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Contractual Warranty Language: A Legal View From The Trenches
A project is delivered, closed out and the money received (or most of it). After a year of silence a letter from the client appears advising of a major failure,...Read more
Adam Todd
Head of Legal & Compliance UK, Aker Solutions, UK
Best Practices in Management of Outside Counsel
The changing dynamic between inside and outside legal counsel has resulted in a dramatic change in the nature of legal practice. Inside legal counsel is subjected to financial and time...Read more
Eugene Defelice
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Barnes & Noble, Inc., USA
EU Data Protection Directive: A Thorn in the Side of the US Domestic Online Retailer
Companies outside the European Union are sometimes confronted with having to comply with European legislation around data protection. This is especially the case in the event they make use of...Read more
Nadja van der Veer
Deputy General Counsel Global Collect Services B.V., Global Collect Services BV, Netherlands
Social Media: What every company needs to know
Social media is a phenomenon which is not going away anytime soon. With 850 million monthly active users on Facebook and 80% of social media users preferring to connect...Read more
Jo Anna Emery
Group Intellectual Property Manager, Premier Foods, UK
Self-Regulation of an Industry versus the Rule of Law
Self-regulation is an honourable concept. Proponents of the system emphasise the relative amiability and expediency of dispute resolution mechanisms, and remind industry that to the extent that it is not...Read more
Howard Snoyman
Head: Legal and Ethics, Discovery Health Medical Scheme, South Africa
Deconstructing Delay Claims
The unavoidable fact is that construction delay claims in any jurisdiction are complex. Complexity leads to unpredictability, both in terms of how parties should conduct themselves during a construction project...Read more
Yonni Fushman
EVP and CLO, Aecon Group Inc., Canada
'shouldn't Mediation be Spreading in Finland and the Nordics?'
Mediation is not just an English issue or an American issue. The Mediation Directive (EU Directive 2008/52/EC) came into force in back May 2011, and member states are still putting...Read more
Tim Williams
Area Counsel, Development & Finance, Wärtsilä Finland Oy, Finland
Exploring Policy Alternatives to Excluding State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) From Millennium Challenge Corporation Funded Contracts in Africa
Under the Millennium Challenge Act (MCA) the United States government (U.S.) provides eligible countries , with bilateral assistance to fund poverty alleviation programs and developmental projects through the Millennium...Read more
Kingsley Osei
Lead Project Counsel, State University of New York, USA
The 'Fiasco' of the West Coast Rail Franchise and the European Public Procurement Rules
For the past two decade the carriage of rail passengers has been done by private operators to whom concessions have been given to run the services (rail franchising). A report...Read more
Rosemary Boyle
Senior Commercial Lawyer, University of Cambridge, UK
On the Outside: The Place of In-House Counsel Within Australia's Modern Legal Landscape
Australia’s legal profession today has a particularly different look to it than it did a decade or so ago. By and large this is as a result of businesses looking...Read more
Saba Zreik
Chief Legal Officer , Manal Consultancy SARL, Lebanon