Vol.17, No. 67, Spring 2024

It is, of course, the topic of the moment. It is producing both fear and excitement in roughly equal measures, particularly for the legal profession. However, the important point is...Read more

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit caused frustrations when it decided to affirm the U.S. Patent Office’s findings that claims in four patents were unpatentable because they are...Read more

Algorithms are increasingly influential in modern life, making or influencing decisions that can have significant consequences for individuals. However, the complexity of many algorithms, particularly those powered by machine learning,...Read more

The Information and Technology Act, 2000 (“IT Act”), was enacted and brought into force at the dawn of the internet, during the pre-digital India era. This was a time when...Read more

Not all contracts are the same. In fact, a strategic goal among business people is to develop what are called relational contracts. Relational contracts reside at the opposite end...Read more

Cross-border effects of bankruptcy procedures in the U.S. gained a new chapter in 2023, when WeWork Group filed for Chapter 11. WeWork has since claimed that this reorganization would not...Read more

I think the future poses several challenges for in-house legal management, including navigating complex regulatory landscapes, addressing cybersecurity and data privacy concerns, managing global operations and compliance, adapting to evolving...Read more

A “use case” focuses on the practical applications of a technology. The age of use cases for generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) seems to be upon us. The emergence of OpenAI,...Read more

The digitalization of financial services is supporting the simplification of day-to-day life, making financial services available round the clock and easily accessible to the most remote parts of the globe....Read more

Lucrezia Albanese has a vast experience in litigation having formerly worked in the Relevant Litigation function of Enel SpA Legal Department and being at present Head of Regulatory and Antitrust...Read more

Recommendations and reporting of an ad hoc special committee (special committee), to a board of directors, for review and approval, may be successfully contested by a counter-party because of a...Read more

In the United States, traffic fatalities and unsafe driving behaviors have become an even greater problem in the post-COVID world. Despite significant reductions in drivers on the road during the...Read more

Ethics and Compliance tasks at companies are often channelled through a compliance officer and a centralized compliance team. However, more and more activities are arising that fall in the Ethics...Read more

In recent years, the landscape of industries has been dramatically transformed by the relentless march of digital technologies, fundamentally altering the way businesses operate. The evolution from mere digitization to...Read more

As ESG (environmental, social and governance) concerns continue to play a major role in business discourse, and given the breadth of the term, should boards be setting up ESG sub-committees...Read more

Various legislators have discussed and implemented regulations on sustainability in supply chains in recent years. Examples include the German Act on Corporate Due Diligence to Prevent Human Rights Violations in...Read more

As part of our vocation of service we, the in-house lawyers, have a duty to keep abreast of new legal challenges. Failing to do so in an ever volatile regulatory...Read more