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Breaking up is hard to do! Lessons Learned from Separating Contracts in the Largest Tech Split in History
Lessons Learned from Separating Contracts in the Largest Tech Split in History
In recent years, a number of large companies have undertaken corporate separations as a way to unlock shareholder value, increase focus, accelerate growth, and reduce operational complexity. On October 6,...Read more
Peggy Barber
Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, USA
Breaking up is hard to do! Lessons Learned from Separating Contracts in the Largest Tech Split in History
In recent years, a number of large companies have undertaken corporate separations as a way to unlock shareholder value, increase focus, accelerate growth, and reduce operational complexity. On October 6,...Read more
Todd Sulger
Vice President and Associate General Counsel, HP Inc, USA
Product Distribution Challenge Recently Addressed by
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Landmark Decision Under the Robinson-Patman Act *
The passage of the Sherman Act by Congress in 1890 marked the onslaught of an antitrust revolution, which began in the United States and has now taken root in most...Read more
R. Mark McCareins
General Counsel, Metals Service Center Institute, USA
Interpreting Business Rescue Provisions of the South African Companies Act 71 of 2008: Secured Pre-Commencement Finance Versus Post-Commencement Finance
The South African Companies Act provides for a business rescue process. A current interpretational issue relates to the ranking of claims of creditors who provided secured Pre-commencement Finance in relation...Read more
Stef Du Plessis
In-house Legal Adviser, Corporate and Investment Banking, a division of The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, South Africa
Certain Legal Problems and Risks in Frame Agreements
Perhaps the most important and frequent agreement in trade is a purchase/sales agreement of tangible goods. A frame purchase/sales agreement, in turn, is an agreement between two or more companies...Read more
Henri Hätönen
Senior Legal Counsel, Uponor Corporation, Finland
Negotiating IT Contracts – A Walk to Canossa?
For many years I have negotiated IT contracts, mainly in Switzerland and Germany, and made valuable experience which I would like to share and gain feedback on it. For the...Read more
Martin Frey
General Counsel, Crealogix AG, Switzerland
A Glance at Some of the Challenges of the GC Role in Pharma
In the heavily regulated environment in which pharmaceutical companies operate, success is defined by ensuring corporate compliance with disparate laws and regulations without fettering the creativity and innovation on which...Read more
Galit Gonen
Senior Vice President & General Counsel for Teva Europe, Teva Pharmaceuticals, UK
Navigating Intellectual Property in Mergers and Acquisitions
The purpose of this article is to arm in-house counsel with the tools, facts and case studies necessary to guide and assist business leaders, as both a legal and business...Read more
Kelly Li
Deputy General Counsel, Waitex Group of Companies, USA
Intellectual Property Rights: New Approach Supporting Farmers’ Rights
Genetic diversity is and has been crucial for human survival and wellbeing. Plant genetic resources are of inestimable value to humankind. Since the beginning of agriculture, farmers, through careful selection...Read more
Juanita Chaves Posada
Farmers' Rights Capacity Development Manager, Global Forum on Agricultural Research- GFAR, Italy
Drilling Contracts: Post Macondo Considerations
This paper will discuss new issues in drilling contracts following the litigation regarding the BP Macondo well blowout incident. Considering the tens of billions of dollars in damages that were...Read more
Lisa Bagley Brown
Managing Counsel (Retired), Lisa B. Brown, Esquire, USA