Vol.12, No. 47, Spring 2019

Recent data privacy regulations have created a shift in the balance of power of data from businesses to the individual. The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), enacted in April...Read more

Every week more privacy and data security incidents are making headlines. Regardless of the quality of your organisation’s security controls and practices, if you have not already had to respond...Read more

There’s no doubt luxury lawyers are working in an era of disruption. Luxury industries are witnessing changing demographics, changing tastes and increased privacy regulatory frameworks at an unheralded pace. The...Read more

It’s been said that the average person breaks the law -- unwittingly, of course! -- at least once a day. Civil liberties lawyer Harvey Silverglate claims it’s more like three...Read more

Jewish Law dispute resolution practice is built upon rabbinic traditions first described in the Mishnah – a compendium of religious and civil black letter law compiled at approximately 200 CE...Read more

The management of confidential information is key to maintain active competition between companies in the same market. Protocols for the management of confidential information need to be implemented by within...Read more

On December 27, 2017, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan signed the Code on Subsoil and Subsoil Use (hereinafter - the Code). According to the transitional period provisions, the...Read more

The economic cooperation and integration among various countries is constantly and inevitably increasing in the era of world globalization. The continued commercial expansion is unavoidably accompanied by civil and commercial...Read more

When an owner contracts for a new large energy infrastructure project in Canada there are many issues they need to consider before, during and after the contract has been signed....Read more

The internet analyst firm Gartner has suggested that there will be 20.4 billion devices connected to the internet by 2020. Cisco Visual Networking Index has commented that “More than one...Read more

Sexual harassment in the workplace is not a new issue but has recently been put in the spotlight following the birth of the #MeToo movement. Towards the end of 2017,...Read more

In today's digital age, a primary point of concern for the individuals is breach of their privacy. India currently lacks any comprehensive data protection regime which can protect its citizens...Read more

China is the most vigorous wonderland for experimental endeavour, particularly in the area of innovation for high tech (hard core) and business mode (soft core). Among this innovative surge, OFO...Read more

On 10 December 2018, the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published the final version of the Wates Principles for Large Private Companies. This is the first shot at drafting a...Read more

The Australian Parliament recently passed, and is in the process of subsequently debating the passage of legislation that appears to erode certain human rights, including the right to privacy. The...Read more

At a time when there is considerable uncertainty around how the UK will withdraw from the EU and the long and short-term implications of our withdrawal it has certainly been...Read more

I have been both in-house and in private practice and now have my own brand consulting firm. How I travelled the road to this time in my life is worth...Read more

“We can’t possibly sign this! How could the client think that this could be considered a fair and balanced contract?” I said, referring indignantly to the thick set of terms...Read more