Vol. 1, No. 4, Summer 2008

Introduction: Doing business in a globalised world for Groups of companies operating in dozens of countries, the issue of compliance is becoming one of the key challenges they have to...Read more

Murphy's Law: "if something can go wrong - it will" For those of us who practice Construction Law, we have learned that Murphy actually invented two other secret...Read more

All businesses are required to act in compliance with the competition laws of the jurisdictions in which...Read more

History and Implementation. The world is becoming an increasingly complex place. To compete in a global economy, businesses have to be adaptable, innovative and ...Read more

The Electricity Transmission System And The Internal Market Energy cannot be stored economically once produced. Furthermore, an electricity network is often a natural...Read more

In Colombia, banking has never been just another line of business activity. It has historically been classed as a public service, which has given rise to numerous forms of intervention...Read more

Mergers and acquisitions represent a dynamic process of corporate culture and strategy. Empirical evidence indicates a high rate of failure of M&A's to create value for the shareholders of the...Read more

Planning is the key to keeping computer forensics on a budget. Notwithstanding, rigid, inflexible plans that do not take into account the uniqueness of each case are useless. Therefore, the...Read more

Various developments over the past two decades have dramatically changed the work of regulatory lawyers in large and complex U.S. banking organizations. These...Read more

With this article we intend to show the role of in-house legal counsel in an Italian bank, with a particular focus on the specific problems it has to face in...Read more

Convergence, the goal of having competition laws throughout the world "converge" on a common understanding and enforcement authority, is the holy grail...Read more

In-house counsel of multinational enterprises pay keen attention to the legal system of the target countries where they would engage in business activities. The enterprises that have invested or will...Read more

Major new reformed and consolidated Irish company law is imminent. The Companies Consolidation and Reform Bill, which has been in gestation for several years, is due to be published shortly...Read more

In order to obtain access to well-developed financial markets, Greek banks need to win and maintain investors' confidence, not only in a symbolic and rules-based approach (complying as closely as...Read more

The protection of the confidentiality and legal privilege against use of communications between a corporation and its in-house legal advisers is ...Read more

The paper argues that there are no sound a priori reasons for courts disallowing privilege in respect of communications between corporations and in-house counsel. It proposes that disallowing privilege for...Read more

Over the years, counterfeiting has become the greatest threat to established trademarks, and therefore brands, across all industry sectors. In the late ‘80s, it was viewed together, with its big...Read more