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Inside Counsel

Like the Great Wall: E-discovery barriers still exist between the U.S. and China

While Chinese companies are expanding their global reach, the U.S. judicial system is grappling to reconcile its transparent electronic discovery framework with Chinas more opaque and relatively secretive legal system.
10 minute read

International Edition

HK regulatory chief cautions Asia over threat of Western-style crisis

Asia must join the EU and US in their post-crunch regulatory efforts if the region is to avert its own financial crisis, according to the head of Hong Kong's top market watchdog. Speaking at the third Pan-Asian Regulatory Summit in Hong Kong last week, Ashley Alder, the chief executive of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and former Herbert Smith Asia head, said regional institutions would be "unbelievably stupid" to ignore the lessons learned by Western economies, and had a "golden opportunity" to ensure Asia did not experience its own financial collapse.
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

Reviewing 5 of November’s top stories

The presidential election finally comes to an end, HP takes a financial hit and three more continuing cases in the news
6 minute read

Inside Counsel

Before you can shape government policy, you have to know your audience

When we first started to focus on policy development at Go Daddy, the company was quite small and there was no corporate history to review to determine what approach the company had taken in the past.
8 minute read

International Edition

Waking up to reform – handling the revolution in global financial regulation

As counsel to many of the world's largest financial institutions, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has recognised from the start that regulatory reform must be viewed through a global lens. While Dodd-Frank and other US legislative measures are key to the process, they are only a part of the picture. The European Union is still addressing some of the issues identified at the 2009 G20 summit. While the G20 is committed to global financial regulatory reform generally, harmonisation ultimately relies on moral suasion and will inevitably be uneven.
5 minute read

Inside Counsel

PETA sues California restaurant for violating foie gras ban

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is taking the California ban on foie gras very seriously.
6 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulatory: A little good news for the regulated in Sackett v. EPA

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Sackett v. EPA that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had violated due process rights in an enforcement proceeding brought under the Clean Water Act.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

4 priorities for legal departments' profit and loss statements

How to better forecast and budget legal finances
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

In-house career changes

Notable moves in the corporate legal world
35 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Top 20 stories of 2012: Our readers' picks

Our readers voted online on the most important stories of the year, and this is what they chose
4 minute read

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