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By Anisha Chand and Swati Bala. ‘Auto-bearings’ and ‘CBB’: the peculiar story of a cartel duo - Asia Pacific Regional Forum, December 2020
The session will cover topics including:
• Introduction to the IBA
• IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023 – Ideas on how to maximise the business opportunities
• Speaking opportunities – how to improve the chances of colleagues speaking at an IBA conference
• IBA Specialist conferences – why attend, why sponsor, how are topics chosen
• What is different about an IBA conference, post pandemic
• IBA membership – benefits of individual membership compared to group membership
• Networking ideas – what to do prior to attending an IBA conference
• Becoming an IBA officer, what does it mean? What are the benefits?
• Sponsorship opportunities
• Questions and answers
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Sep 05, 2022
The application of traditional tax rules is strained by the extension of internet technology to virtually every facet of business and our personal lives. In Kellett v Commissioner, the United States Tax Court updated traditional rules regarding the deductibility of start-up losses for a technology entrepreneur. This article explores how US tax rules are being adapted to 21st century businesses.
Challenging the prosecution of anti-war expressions at the Russian Constitutional Court
Mar 31, 2020
La nueva publicación sobre prevención de la tortura en América Latina reúne artículos de un grupo multidisciplinario de profesionales, con quienes el International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) ha tenido el gusto de colaborar en promover la documentación e investigación efectivas de la tortura y otros tratos o penas crueles, inhumanos o degradantes.
Regulatory and public scrutiny of financial institutions shows no signs of lessening. Regulators and the public increasingly look to ‘whistleblowers’ to expose wrong-doing and unethical behaviour within regulated firms and the resulting internal and external investigations can be complex, time consuming and resource intensive. The panel will examine these trends from a cross-jurisdictional perspective and will provide practical guidance for lawyers called upon to advise institutions dealing with these issues.
39th IBA International Financial Law Conference
Feb 18, 2020
An unprecedented step forward to provide citizens around the world with a critical new tool to address the climate emergency and achieve climate change justice will be launched by the International Bar Association (IBA) Climate Change Justice and Human Rights Task Force on Tuesday 18 February at Doughty Street Chambers in London, United Kingdom.
We intend to explore contemporary hot topics on human rights, including those affecting businesses and individuals.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
Apr 04, 2024
A summary of the IBA Litigation Committee and Technology Law Committee’s IBA Annual Conference session on ‘Litigating in and about the metaverse’. The session took place on 1 November 2023 and examined issues that litigators will need to confront as this new area continues to develop.
This panel will examine the evolving landscape of corporate accountability, focusing on the personal liability of officers and directors for human rights violations committed by corporations. With rising expectations on companies to uphold human rights standards across global supply chains, executives face increasing scrutiny over their roles and responsibilities. The discussion will address recent legal developments, key cases, and the frameworks that are shaping accountability, from national regulations to international guidelines such as the 'United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights'. Esteemed experts in corporate law, human rights, and governance will analyse the risks and implications for leadership in an era where corporate responsibility extends beyond financial performance.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
May 21, 2025
The Mexican nearshoring success story faces threats from Trump administration tariffs and domestic judicial reforms. Global Insight assesses how Mexico is weathering the storm.
Studies show that companies with employees on boards were
better able than other companies to navigate through a crisis.
Are companies better off with employee representation on their
boards? This session’s objective is to review the impact of different
corporate governance models of employee representation on
boards and identify the benefi ts hereof for corporate performance.
The discussion will focus both on the German corporate
governance model (which is often seen as the role model for
employee representation in boards) and company experience
with employee representation in boards from a general counsel’s
perspective.
7th Annual Corporate Governance Conference
IBA Global Insight April/May 2016- legal and business news from the IBA. Cuba and sanctions: IBA and ONBC join forces to support transition to ‘new legal reality’; Annual Conference showcase sessions and ‘Conversation with’ series; Microsoft litigation head says ‘law today lags behind’ technology
The session will cover market participants views on this type of insurance in M&A transactions. Speakers will cover key matters such as:
• When is the appropriate time to engage a broker
• How relevant is the brand of the due diligence provider to the terms and condition of the policy
• How to treat the disclosures and specific indemnities in the agreements of the transaction and of course
• Will they pay in the future?
8th Global Entrepreneurship Conference
IBA Global Insight June/July 2016- legal and business news from the IBA. UK Anti-Corruption summit, IBA at Climate Action 2016, Woman Lawyer Award 2016, LPRU disruptive innovation report, Pfizer, Pro Bono Award 2016, IBA Fellows
M&A and FDI in India — the key concerns and recommendations
Significant legislative, regulatory and litigation activity has occurred at both the United Sates federal and state levels in response to Covid-19 and associated business closures, unemployment and economic disruption.
Over the course of the two decades of this century, we have seen the rise of the corporate player in immigration detention centres across various jurisdictions. This session will explore the challenges and governance of immigration detention centres, concepts of arbitrary detention and its violations arising worldwide, rights of detainees and potential solutions.
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
The world’s longest running trade dispute came to a head in October, as the World Trade Organization (WTO) gave the green light to the US government to impose $7.5bn tariffs on EU goods. The potential for tit-for-tat tariffs and an all-out transatlantic trade war threaten to have far-reaching consequences for many sectors.
- 1.Impact of European Data Laws on USA and Asia
- 2.Cybersecurity and AI (AI and cybersecurity risks and regulation/tech policies)
- 3.What's hot in the USA
- 4.Copyright ownership for AI generated content
- 5.Patentability of inventions created using AI tools
- 6.IP infringement involving digital or virtual goods (in online games etc)
- 7.Cross-border M&A: navigating regulatory and compliance hurdles
- 8.Structuring earnouts and navigating employee equity in startup Acquisitions
- 9.Strategic vs. financial investors: the impact on startups in VC / PE deals
IBA 6th Silicon Hills Conference – the Tech Epicentre of Texas: from Start-Up to Exit
The collection, review and production of electronic documents can be one of the most costly and time-consuming phases of arbitration, particularly where there is a vast number of potentially relevant electronic documents to review. Advances in software engineering and machine learning may render the processes of collection, review and production of e-documents more efficient and cost effective.
The session will cover the legal issues arising from blocking of web sites. Such sites may be actively managed by social media accounts who may block access based on their own internal policies, i.e. in respect of hate speech, fraud or user complaints, or such web sites may be passively managed internet service provides where protection against infringement must be enforced by private action. Particular issues concern rolling web site blocking orders to control signal piracy of live broadcasts.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
Mar 09, 2017
For four years the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has been working with the Mexican legal profession on capacity building for torture prevention. Visiting the states of Nuevo León, Ciudad de México, Oaxaca, Veracruz and Estado de Mexico, we brought together judges, lawyers, public defenders and prosecutors for them to gain a better understanding of their responsibility in the prevention and prosecution of torture and ill or degrading treatment.
Topic one: Shortage of drugs
Moderators
María Alonso Lilly Spain, Madrid
Camilla Appelgren Mannheimer Swartling, Stockholm
Ruta Pumputiene Ellex Valiunas, Lithuania
Topic two: The current surge and challenges of digital therapeutics
Moderators
Adem Koyuncu Covington, Brussels
Elisa Stefanini Portolano Cavallo, Milan
Cécile Théard-Jallu De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés, Paris
Topic three: Financing of advanced new therapies
Moderators
Mireia Castro Novartis Spain, Barcelona
Alfonso Gallego Pfizer, Madrid
Topic four: E-commerce of medicinal products: Global freedom or national restrictions?
Moderators
José Fernández Rañada Garrigues, Madrid
Markus Schott Bär & Karrer, Zurich
Dr Katharina Wodarz Raue, Berlin
Topic five: Product liability and medical devices
Moderators
Manuel Durães Rocha Abreu Advogados, Lisbon
Monika Gattiker Lanter, Zurich
Topic six: Gene therapies and orphan drugs - regulatory status and reimbursement
Moderators
Henar Álvarez Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Madrid
Ariadna Padilla Takeda, Madrid
Topic seven: Re-labelling repackaging and parallel import of medical devices and pharmaceuticals
Moderators
Maria Cedó Esteve, Barcelona
Janine Demont-Reudt Niederer Kraft Frey, Zurich
Miguel Ángel Galve ex GC of Elanco, Madrid
Topic eight: Human research – big data and secondary use of data
Moderators
Beatriz Cocina Arrieta Uria Menendez, Madrid
Ioanna Michalopoulou Michalopoulou & Associates, Athens
Lincoln Tsang Ropes & Gray, London
Topic nine: Deal structures of life sciences transactions
Moderators
Gustavo Alcocer Lugo Olivares, México City
Elazar Stein Medison Pharma, Petach Tikva and Zug, Israel
Emmanuelle Trombe McDermott, Will & Emery, Paris
Topic ten: Interplay between regulation and intellectual property - review of Bolar exemption
Moderators
Rais Amils Pérez Llorca, Madrid
Özge Atilgan Karakulak Gün + Partners, Istanbul
Martin Dræbye Gantzhorn Bech-Bruun, Copenhagen
Topic eleven: Artificial intelligence and life sciences
Moderators
James Gallagher Mason Hayes & Curran, Dublin
Njeri Mutura Microsoft, Irvine, California
Josefine Sommer Sidley Austin LLP, Brussels
Topic twelve: Trade secrets / confidentiality in R&D collaborations
Moderators
Dr Hussein Akhavannik Blank Rome, Washington, District of Columbia
Maarten Schut Kennedy Van der Laan, Amsterdam
Topic thirteen: Recent landscape on foreign direct investment in medtech/pharma
Moderators
Per Lagerkvist MAQS, Stockholm
Irene Fernández Puyol Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, Madrid
Topic fourteen: Unified patent court – takeaways from the first year
Moderators
Morten Bruus Accura, Copenhagen
Francine Le Péchon-Joubert De Gaulle Fleurance, Paris
Hanna Tilus Cirio, Stockholm
Topic fifteen: Pharmaceuticals disparagement cases –Interactions with HCPs and regulators from a competition law perspective
Moderators
Luis Alcover Faus Moliner, Barcelona
Moisés Ramírez GSK Spain, Madrid
Anders Thue Simonsen Vogt Wiig, Oslo
Topic sixteen: Advertising pharmaceuticals - old law for modern information needs
Moderators
Ariadna Casanueva Cuatrecasas, Barcelona
Viviana Cervieri Cervieri Monsuárez, Montevideo
Celine Weber Walder Wyss, Zurich
Topic seventeen: Securing innovation: Tackling the 21st century epidemic of counterfeiting and intellectual property piracy
Moderators
Francisco Javier García Uría Menéndez, Barcelona
Jason Jardine Knobbe Martens, San Diego, California
Luis Ruiz BPL, Guatemala City
10th Annual IBA World Life Sciences Conference
Mar 09, 2017
De la mano de la profesión legal mexicana, el International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) lleva cuatro años trabajando en el fortalecimiento de capacidades para la prevención y administración de justicia en casos de tortura y otros tratos o penas crueles, inhumanos o degradantes.
This panel will consider what are the main challenges facing the worldwide automotive sector throughout the supply chain, from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to auto parts manufacturers. The panel will discuss the legal mechanisms available in the key affected jurisdictions for rehabilitating, ‘recycling’ or simply winding-down distressed businesses in this sector.
29th Annual IBA Global Insolvency and Restructuring Conference
Jun 02, 2021
While the pandemic disruption has extended for far longer than initially expected, courts (after the first wave), arbitral institutions and stakeholders in commercial dispute resolution have largely continued operations, increasingly supported by innovative digital technology, flexible scheduling and flexible cost structures, among other tools.
From fan tokens to general cryptocurrencies, is there a market for this type of currency? How will the web influence the gambling industry?
In the world of online gaming, crypto casino tokens have emerged as a revolutionary means of transaction.
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
Oct 23, 2017
It’s been another turbulent year for the International Criminal Court (ICC). First, Russia withdrew its signature from the founding Rome Statute in late 2016. Since then, several other countries, particularly in Africa, have threatened to withdraw from the tribunal or pull back their support.
International agreements and regulatory frameworks mandating or encouraging carbon reduction strategies present challenges for clients and significant opportunities for law firms ready to guide companies through the complex web of rules and regulations. What is the potential for law firms to expand their environmental law practice through advising and facilitating transactions in the carbon credits market?
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
At least 70 political activists, intellectuals and prominent public figures were detained in Saudi Arabia in September in an unprecedented wave of mass arrests. Many observers see it as a crackdown on potential opposition to the rise of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his increasingly controversial policies.
People can buy virtual products and create their own settings on web platforms. The second group uses the metaverse to describe virtual worlds in general, where people might meet for business or enjoyment.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
Since early March 2020, Canada’s federal and provincial insurance regulators have implemented a series of significant initiatives in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and have also been making appropriate operational adjustments.
The United States Supreme Court has dismissed two of the major legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban.
A new study from the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) highlights gaps in international law as well as States’ failings in the search for victims of enforced disappearances. The study also puts forward recommendations with regard to investigating enforced disappearances – characterised as a continuous violation that remains unabated until the fate or whereabouts of a person are known.
It will also reference a pilot program to train lawyers and law enforcement personnel on the principle of non-punishment and ancillary matters and the creation of a dedicated online platform on the IBA/BIICL websites which will contain which will host videos, podcasts and web links to interviews with experts and practitioners from NGOs, international organisations and multi-stakeholder initiatives accessible to the public, as well as to legal professionals.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
In the face of ongoing atrocities in Syria, and despite years of the international community vowing ‘never again’, Myanmar presents the world with yet another crisis it appears unable, or unwilling, to halt. Over half a million people, predominantly stateless Rohingya Muslims, have fled Myanmar in the face of a brutal military campaign and the exodus continues. Upon their arrival in Bangladesh, men, women and children tell stories of indiscriminate killings, rape and torture
Feb 13, 2025
According to the International Bar Association’s (IBA) Future of Legal Services Commission (FLSC), artificial intelligence (AI) is a crucial topic that the legal profession needs to focus on more in the short-term. However, research undertaken by the FLSC reveals...
What is the effect of depersonalizing the dispute resolution process, especially non-verbal cues like body language and eye contact (even when web cameras are employed)? May parties feel that they have not been fully heard?
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
IBA Global Insight October/November 2017: The Gerrymandering case in front of the US Supreme Court is just one of the major issues prompting an assessment of the strength of institutions underpinning America’s democracy.
IBA Global Insight October/November 2017. Global Insight investigates a major yet secretive new alliance between Saudi Arabia and Israel intended to bring peace to a tumultuous region and make Saudi Arabia the uncontested leader of the Middle East.
As the world faces up to the scale of the climate emergency, Global Insight assesses just how far the Trump administration has gone in undermining the USA’s ability to show environmental leadership.
IBA Global Insight, October/November 2017: The rule of law in advanced twenty-first century societies is complex and finely balanced. Brexit will undoubtedly add complexity, and we need to be careful not to upset the equilibrium.
IBA Global Insight, October/November 2017: China’s $3tn Belt and Road initiative to bridge the infrastructure gap along trade routes to Africa, Asia and Europe signals its ambitions for maritime dominance and its more assertive and prominent role in global affairs.
IBA Global Insight October/November 2017: Governments, manufacturers and consumers are moving towards electric vehicles – a significant shift away from fossil fuel. Global Insight assesses who will benefit and who could put on the brakes.
Aug 12, 2021
Video games often include real-life 3D objects, particularly if the game is to be realistic. The trouble with real-life objects is that they may be protected by various intellectual property rights. Unless the right holder has consented to the real-life object being used in the game, the game’s developer or publisher risk infringing IP. The article discusses reported cases from the US and EU regarding in-game use of 3D objects.
Jun 08, 2021
In today’s modern sporting world, image rights can hold enormous commercial value to both the professional athlete and his club. Image rights can be defined as the proprietary rights that arise from the commercial exploitation of a sporting personality’s name and image. Sports image rights are very valuable assets. The iconic 1970s English soccer player, Kevin Keegan was the first sports personality to enter actively into what was known at the time as a ‘face contract’ for what was essentially his image rights. This article analyses the concept of image rights contract, a comparative analysis of the image rights regime in Europe and the United States of America, the regulatory challenges in the Nigerian Professional Football League, and the untapped commercial opportunities for athletes.
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