REUTERS | Sukree Sukplang
October 26, 2015

GC Leadership Series: leading small and medium legal teams forum 2015

I recently attended the GC Leadership Series leading small and medium legal teams forum 2015.

Dominic Bacon, Managing director of Squaring the Circle, one of the presenters of the first session of the day, remarked that a GC of an SME can be a very lonely role. However, by the end of the day, I couldn’t help but feel that perhaps it didn’t have to be quite so lonely. The day was filled with great advice from the presenters and thoughtful interaction from the participants; there was much camaraderie and support all around.

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October 19, 2015

Focus on Environmental Law compliance: substances of very high concern (SVHC)

The REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) regime regulates chemicals in the EU.

Under REACH, the burden of proof is on industry to demonstrate that the use of a chemical on its own, in preparations or in articles, does not pose unacceptable risks to human health or the environment. As a result, compliance under REACH has significant cost implications for manufacturers, importers and downstream users of a wide range of chemicals, including those used in industrial, commercial and household applications and products.

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REUTERS | Kacper Pempel
October 13, 2015

ECJ rules Safe Harbor decision invalid

The long awaited ECJ’s judgment in Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner (Case C‑362/14) declared the EU-US Safe Harbor framework (set out in Decision 2000/520 on the adequacy of the protection provided by the safe harbor privacy principles and related frequently asked questions issued by the US Department of Commerce  invalid for failing to ensure adequate protection for data transferred from the EU to the US as required by the Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC). Continue reading →

REUTERS | Christian Charisius
October 12, 2015

GC leadership: the non-legal and leadership skills required for success

Recently, I participated in Practical Law’s breakfast workshop, The non-legal and leadership skills needed to progress internally. This workshop is part of the GC Leadership series and was led by Marsha Aldridge (Head of Legal at FitFlop), Keith Krasny (Director of Mindflint Ltd) and Erik D. Lazar (Director and founder of Transatlantic Law International).

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