On May 26, 2016, the In-House Community hosted its inaugural regional Counsel of the Year Awards Ceremony at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Happy Valley Clubhouse. The ceremony brought together the cream of the legal industry from across Asia and the Middle East and recognised achievement across a range of categories, assessing counsel in the areas of dedication, innovation, efficiency and value, integration, encouragement and improvement and corporate social responsibility and diversity.
Simply put, mindfulness can be defined as the faculty of being aware of where one’s attention is placed, moment-by-moment, and at the same time monitoring one’s intentions, intuitions ...
Looking at jurisdictions with both longstanding and emerging cyber crime and data privacy laws, we see why arriving late to the party can sometimes be an advantage.
Our cover story Being 'Verbal' with cyber crime and data protection details different jurisdictions' approaches to cyber crime, while Clyde & Co's Richard Bell writes about 'Electronic growing pains' and Deacons' Richard Hudson reports on the 'CEO fraud' phishing scam.
In this article, Richard Hudson, Partner, Litigation & Dispute Resolution at Deacons details the ‘CEO Fraud’ phishing scam and explains measures companies can take to both reduce the risk and mitigate after the fact.
The economic news has been so disappointing for so long that even the trickle of good news seen over the last few weeks is emerging as the strongest run for almost a year. But, as the chart shows ...
Aparna Bundro, Business Development and Communications specialist and former lawyer, comments on whether AI robots may be the next inflection point in the legal industry after NewLaw, and considers ...
While Gilkron's General Counsel looks at ways technology can aid in-house counsel in 'IP can be both easy and hard to find', Yoon & Yang focus on the implications of new technology in 'Regulation of personal information in new fields'.
Lawyers On Demand (LOD) and AdventBalance announced that they will merge in a deal which will see the creation of one of the world's largest New Law businesses ...
Disputes present us with the opportunity to negotiate or take a more adversarial approach (arbitrate or litigate). Litigation has traditionally been viewed …
