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Austin Bell, Partner, and Jared McLachlan, Law Graduate, Johnson, Winter & Slattery
4 pages

This article focuses on changes issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), pertaining to the requirements to report any breaches that should be reported to ASIC. The article also provides an overview of the changes, as well as comments for key takeaways.

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Interest Area: Financial Services
Region: Australia
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, CLO / GC
Nina Fitzgerald, Partner; Eoin Martyn, Senior Associate; Caroline Christian, Lawyer; and
Stephen Klimis, Graduate, Ashurst 
7 pages

This article delves into the use of trade secrets to protect Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the unique challenges to trade secret protection presented by AI in general.

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Region: Australia, United States
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, New to In-House
Leonie Flynn, Expertise Counsel and Clare Lawrence, Partner, Ashurst
9 pages

This article provides an analysis on the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia’s report, entitled Never Again: Inquiry into the destruction of 46,000 year old caves at the Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara region of Western Australia – Interim Report (released on 9 December 2020).

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Interest Area: Government, Environmental
Region: Australia
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career
Leonie Flynn, Expertise Counsel and Anna Seddon, Lawyer, Ashurst
4 pages

This article provides an overview of two cases which highlight the importance of parties needing to negotiate in good faith. In particular, it notes that every right to negotiate process requires both parties to negotiate in good faith with the view of reaching an agreement about the relevant grand, regardless of there being a prior agreement about future grants.

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Region: Australia
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, New to In-House
Betty L. Louie, Partner, Technology Companies Group, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Martha Wang, Associate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate, Orrick
6 pages

China is operating increasingly on a cashless basis, with the Chinese government posed to launch a digital currency called Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DCEP or “digital yuan”). This article provides a holistic overview and answers several key questions pertaining to the DCEP.

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Interest Area: Government, Financial Services
Region: China
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career
Mark Beeley, Partner, International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution, Oil & Gas, and Rebecca Dipple,
Professional Support Lawyer, Antitrust & Competition, International Trade & Compliance, Orrick
3 pages

This article provides a brief summary into changes that the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) have each made to their existing rules. Specifically, both organizations have embraced technologies that were necessary to adapt to the changes brought on by the coronavirus pandemic (such as the use of electronic communications and remote hearings).

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Region: United Kingdom
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, New to In-House, CLO / GC
Jeanine P. McGuinness, Partner, International Trade & Compliance, FCPA& Anti–Corruption, Matthew Moses
Partner, White Collar, Investigations, Securities Litigation & Compliance, FCPA & Anti–Corruption, Daniel Nathan
Partner, White Collar, Investigations, Securities Litigation & Compliance, Financial Services Litigation, Amy Walsh
Partner, White Collar, Investigations, Securities Litigation & Compliance, and Ben Dobkin, White Collar Career Associate, White Collar, Investigations, Securities Litigation & Compliance, Internal Investigations, Orrick
6 pages

This article delves into a joint statement that was issued by the Federal Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and federal banking regulators, which clarified the due diligence obligations of banks under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), examining some of the provisions within the BSA.

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Region: United States
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career
Martin L. Roth, Litigation Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
4 pages

This article provides an assessment of the benefits (and some potential challenges) with virtual litigation, which has become a necessity in the pandemic era. It also proposes additional tips for using these new platforms effectively when the pandemic ends.

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Region: United States
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, New to In-House
Tarek Nakkach, Region Legal Counsel, UKIMESA, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

In our capacity as in-house counsel, and regardless of our industry sector, we will be dealing with Artificial Intelligence (AI). Find out some helpful tips on how to integrate AI into your practice.

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Region: Global
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, CLO / GC, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
ONC Lawyers
5 pages

This article explores the complex nature of the Brexit withdrawal process and the importance for all intellectual property (IP) owners to monitor any and all updates and to take immediate action to ensure the protection of their IP rights.

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Region: Hong Kong, United Kingdom, European Union
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, CLO / GC, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
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