Looking at thought leadership in-house, this month we hear from Emily O’Neill, the Head Counsel of IP & Litigation at Spectris plc. Having established the IP function, we ask Emily about her role and some of the challenges she sees the IP sector faces worldwide. What kind of IP matters do you work on […]
Customs law, import and export formalities; if you import or export goods to or from the European Union, you will be forced to deal with them. Depending on origin, classification and value, import, anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties, and import VAT will be among the charges payable upon declaration. If Customs & Excise take the view […]
Next up on our special M&A focus is Frank Wu, Co-Chair of the Greater China Practice Group at Haynes and Boone, LLP. Frank talks about the current M&A landscape in China, where it’s heading towards, and what kinds of challenges are involved in agreements and transactions within the East Asian nation. In the M&A […]
From protest and impasse, to reconciliation and understanding perspectives, here Lindsay R.M. Jones of the Emory University School of Law in Arizona, US, gives an in-depth outlook on the role of a ‘Transformative Voice’ in mediating public policy conflicts. With a wealth of research and wisdom behind him, Lindsay is at the top of thought […]
With an array of legal experience and varied sector backgrounds, from being an M&A lawyer in private practice, to a senior officer at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), our guest talks to Lawyer Monthly about the personal and professional rewards of being an Investment Funds lawyer and teaching this subject at Harvard Law […]
Georges Haour, Professor of Technology and Innovation Management at IMD business school: China has the world’s largest market for digital shopping, mobile payments, and Internet-enabled financial services. Close to 400 million people in China do most of their payments using their smartphones. China’s overall business in information technology is a market of well above $300 […]
Given that the US is often seen as a barometer for trends in the UK and much of the rest of the world, the US presidential election is of massive interest to our business community. The UK200Group – the UK’s leading membership association of chartered accountancy and law firms – has asked its members, who […]
Rightscorp, a Los Angeles-based provider of copyright monetization and data services, monitors the global Peer‐to‐Peer (P2P) file sharing networks to seek out and find illegally downloaded digital media on ISP networks. US Law makes piracy illegal, and nobody is legally entitled to participate in piracy with impunity – not even Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Furthermore, […]
As a vital tool to tackle fraud and losses from malpractice, among other things, securities law ensures that investors have an informed and precise idea of the interest they are purchasing or selling and its value, and governs the procedures involved in the exchange of such assets. Over the next few pages, Lawyer Monthly talks […]
Having grown up speaking several languages, and with a heart for helping people, our next thought leader was destined to be an immigration lawyer. Over the next few pages Lawyer Monthly hears from Andrea Elliott, the Co-Founder and CEO of Pro-Link GLOBAL Group. Andrea tells us about how she grew up from being an immigrant […]
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