Vol. 6, No 22, Winter 2013

January issue – First published electronically 15^th January 2013

The Certain Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) in Pharmaceutical Industries Relating the Antitrust and IPR Rules of the EU acquis communautaire
Mirna Pavletic-Zupic,, Member, Croatian Competition Council, Croatian Competition Agency, Croatia

Running a “Winning” Prize Promotion in the United States
Scott Paintin, Vice President & Senior Counsel, Western Union Co. ,USA

Pirates, What Else? Somali Attackers & Legal Dilemmas
Petar Kragić, Member of the Management Board for Legal Affairs and Insurance, Tankerska Plovidba dd,Croatia

Corporate Governance - India as Compared to Other Countries with Specific Reference to Canada
Vivek Sadhale, Company Secretary & Head - Legal , Vikas Agarwal, Associate General Manager – Corporate Secretarial & Amit Atre, Assistant Manager – Corporate Secretarial, Persistent Systems Limited, India

A Test for the ‘Test’ of Distinctiveness – The Saga Continues…
Sarah Hinchliffe, Harvard Law School (Visiting Scholar); Boston University (School of Law); University of Melbourne (Department of Accounting,); Barrister & Solicitor (HCA, Vic), Australia & USA

Becoming a True Partner to the Business
Julie Preng, Managing Director, Legal Specialty Practice, Korn, USA

February issue – First published electronically 5^th February 2013

Data Transfer from the European Economic Area to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations; Strategic Considerations for In-house Counsel 
Noris Ismail, Co-Founder & Managing Consultant, Quotient Consulting, UK

Dealing with Legal Grey Areas (and Selective Enforcement) in China
Brian (Zhou) Chen, General Counsel Greater China, KONE Corporation & Brian Belanger, V.P. & Senior Corporate Counsel, Asia Pacific Region, Husqvarna AB Group of Companies, Sweden

Increasing a Fixed Fee Cap in Law Firm Engagement Letters
James Wilson, Senior Counsel, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, UK

Earnouts: Advantages, Disadvantages and How to Structure Them
Roque Romero, Regional General Counsel - Europe, Agility Logistics, UK

Innovation Starts with Legal: How In House Lawyers can serve a Company beyond a Traditional Legal Role
Richard Anthony, Charles Blackburn, Sharyn Dodson, Thomas Konowalczyk, Nishat Ruiter, CA Technologies

Risk Considerations Related to Local Content Requirements
Christopher Sveen, Senior Vice President Chief Legal Counsel  & Axel R. Gustavsen, Vice President & Deputy Chief Legal Officer, Aker Solutions, Norway

March issue – First published electronically 5^th March 2013

Exploring Policy Alternatives to Excluding State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)From Millennium Challenge Corporation Funded Contracts in Africa
Kingsley Osei, Lead Contracts Counsel, State University of New York, USA

Deconstructing Delay Claims
Yonni Fushman, Associate General Counsel, Aecon Group Inc., Canada

Comparative Analysis between the U.S. Executive Order and the Tokyo Prefectural Ordinance against Yakuza – Synchronization of Anti Mafia Activities in Japan, the U.S., and the World
Daisuke Takahashi, Attorney at Law, Shinwa General Law Offices, Japan , Yasushi Kudo, Attorney at Law, Nagashima, Ohno & Tsunematsu, Japan & David N'Guyen, In-house Lawyer, Orange Group, Japan

On the Outside: The Place of In-House Counsel Within Australia’s Modern Legal Landscape
Sascha Hindmarch , Au Printemps Sa & Martin Meredith, Australia

The ‘Fiasco’ of the West Coast Rail Franchise and the European Public Procurement Rules
Rosemary Boyle, Senior Commercial Lawyer, Cambridge University, UK

“Shouldn’t Mediation be Spreading in Finland and the Nordics?”
Tim Williams, Senior Legal Counsel & Anna Hietala, Associate Legal Counsel, Power Plants Legal Affairs,  Wärtsilä Finland Oy, Power Plants, Finland

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