The cutting edge
During Apple’s earnings conference call in May, chief executive Tim Cook discussed the company’s long-running and bitter dispute with Qualcomm, a company that manufactures internal components for the iPhone.
Joining the dots to manage data risk
The In-House Lawyer’s earlier survey with DAC Beachcroft in the Spring 2017 issue, ‘Managing Risk: The In-House View’ identified these key points:
The long, long game
On 19 May, Iran went to the polls for what many believed would be a tightly-fought election. By the next morning it was clear that the analysts’ predictions had been wide of the mark. Incumbent president Hassan Rouhani, leader of the Moderation and Development Party, secured a landslide victory over his nearest rival, Ebrahim Raisi, …
Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Four?
‘It has happened to me where you serve a client, have a great book of business, and then Ernst & Young [EY] is lucky enough to win the audit work for that client,’ says EY global legal head Cornelius Grossmann, reflecting on the vagaries and rewards of providing legal services in a Big Four giant.
Get in the ring
Is the general counsel the ringmaster managing risk effectively within their organisation, or a stage prompt waiting in the wings? These were the main discussion points of a recent panel debate before an audience of more than 40 senior in-house lawyers gathered together at Eight Members Club in Moorgate.
Public call for evidence
On 21 July 2017, the House of Lords EU Internal Market Sub-Committee (the EU Committee), chaired by Lord Whitty, launched an inquiry into the key issues that will arise in the negotiations on Brexit and the impact of Brexit on UK competition policy.
Firm Showcase: Elias Neocleous & Co
The firm Elias Neocleous & Co is the largest law firm in Cyprus by a considerable margin, and is generally recognised as the leading firm in south-east Europe and the eastern Mediterranean region. It has more than 140 fee-earners operating out of three offices in Cyprus, and a network of offices overseas.
Firm Showcase: ICT Legal Consulting
The firm ICT Legal Consulting is an international law firm founded in 2011 with offices in Milan, Bologna, Rome and Amsterdam, and a presence in 19 other countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the USA).
The shock of the old
The legal implications of new technologies have been making headlines recently, with a group of more than 100 specialists in robotics submitting an open letter to the United Nations urging a ban on the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence in weapon systems. But on the commercial side the change capturing lawyers’ attention is …
Systems v talent – clients will have to choose
From the perspective of a GC at a major multinational, which will be the key external adviser over the next ten years, the legal firm that is top decile at attracting, motivating and retaining the best talent throughout its business? Or the institution that excels at building market-leading systems, processes and technology? Put another way: …
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