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Predicting The Unpredictable: Improving Outside Counsel Services And Controlling Costs
Editor: We traditionally think of mergers and acquisitions as an area where it's very difficult to predict or control the process and expense. Is Eversheds suggesting an alternative view? Halpin: Yes. We have designed an approach to corporate transactions used throughout Eversheds globally,...
Read MoreCPR Recognizes Eversheds' Contribution To ADR Excellence
Editor's Note: At its recent meeting in Boston, The International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR) presented the organization's inaugural Law Firm Award for Excellence in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). In addition, two law firms received honorable mentions, one of...
Read MoreBridging The "Atlantic" Gap - Extra-Territorial Jurisdictional Issues, In Light Of Globalization And Enlargement
Introduction It is somewhat of an understatement to say that the U.S. has led the way in tackling issues of extra-territorial jurisdiction in the light of globalisation. In relation to white collar crime, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) 1977 allows the U.S., via the Department of Justice...
Read MoreFighting To Gain And Retain In-House Privilege
The purpose of this short article is (1) to outline the current legal situation regarding in-house privilege in England, (2) to explain why it is necessary to fight to gain and to retain such privilege, (3) to recommend some practical ways of doing this successfully and (4) to illustrate by some...
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