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Oxford Record – Nationalism, Populism and Identities: Contemporary Challenges
Reimagining IP in an ever-changing world – Global Digital Encounters
The disappearance of the LIBOR-USD and its replacement by the SOFR
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13 articles of the highest quality by experts in each subject analyzed.
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El blog Metamorphosis of the foundation FIDE, coordinated by Javier F. Samaniego, focuses on the analysis of legal issues related to innovation and disruptive technologies. The blog articles cover a variety of topics related to innovation and regulation, cybersecurity, digital transformation, alternative dispute resolution methods, law firm management, etc., as well as current reading recommendations. Authors are encouraged to write and comment. The concept of “metamorphosis” as a process of gradual transformation from an immature to an adult or completely different form is embedded in the philosophy of this blog that is committed to a positive change in the way we work and understand life.
Despite the fact that the recovery in the activity of American firms in 2021 was evident -especially in M&A and Real Estate- this year's report focuses almost exclusively on the great challenge that the "Great Resignation" is posing for the sector legal.
As 5G is one of the fundamental pillars to accelerate the digital transformation, it is crucial that the future Spanish law on 5G cybersecurity focuses on purely technical measures that reinforce security in the operation of 5G networks and leaves geopolitical issues and commercial policy to the foreign and commercial policy instruments available to the Government.
A month has passed since the Court of Justice of the European Union invalidated the European Commission Decision approving the
Clinical psychologist Jordan B. Peterson has been in the eye of the hurricane for the last few years since he stepped forward and refused
Without having to read much between the lines, the ambitious strategy shows the frustration at the marginal role that Europe plays on a game board that has dominated Silicon Valley for decades and now also Shenzhen.
A review of some of the headlines of the last few days is enough to understand that, to the most important of the collapses that we are suffering in
Alternative Legal Service Providers (“ALSPs”) have burst onto the legal market just as they did twenty-five years ago.
At the time of writing this chronicle about my impressions of the International Privacy + Security Forum (IPSF) that took place in Washington DC in full "cherry blossom" the past
Some cybercriminal, whose identity and location I am afraid no one will be able to remember, not only hacked my credit card, but also my post. Y
“I believe that by far the most important law in our entire code is that of the dissemination of knowledge among the people. It can not
“Those whom the gods love die young” Menander of Athens Luis dos Santos Martins Dear Luis: Today is a month since you left us. Were missing
"Video killed the radio star", the electronic Christmas ended with the Christmas greetings and, for the good of Europe and its digital economy, let's hope that
I wanted to use the digital version of the famous phrase used by Bill Clinton in his successful campaign in the American presidential elections of 1992 against
You may know who you are, but how do I know that you really are who you say you are? How, in other words, can
On May 11, we heard the conclusions of the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union in which he analyzes the nature
"The greatest misfortune of today's youth is no longer belonging to it" Salvador Dalí Centers of excellence - such as Harvard Law School - have a magnetism
For years when Buenos Aires and Madrid were not as close as these last days of February thanks to the State Visit of the
New business models burst into force in the legal sector. The market has been witnessing the arrival of LPO (Legal
Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Adoration of the Magi. AC. 1475 SAMANIEGO Law is commemorating the 500th anniversary of Hieronymus Bosch's death Javier Fernández-Samaniego javier.samaniego@samaniegolaw.com
The veteran lawyer of the Legal Department of Telefónica Alejandro Sánchez del Campo is really a "legal replicant" who has been on board for the last three years
Regulating the digital world is complicated and has become a continuous "tug of war" between the Administration, internet companies and citizens. As pointed out
Unsurprisingly, it is clear from the news this summer regarding Uber, Tesla and Amazon that we are already entering a new
Storms are natural. They happen from time to time, they are unpleasant and frightening, but in the end one survives and the sun reappears. (“The Most
Managing Partner of Samaniego Law. Lawyer and specialist in contractual and litigation advice for suppliers and clients of Information Technology. He was one of the pioneering lawyers in Spain in advising on the protection of personal data. He advises national and multinational companies on outsourcing contracts, new business models based on disruptive technologies and on the prevention and resolution of conflicts involving complex technological issues. It has close ties in the United States and Latin America. He is an arbitrator of the specialized ICT section of the Court of the Madrid Chamber of Commerce and an associate of the Spanish Arbitration Club. He is a mediator accredited by CEDR in London and is part of the Distinguished “Neutral” Panel of CPR in New York. He opened the Bird & Bird Madrid office in 2005 and previously collaborated professionally with the Linklaters and Cuatrecasas offices. He began his career as a lawyer at the public entity CDTI (Center for Industrial Technological Development). Member of the Academic Council of FIDE. Senior Fellow at the Steven J Green School of International and Public Affairs (FIU – Florida International University).
