the biggest enemy of the financial targets of salespeople, innovation teams, marketing gurus...., become day by day their closest...Read more
Ekin Sungur
Head of Legal, BNP Paribas Cardif, Turkey
Internet Service Providers: Mere conduits of data, or gatekeepers to the threshold of cybercrime?
What role do ISPs play in ensuring a safe and secure online environment?
What happens when an end-user subscriber to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) causes harm or injury to an unsuspecting third party? What recourse does the victim have? Is the current...Read more
Melanie Jose
Legal Counsel, Telstra Corporation, Australia
About 'changed circumstances', 'imprévision' and 'commercial impractibility' in the light of the new art. 1195 of
the French civil code
The French civil code established in 1804 (also known as Code Napoleon) promoted the autonomy of the parties and minimal intervention of the judge in the performance of contractual obligations....Read more
Camelia Seghedi
In-house Counsel International Contracts and Public Tenders , JCDecaux , France
The Exponential Law Department: an Oxymoron?
Imagine you could fold a piece of paper as many times as you want. Every time you fold it, you make it thicker. The question is: how many times do...Read more
Till Olbrich
VP & Associate General Counsel, Philip Morris Global Services Inc., USA
Jorge Dengo
Senior Counsel, Philip Morris International, México
Unwitting Participants: Evaluating the Privacy Landscape for Website Operators in ‘Privacy-Lite’ Industries
Few things tie companies together like the Internet. No matter the business – be it professional basketball, aerospace engineering, or coffee sales – a company website is a fact of...Read more
Greg Mitchell
Counsel - Litigation Services, UnitedLex Corporation, USA
Bryan Lamble
Litigation Manager – Global Litigation Services, UnitedLex Corporation, USA
Anatomy of a Deal: Good Things Come in Small (and Very Complicated) Packages
Acorda is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies that restore function and improve the lives of people with neurological disorders. Acorda recently completed the acquisition of Biotie Therapies, a...Read more
Jane Wasman
President, International & General Counsel, Acorda Therapeutics, USA
Andrew Mayer
Vice President, Legal, Acorda Therapeutics, USA
Intellectual Property Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), whatever the form (patents, trademarks, copyrights, software designs, know-how, trade secrets, domain names etc.), are key assets of a company which substantiate its unique expertise, commercial...Read more
Camelia Gardot
Compliance Partner- Head of Connected Intelligence, Airbus, France