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Compliance and Clever Risk Taking
In preparation for this article, I tried to think about how I could explain compliance and clever risk taking. To succeed as a commercial enterprise, we work hard to reach...Read more

Henrik Duedahl Høyer
General Counsel, Advokat, LL.M., Capital Four, Denmark
Enterprise Risk Management: (A Risk Assessment and Management Control Cycle-Determining if your company's risk appetite is too big, too small, or just right!)
After the collapse of major financial power houses, the push for corporate-wide risk assessment and management increased. At a national and state level, regulators and rating agencies are incorporating enterprise...Read more
Catherine Walberg
Senior Vice President/General Counsel, Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company, USA
Are Career Plaintiffs Crippling Golf's Growth?

The golf course is not always an inviting place for women – sometimes they are not even allowed through the front gate. The Royal & Ancient, one of golf’s governing...Read more
Andrew Fleming
Vice President Business Development and Senior Counsel, Golf Channel, USA
Raquel Hoover
Intern, Golf Channel, USA
Clarity on Key China Issues All Foreign Companies Need to Understand
I have lived and practiced law in Shanghai, China and throughout the world since 1997. I moved to China prior to its entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) and...Read more

Randall Lewis
General Counsel , EHC Global , Canada
Agile Procurement
The contemporary state-of-art procurement is a well-organized, centralized, robust machine that gains benefits through ability to issue comprehensive RFP processes aiming, inter alia, for volume discounts. Through standardization, it is...Read more

Janne Järvenoja
Director, Legal, Avanade, Finland
Pharmaceutical Marketing and Transparency in Japan
Japan is a promising market for companies, in-spite of the pressures posed by drug prices, competition and patents. The reason may be the large growth of pharmaceuticals, an aging population,...Read more
Marianne Slivkova
Senior Corporate Counsel, Acorda Therapeutics, USA
Use of Six Sigma for Continuous Improvement of Compliance Programs

Having a compliance program deemed “effective” has many potential benefits for a multinational company. Under some country laws, such a designation stands as an affirmative defense in an enforcement action....Read more

Wes Blumenshine
Group General Counsel and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Caterpillar Inc., USA
Patricia Eastwood
Senior Corporate Counsel, Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation, USA
'Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining, or Does It?'
Advertisements scream promises of unlimited resources and limited cost; a veritable pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Providers tout a perfect cloud solution that can handle any...Read more
Vincent Catanzaro
Senior Counsel, Global Discovery Manager, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, USA
Frankenstein or Cinderella, Considering Legal Strategies While Building and Adhering Commercial Relations
Joining forces in different ways may bring accelerating benefits for entities operating in different markets. Common forms of cooperation among others contain joint venture, distributorship and research and development arrangements....Read more
Diana Maher
Senior Legal Counsel, Kone Corporation, Finland
The High Tech Team
It’s often said that change is the only constant in life. The legal profession is no exception to that rule! Over the last two decades, we have experienced significant growth...Read more

Louise Pentland
Former EVP and Chief Legal Officer of Nokia, None, USA