International Comparative Legal Guides (ICLG)

📣 The 2024 edition of the International Comparative Legal Guide - Technology Sourcing has just been published. Curated alongside contributing editor Mark Leach of Bird & Bird, the most recent edition considers common issues in technology sourcing, including issues relating to procurement processes, dispute resolution procedures, intellectual property rights, data protection and employment law. The Guide also contains two further expert analysis chapters which discuss sourcing artificial intelligence solutions by Bird & Bird, as well as an analysis of sustainable strategic sourcing by the GSA- Global Sourcing Association. Thank you to all contributing firms: Bird & Bird | GSA- Global Sourcing Association | KYRIAKIDES GEORGOPOULOS Law Firm | Kaizen Law | STORIA Law Office | John W Ffooks & Co | Ikeyi Shittu & Co | ACCRALAW | Hellström Advokatbyrå KB | Arioli Law | Lee and Li, Attorneys At Law | YAZICIOGLU Legal | Norton Rose Fulbright 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eXsjd5rF #TechnologySourcing

🔊 International firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP raids rival Mayer Brown for an 11-strong team, including five partners, for its Chicago M&A practice. Ella Nott reports. https://lnkd.in/eWd38WxK

🔊 Free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs - London has proposed axing the Serious Fraud Office. Includes comment from WilmerHale's Lloyd Firth. Rob Harkavy reports. https://lnkd.in/eaRhjauj

🔊 Covington & Burling LLP unveils tax lawyer Kate Kraus as a partner in its Los Angeles office. Yasmin Khan reports. https://lnkd.in/eK-tqxZj

👩⚕️ Communications with healthcare professionals and patients In the latest edition of the International Comparative Legal Guide - Pharmaceutical Advertising, Lincoln Tsang, Kellie Branson Combs and Katherine Wang of Ropes & Gray LLP explore recent regulatory developments involving scientific and medical communications, including for unapproved uses, historically deemed non-promotional, including scientific communications, as well as how regulators view such communications as impacting promotional issues. The authors also address recent developments in three key geographical regions related to the regulation of advertising and promotion, particularly as it relates to the disclosure of product risks and limitations of promotional claims. Full article available here 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eiPgdwWJ #PharmaLaw

🔊 London law firm Fox Williams has launched a class action on behalf of shareholders in gambling firm Entain following a spectacular collapse in the company's share price. Rob Harkavy reports. https://lnkd.in/eN4jzsPu

🔊 The Miami office of Holland & Knight LLP has confirmed the hire of M&A partner Ibrahim Barakat. Ella Fincken reports. https://lnkd.in/e7DPNBXT

🔊 An oil trader who pleaded guilty to bribery offences in New York could be looking at a maximum 40-year sentence. Rob Harkavy reports. https://lnkd.in/exS-4paE

♻ Sustainable sourcing Kerry Hallard of the GSA- Global Sourcing Association authored a chapter in the International Comparative Legal Guide - Technology Sourcing 2024 to explain what sustainable strategic sourcing is and make a very clear call to action for every single reader to play a role in driving more sustainable strategic sourcing for the good of business, people and planet. Additionally, Kelly shares the programme of work undertaken globally by the GSA and crystalizes not only the benefits of its approach, but also how comparatively small corporate changes can make a massive difference, illustrated through a case study. Read the full article here 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gTQpvNqw #SustainableSourcing

🔊 More than 400 community groups from across the Americas, including representatives of indigenous and tribal people, are urging the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to establish clear guidelines regarding the human rights implications of climate change. Rob Harkavy reports. AIDA - Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) https://lnkd.in/eY7crb-t