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Legal Aspects of Managing Government Service Delivery Contracts in Complex Environments

The evolution of public administration over the last few decades has seen governments increasingly outsource community and other services. While in the past focussed at an operational level, government agencies...Read more

Simon Miller
General Counsel, Save the Children Australia, Australia

Sophie Coleman
Senior Legal Counsel, Save the Children Australia, Australia
Functional Claiming Under U.S. Patent Law


Functional claim limitations can be useful for providing robust patent coverage, protecting what has been invented as well as variations therein. Patents employing such limitations can be useful for developing...Read more

Eric Curtin
Attorney, Crawford Maunu PLLC, USA
Braden Katterheinrich
Senior Patent Attorney, Seagate Technology, USA

Shane Sondreal
Attorney at Law, Crawford Maunu PLLC, USA
Solvency II - Benefits of Strategic Implementation
Asset management is the professional management and trading of securities and other types of assets to achieve a specific investment goal. Asset managers specialise in managing discretionary mandates and investment...Read more

Maeve Verdon
Associate General Counsel, AIG Asset Management (Europe) Limited, Ireland
Negotiating Cloud Agreements in the Broker Space - The Role of the Cloud Service Distributor

Prior to 2000 most enterprises purchased, housed and maintained a variety of costly on-premise hardware, software and personnel required to run many of the essential elements of their business (e.g.,...Read more

Rich English
Of Counsel, Slater Law Group, USA
Why it's Important to Have an Effective Compliance Management System in Place
Never before has regulatory compliance been a more important part of your business. Since the financial crisis of 2008, regulations like the Dodd-Frank Act have not only raised the compliance...Read more
Paul Martin
Director Compliance and Strategic Initiatives, United Lender Services, USA
Corporate Governance for In House Legal Counsel
In recent times, it has become commonplace for in house Counsel (“General Counsel”) to assume additional responsibilities within a Company or Group of Companies such as the Corporate Secretary and/or...Read more
Julie Thompson-James
Vice President, Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate Secretary, The Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited, Jamaica
Could Banks do More in the Fight Against Money Laundering?
The purpose of this paper is to examine if banks could do more in stopping laundered money entering into the banking system and if so, to what extent.
Even with...Read more

Viri Chauhan
Global Head of Governance, Risk and Compliance, International Compliance Training, UK
Regulatory Impediments toward Commerce & Expatriation
This paper focuses on expatriation challenges faced by multinationals. We will discuss a variety of regulations and their associated costs. While we will address various trade topics, key conclusions for...Read more

Robert Freedlander
Director of Finance, Fluor Corporation, USA
Advocacy or Antitrust? Competitive Engagement and Political Advocacy Under the First Amendment
Fierce business competitors have to step lightly to avoid liability under expansive American antitrust law and Anglo-American ‘commercial interference’ torts. However, both federal and state courts have increasingly interpreted the...Read more

Ramsin Canon
Senior Vice President & Director Legal Services, Saint Consulting Group , USA
Duties of Directors in the Maritime/Offshore Verticals in an Age of Maritime Terrorism
We live in an age of maritime terrorism and the consequences are grave for the planet, people and profits. Given the aforementioned, the duties of directors of corporations ought to...Read more