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Implementation of Co-operation Contracts Through Joint Training Sessions, Legal Considerations under Finnish Law
The successful implementation of complex co-operation contracts often depends on accurate, but straightforward communication to relevant stakeholders. There are several challenges in ensuring that a contract, once signed, is...Read more
Miikka Konttinen
Master of Laws, Neste Oil Corporation, Finland
'BYOD' and Big Data - The New Challenges for Data Forensics
The Big Data and the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movements have had a major impact in the post-PC era. Big Data has been referred to as 'The next frontier...Read more
Jeanette Fitzgerald
General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer, Epsilon, USA
Ronald Tee
Project Manager, FRA (Forensic Risk Alliance), UK
The Secret to Great Enterprise Risk Management? Read Yertle the Turtle.jpg&w=256&q=75)
Most companies now have fairly extensive enterprise risk management programs. Public companies even have to discuss in their disclosure documents how their programs work. But they obviously aren’t working all...Read more
Mark Ohringer
Global General Counsel, Jones Lang LaSalle, USA
Cloud Computing: Contracting and Compliance Issues for In-House Counsel
Many organizations across the world are adopting Cloud based services, to reduce information technology (“IT”) costs and to meet rapidly growing business demands. Organizations now have to think about purchasing...Read more
Shahab Ahmed
Managing Counsel, Lead Privacy Counsel, Etihad Airways and Etihad Aviation Group, UAE
Battle for a Reputed Brand, Legitimate Competition or Free-Riding?
This article is a case study of a long-running trademark dispute between the two leading dairy companies in Finland, focusing on the protection of a trademark with a reputation.
Initially, Valio...Read more
Teresa Laimio
Senior Legal Counsel, Valio, Finland
A Patent Sea Change: The First Serving of Major Global Patent Law Changes Begins
This decade brings a sea change in patent law, with significant changes to the patent systems of Europe, the United States and Australia as well as a rapidly maturing Chinese...Read more
Jason Garbell
Senior Patent Counsel, Novozymes AS, Denmark
Implementing Compliance Programs in a Consensus Culture
Growth of “Mandatory” Compliance Requirements
Since the publication of the US Federal Sentencing Guidelines in 1991, there has been a growing belief that compliance programs for public companies are “mandatory.” ...Read more
David Birk
Managing Director, Black Belt Compliance, LLC, USA
The Sword Vs. The Shield: How to Transform your In-House Legal Department into a Profit Center
The Sword vs. the Shield concept, or philosophy, was presented to me in my first year of law school by my contract law professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, in...Read more
Jared Palmer
General Counsel and Director of Security, Afn, Llc, USA
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