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eDiscovery for In House Counsel
eDiscovery is on the rise. In 2015, we’ve seen an uptick in data breaches and cybersecurity threats. With the Internet of Things and the information flooding in the cloud and...Read more

Joseph Bambara
Attorney at Law, WithersworldWide/UCNY, USA
The Operation of Adjudication and Litigation in Construction Disputes in the UK
This article observes the recent operation of Alternative Dispute Resolution, in the form of Adjudication, and Litigation in the civil courts in deciding construction disputes in the UK, including:
(i) recent cases...Read more

Anthony Philpott
Barrister, Barrister (Direct Public Access and Authorised Litigator) UK - AP Legal Direct , UK
Continuing Competance
The need to undertake mandatory continuing professional development (CPD) has prompted groans across the profession for over a quarter of a century, with solicitors scrabbling at the last minute to...Read more

Mark Solon
Managing Director & Solicitor, Wilmington, UK
Experience: A Patent Infringement Litigation in China
The intellectual property rights (IPR) protection of China has become a worldwide hot topic. China, as a manufacturing giant, will inevitably become a country with a large number of intellectual...Read more
Jeffrey Thurnau
Assistant General Counsel for IP, Gates Corporation, USA
GCs and HRDs in Employment Law
The tools available to GCs in managing the contracts in any organisation are now well developed. From supply chain certification to distributed document automation, the software tools to collapse legal...Read more

David Johnston
CEO, Ned, UK
Understanding the Prohibition of Circumvention Under the EU Regulation on Interchange Fees for Credit and Debit Card Payment Transactions
1. The European Regulation on interchange fees’ cap to card based transactions, and its entry into force on 9 December 2015
2. Understanding the prohibition of circumventing the interchange fees’ cap
3. The Durbin...Read more

Sancho Guibert
Associate General Counsel, Citibank, Spain
Licencing of Patent Applications - Pre-Grant Royalty Earning
Research and development is costly. International patent portfolios even more so. The business strategy of most corporations, when filing a patent application, is to seek some return on R&D investment,...Read more

Madelein Kleyn
Chief Legal and IP Officers, Omnisient Rf Pty, South Africa
Legal Recommendations Regarding Labor and Commercial Law Legal Operations in Spain

Finally, it appears to be that though slowly, the economic recovery has arrived to Spain. The crisis that hit the Country in 2008 seems to be water under the bridge,...Read more

Enrique Ceca
Partner, Ceca Magán Abogados, Spain
Isaac Millán
Chief Legal Counsel, Quirón Salud, Spain
Why Companies Screw Up: It's the Culture... Obviously
As more and more companies have made big compliance mistakes and have been caught by governmental authorities, pundits have been attributing these miscues to company culture. These incidents include the...Read more

David Birk
Managing Director, Black Belt Compliance, LLC, USA
PRIIPs Regulation and its Implementation: Consequences and Challenges

From 31 December 2016, manufacturers and distributors of packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) will have to comply with the Regulation on Key Information Documents for Packaged Retail and...Read more
Emilia Petrocelli
Senior Compliance Officer, Mediobanca SpA, Italy