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Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2019: Shortlist announced

The nominations for the Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2019 have been announced (please scroll down for the full list). On November 13, Asia’s leading female lawyers will gather at the Island Shangri-La in Hong Kong to celebrate the achievements of women in the legal...

22/09/2019

Adoption of the PACTE Act: What are the consequences for patents, trademarks and designs?

Act No. 2019-486 of May 22, 2019 on the growth and transformation of businesses, called the PACTE Act, was published in the French government’s Official Journal on May 23, 2019

27/08/2019 Aurélia Marie, Cabinet Beau de Loménie, France

Introduction of a Trust Law In Switzerland

Although Switzerland has a significant trust administration, it has not enacted its own trust law yet

20/08/2019 Natalie Peter, Blum&Grob Attorneys at Law, Switzerland

Domain names: a valuable business asset but also a risk factor

Nathalie Dreyfus, French and European trademark attorney, renowned Expert consultant before the Court of Appeal of Paris, as well as before the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center and the National Arbitration Forum (NAF), emphasizes that domain names are an important asset for companies as well as...

20/08/2019 Nathalie Dreyfus, Dreyfus & associés, France

A woman’s role in the IP industry

Leadership at an early stage of life is hard to describe

20/08/2019 Cecilia Falconi Pérez, Falconi Puig Abogados, Ecuador

The already notorious article 17 of the EU Copyright Directive

The “Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market” was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on May 17

20/08/2019 Christine de Keersmaeker, KOAN, Belgium Agnès Maqua, KOAN, Belgium

Before Making a Business Decision, Remember To Consider the Tax Consequences

Since the “new tax act” (the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act or TCJA) was signed into law in December 2017, tax has received a newly heightened importance

20/08/2019 Larissa Neumann, Fenwick & West, US Julia Ushakova-Stein, Fenwick & West, US Ora Grinberg, Fenwick & West, US

Important issues for HNWIs in a dynamic global environment

The flow of private capital across borders, together with the ease of living and working in different countries, creates opportunities for High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs)

20/08/2019 Tracy Ho, EY, Hong Kong Fiona Hinrichsen, EY, Australia

An international instrument on the International Recognition of Judicial Sale of Ships

Judicial sales are realities which occur when ship owners fail to pay their creditors

20/08/2019 Ann Fenech, Fenech & Fenech Advocates, Malta

The global privacy law puzzle: A user’s guide

Companies need to collect information on their audience, prospects, clients, and workforce because it allows them to make better products, better manage their offering, and have more efficient operations

20/08/2019 Francoise Gilbert, DataMinding, Inc., US

Artificial intelligence and data privacy

Almost all use of artificial intelligence (AI) requires the collection and use of large amounts of data, in many cases personal data, to learn and make intelligent decisions

20/08/2019 Kari Gimmingsrud, Haavind, Norway

Cultural misappropriation; where Mexico stands

Mexico is in fashion. It is not only the food, the pre-Columbian sites, the Colonial towns, the beach resorts, the music, it goes further

20/08/2019 Laura Collada, Dumont, Mexico

Understanding biological resources for access and benefit sharing (ABS) and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

Patent applications based on biological resources occurring in India are required to cross certain additional thresholds in comparison to patent applications not based on Indian biological resources, in order to proceed to grant

20/08/2019 Malathi Lakshmikumaran, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan, India Deepti Malhotra, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan, India

Minimum Wages

Minimum wage is one of the main issues relating to employment law

20/08/2019 Emanuela Nespoli, Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo e Soci, Italy

Are GDPR fines insurable in Ireland?

The introduction of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) (GDPR) has raised data protection to a board-level issue, leading to an increase in the take up of cyber insurance policies and some significant administrative fines being levied by European regulators

20/08/2019 April McClements, Matheson, Ireland Chris Bollard, Matheson, Ireland Aisling Kavanagh, Matheson, Ireland

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Women in Business Law

Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2019: Shortlist announced

Adoption of the PACTE Act: What are the consequences for patents, trademarks and designs?

Introduction of a Trust Law In Switzerland

Domain names: a valuable business asset but also a risk factor

A woman’s role in the IP industry

The already notorious article 17 of the EU Copyright Directive

Before Making a Business Decision, Remember To Consider the Tax Consequences

Important issues for HNWIs in a dynamic global environment

An international instrument on the International Recognition of Judicial Sale of Ships

The global privacy law puzzle: A user’s guide

Artificial intelligence and data privacy

Cultural misappropriation; where Mexico stands

Understanding biological resources for access and benefit sharing (ABS) and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

Minimum Wages

Are GDPR fines insurable in Ireland?

Q&A with Yoanna Stefanova

Summary Disposition in International Arbitration – Likelihood of Success*

Human rights and investment arbitration

Automation in the aviation industry and liability related aspects

Recent trends in credit funds

Pharma patent litigation in Russia: latest trends

Euromoney LMG Europe Women in Business Law Awards 2019 – winners announced

Euromoney LMG Americas Women in Business Law Awards 2019 – winners announced

Euromoney LMG Americas Women in Business Law Awards 2019: shortlist announced

Euromoney LMG Europe Women in Business Law Awards 2019 – shortlist announced

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