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Transparency and Fair Competition of Procurement.
There are long-established prejudices around Russia with its high level of corruption, and unfair competition in the business environment, which have been addressed in recent years by the introduction of...Read more
Yulianna Vertinskaya
Head of Legal Department, Renewable & Ethics and Compliance Ambassador at ALSTOM, ALSTOM, Russia & CIS, Russia
Meeting the Challenges of European Union Anti-trust Compliance with Technical Innovation
To paraphrase an old adage – “God could not be everywhere all the time, that’s why he invented regulators”! However, as most legislators and regulation draftsmen would have it, their...Read more
David Kemp
xecutive Director of Legal Policy, HP Autonomy, UK
Anti-Bribery & Corruption Rules and Legislation in Turkey
Compliance and ethics has become a substantial topic in the corporate world. Anti-bribery and corruption is one of the fundamental factors of this theme. Global organizations under commitments of being...Read more
Eda Ozogul
Legal Counsel, BP Petrolleri A.S, Turkey
Utilizing a Legal Technology Platform for Strategic Legal Department Management
The enduring economic strife of the past few years has caused an unprecedented shift in the global legal industry and the technology supporting the industry. Legal service delivery models have...Read more
Mark Poag
General Counsel, DataCert, Inc., USA
FCPA, UKBA and Other Four-Letter Words: Anti-Corruption Laws in a Global Economy
Few subjects receive as much attention in legal, compliance and accounting circles these days as the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA”), the United Kingdom Bribery Act (the...Read more
Susan Friedman
Area Vice President & Group Coverage Counsel, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., USA
Machua Millett
Managing Director, Marsh USA, Inc., USA
Prohibition of Parallel Conduct of Board Membership and Employment in the Czech Republic and its Legal Consequences
The Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic opened by its judgment dated 9th December 2010 further questions related to the relationship between a Czech company and its statutory directors...Read more
Richard Bacek
General Counsel of Siemens Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia, Siemens, s.r.o., Czech Republic
Claims for Damages Against Antitrust Infringements Under French Law
When the “Ashurst Study on the conditions of claims for damages in case of infringement of EC competition rules” was published in 2004, it concluded that a "total underdevelopment" and...Read more
Ouahida Bendjedou
Senior Legal Counsel, Bouygues E&S FM France , France
Data Protection Issues on Global Loan Portfolio Sales
The current economic and financial situation is providing for interesting investment opportunities in consumer loan portfolios owned by banking entities in many countries. While these portfolios may comprise either performing...Read more
Sancho Guibert
Associate General Counsel, Citibank, Spain
Footnote 61: Abrogating MyMail, Misjoinder in Patent Cases Revived
One provision of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011 (the “America Invents Act”) that has been less noticed is a litigation procedure reform: Section 299 Joinder of Parties. This...Read more
Tim Wilson
Senior IP Counsel, SAS Institute Inc., USA
Attorney-Client Privilege: Application of the Community of Interest Doctrine Exception to Third Party Communications for Licensor-Licensee and Similar Relationships
Attorney-client privilege is usually waived if privileged information is disclosed to a third party. Corporations and universities face complicated privilege issues because of a need to sometimes share privileged information...Read more
Rodney Sparks
Senior Biotechnology Patent Counsel, University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group, USA