Legal Project Manager at the European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA)
For company lawyers, this entails another European jurisdiction that clarifies and enshrines in statute the inherent rights and obligations of lawyers in the in-house community.
Though preliminary in nature, it is positive to see discussions developing under the Swiss jurisdiction on extending lpp to corporate lawyers
The decision reaffirms the applicability of legal professional privilege for corporate counsel under Dutch law and clarifies who falls under the legal scope
The Commissioner for Competition has been active in approving state aid measures in order to benefit the affected businesses as quickly as possible.
Legal tech promises to automate tedious and time-consuming tasks, thereby freeing up the time of inhouse counsellors. But what processes could be automated, and should the legal staff fear for their jobs in the future?
Two interesting data protection developments were concluded on the first week of October, with the Court clarifying elements of the Commission investigation procedure into anticompetitive activities and a hefty fine for a H&M subsidiary for data collection
The COVID crisis has pushed law firms to adapt and evolve, accelerating the legal technology landscape.
The new report by CMS on the role of the General Counsel in 2020 provides valuable insight into how the position has evolved and how the importance of value building has been thrust into the limelight
Based on the in depth study Legal Departments in a Digital Era (2020), we will look into the importance of various areas within an in-house legal team and the maturity levels of the same areas
The investigation looks into whether Amazon's practices during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic towards third-party marketplace sellers could amount to an abuse of a dominant position.
The tool aims to ease collaboration between different legal teams and the technologies that they use
Based on the comprehensive study Legal Departments in a Digital Era, we look further into some key findings from the study to better understand the status of legal departments across Europe