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Global Compliance Training by a U.S. In-House Lawyer: Dealing with the 'Ugly American' Challenge
In the late 1950s Eugene Burdick and William Lederer penned a novel titled the Ugly American. The book became an instant best seller and a half decade later was...Read more
Rob Lindquist
Chief Compliance Officer, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, USA
The Big White Elephant: 'Contract Management state of mind and road forward'
I have worked in in-house legal departments as an in-house lawyer for almost 10 years in various industries both on the customer side as well as the supplier side mainly...Read more
Martin Lønstrup
Head of Compliance, Falck Global Assistance A/S, Denmark
Everything You Know About Lawyer Selection is Wrong: Big Data Analyzes Litigation
The Brad Pitt film, Moneyball, portrays Billy Beane baseball team manager of the Oakland A’s struggling against accepted dogma in player selection. Beane’s insight was to use already available player...Read more
Toby Unwin
Chief Innovation Officer, Premonition LLC, USA
Who Owns the Data on Your Airline Ticket?
You just made arrangements to the destination of your dreams. On your airline ticket there are some fifty or so pieces of information, most about you, including your name,...Read more
Eric Schlam
Director, Law Department, Assistant General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Airlines Reporting Corporation, USA
On the Road to Recovery: Victims of the Madoff Fraud
In 2008, triggered by the financial crisis, two financial companies fell from power and grace, and were placed in liquidation under the Securities Investor Protection Act (“SIPA”). The failure of...Read more
Josephine Wang
General Counsel, Securities Investor Protection Corp., USA
In a Technological World, What does it Take to be Forgotten?
On a recent vacation, while riding my dirt bike in the beautiful Colorado Desert of California, I came across an area near the Salton Sea known as “Slab City.” ...Read more
Linda Sharp
Associate General Counsel, ZL Technologies Inc, USA
US - EU Safe Harbor Framework: The Changing Landscape of Cross-Border Transfers of Personal Data
We are living in the age of data. Billions of pieces of personal information are generated and transferred between businesses every day, spurring the growth of the digital economy. These...Read more
Jeanette Fitzgerald
General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer, Epsilon, USA
Nicole Tachibana
Privacy Manager, Epsilon, USA
Expanding the Frontiers of Electronic Financial Transactions;
But Can Regulations Keep Up?
Nearly every week in the past several months, multifaceted debates over new concepts in high frequency trading (HFT) of various instruments have emerged rapidly. HFT firms are developing new technology...Read more
Chaim Levin
Chief Legal Officer, Compagnie Financiere Tradition, USA
Optimising Value from the In-house Legal Function
As organisations face increasing regulation, complexity and globalisation without corresponding increases in resources, the structure, management and resourcing of the organisation’s legal department becomes ever more important. In-house legal teams...Read more
Claudine Boast
Commercial Counsel, Spectris, UK
The Case for an EU-wide Copyright
The emergence, and subsequent pervasiveness of the internet, has resulted in the increasing digitalisation, distribution and accessibility of copyrighted works. The internet is now generally regarded as the principal means...Read more
Carolyn Jameson
General Counsel, Skyscanner, UK