By Athina Kontosakou, Consulting Attorney
18 October 2011 – Almost a month before the adoption of a package of measures improving the system of competition enforcement in Europe, we attended the 15th Annual Competition…more
6 May 2011 – I settled in Brussels about seven years ago (I hold several nationalities and am fluent in several languages) after a career in the U.S. in intellectual property law (with which I am still deeply involved) and a…more
17 March 2011 — Websites including Google and Facebook that operate from the U.S. but which target consumers in Europe will be bound to follow tighter EU privacy and data protection rules being drawn up by the European Union,…more
18 January 2011 — The European Data Protection Supervisor, Peter Hustinx, has issued an opinion in response to the Commission’s Communication regarding the “Review of the Data Protection Legal Framework” . Hustinx agrees with…more
LONDON (September 29, 2010) – UNIFIED OS Ltd and Project Counsel SCS announced today the launch of their new document review center in London. The center is located in heart of the city in the UNIFIED corporate…more
6 October 2010 –Former Société Générale trader Jérome Kerviel was found guilty of breach of trust, computer abuse and forgery by a Paris court on Tuesday for his role in a trading scandal that cost the bank close to €5bn…more
14 July 2010 — The European Commission has opened negotiations with the US on the creation of a data protection agreement that would govern all data transfers between the EU and the US. Last week Viviane Reding, Commissioner for…more
2 July 2010 – The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a measure banning patent settlements struck between brand-name and generic pharmaceutical companies to delay the release of generic drugs. The goal? To shave nearly $2…more
Reported by: Darius Champion, special correspondent to Project Counsel and Gregory P. Bufithis, founder and chairman of Project Counsel
23 June 2010 — We have had the good fortune these last two weeks to be following the…more
Official transcript of the Bilski v. Kappos November 09, 2009, oral argument before the United States Supreme Court.
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Preface: If we are to believe the prognosis of many economists, the current recession is on the verge of ending. The rebounding economy will most likely re-invigorate corporations to push their markets globally. This, in turn,…more
The United States is the only developed country without a universal program of health care coverage. As many as 50 million Americans lack insurance. While many Americans are dissatisfied with the health care system, attempts to…more
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