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IP Strategy in the Age of Big Data
Joren de Wachter invites In-House Counsel to re-model their IP strategy based on the inevitable growth of “Big Data”. He argues that businesses which allow free access to data are...Read more
Joren De Wachter
IP Strategist, Integrating Technology, IP & business models, Belgium
EMIR : A Landmark Regulation with far-reaching Impacts on the EU Derivatives Business
Frédéric de Brouwer’s overview of the European Infrastructure Market Regulation (“EMIR”) is both timely and particularly relevant to in-house counsel in financial services. The clearing and reporting requirements applied to...Read more
Frédéric De-Brouwer
Senior Legal Counsel, Société Générale, France
Case Study - Raising New Capital Through Patents
Based on experiences from patent transactions, potential buyers or licensors mostly see their return on investment in relation to the potential value the patents can generate. Their valuations take risks...Read more
Anders Arvidsson
CEO, Parallel North IP, Sweden
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