How to integrate legal and PR strategy to optimise litigation results

Gone are the days when clients and PRs were not trusted with draft judgments. Nowadays Litigation Support communications professionals are an integral part of the core legal team. Seeing draft judgments in absolute confidence ahead of their finalisation and hand-down allows PRs to spot words which might be immaterial to the overall judgment, but which …

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Damages in trade mark infringement cases

Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) is yet to become a candidate for EU accession. The Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) between B&H and the EU has been ratified and entered into force on 1 June 2015. Under the SAA, B&H has undertaken not only to harmonise its substantive law with the EU legislation, but also to …

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Overview of case law on the collection of evidence in IP cases in France

The collection of evidence in IP cases in France is a hot topic over the last two years or so. Several traps should now be avoided to have reliable evidence showing the alleged infringement before the courts.

Data protection in Japan

In Japan, in cases of privacy violation or defamation, personal information/privacy was once protected mainly by injunctions or claims for damages based on tort law. However, the situation changed dramatically with the enactment of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (the APPI) in 2005. When large-scale leakage of personal information occurs, a number …

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Product recall/liability in Japan

In Japan, there are a number of laws and regulations related to recalls. The following are notable examples.

Significant matters – Spring 2019

Leading GCs push law firms to improve diversity efforts A group of 65 general counsel spanning major companies from the UK and Europe has collectively signed a letter urging law firms to improve their diversity efforts.

Anna Cosgrave: Graze

The self-confessed fitness freak and head of legal on the allures of in-house law and healthy snacks

Moment of truth: New Law champion Axiom unveils float plans but break up of its business raises doubts

Thomas Alan assesses if the New Law trailblazer can live up to its own rhetoric

Hugh Pugsley: HSBC

The banking giant’s UK law chief on retaining perspective, understanding your advisers and the value of mentors

New Law meets Big Four – Has Deloitte got the conviction to match its free-thinking legal pitch?

Thomas Alan asks if Deloitte can find a new angle on legal services