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The Corporate diplomat: Debating the value of hard power vs soft power as a GC

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Douglas Alexander, Pinsent Masons: I will first contextualise and attempt to define ‘soft power’ because, it is more often discussed than defined, and in that sense, I should probably declare an interest. In addition to many roles I hold, I have been a senior fellow at the Belfer Center in the Kennedy School of Government …

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A perfect storm

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The insurance litigation world promises to be a busy one in 2023; an uptick in interest across novel areas – particularly ESG and technology – combined with the squeeze of an economic downturn provides the dramatic backdrop to a period which is likely to see a huge amount of activity.

Catch me if you can

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One of the greatest challenges that in-house legal teams confront from a data protection and cyber security perspective is staying up to date with trends and threats that seem to develop at an almost exponential rate. DLA Piper’s data protection and cyber security specialist Ross McKean explains: ‘Life was relatively simple in the early days …

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Reputation management in the digital age

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The struggle to remain up to date with new developments, to identify and stop the spread of harmful information and protect against increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks can feel daunting and unrelenting. For in-house legal teams, though, a range of tools and strategies are available to help regain and retain control.

Reputation management and disputes: avoiding an avalanche of scrutiny | Brodies
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In recent times celebrity high profile litigation across the globe has taken place with actors, Gwyneth Paltrow’s successful defence of a claim arising from a ski collision on the slopes of Utah, and Jonny Depp winning his defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard, though losing an earlier case in London against UK newspapers in 2018. Such …

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Bermuda insurance regulation – responsible but facilitative environment encourages continued innovation | Walkers
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Bermuda is a leading re/insurance jurisdiction and continues to be a global leader in innovative risk transfer solutions, including ILS, climate risk finance and insurtech. In keeping with other jurisdictions Bermuda’s (re)insurance legal and regulatory environment continues to develop responsibly, to protect consumers while also supporting the industry and facilitating the continued development of new, …

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Establishing an open, mature and resilient insurance market in China | Norton Rose Fulbright
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Since China’s accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2001, China has been making significant efforts to comply with its WTO commitments and has been progressively opening the Chinese insurance market to the world. Since 2017, China has been the world’s second largest insurance market, only next to the United States. Official data shows …

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