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Due Diligence: Knowing Who's Under Your Roof
Invariably in international commercial contracts, there comes a time when all of the boilerplate clauses, the indemnification agreements, and liquidated damages provisions don’t anticipate every bump in the road. At...Read more
Jonathan Nilsen
Senior Corporate Counsel, Spire Corporation, USA
Assessing Risks Associated With US Export Control Laws
The economy continues to become more global and the ability and ease of transmitting and receiving electronic data grows almost daily. Combined with the proliferation of physical and cyber threats...Read more
Bruce Fox
Retired Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, The Main Street America Group, USA
Real Control Over Litigation: Practical Steps to Leverage Your Power as a Client in Today's Market
Litigation often is traumatic, chaotic and confusing, even for experienced in-house counsel at large companies with huge legal budgets. For a small or mid-size Nordic company with a modest legal...Read more
Gustaf Lagercrantz
Head of Legal, Net Insight AB, Sweden
Getting Your Staff to Use Trademarks Properly and Effectively
Once a trademark registration is obtained from the United States (US) Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), it is important to continue to properly use the trademark and provide notice that...Read more
Liz Bui
Vice President and Intellectual Property Counsel, ViaCyte Inc, USA
April Wurster
Patent Attorney, ViaCyte Inc, USA
Gabrielle Holley
Shareholder and Patent Attorney, Holley and Menker, USA
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
'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
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