Unlocking Opportunity: How Health Technology Companies Can Lead in EU Data Compliance
Why Now Is the Time to Act The EU Data Act (Regulation (EU) 2023/2854) and the European Health Data Space (EHDS, Regulation (EU) 2024/1369) present a transformative moment for health technology companies. While these regulations introduce new compliance requirements, they also open doors to innovation, market leadership, and stronger customer trust. Many companies have focused […]
The use of new work methods and technology in corporate legal matters
We recently assisted a customer in a relatively standard contract matter regarding the sale of equipment. The work was done in essentially the same way as at least 30 years ago. A base of more than a hundred pages (to which, over the decades, some security was always added, but probably nothing was ever deleted), […]
Preventing money laundering and terrorist financing: new perspectives and the guidelines of the Financial Supervisory Authority
A few years ago, I would not have guessed that I could get professionally excited about the topic of preventing money laundering and terrorist financing. However, this has happened. My article deals with the monstrosity of words “HR3C”, which stands for high-risk third countries from an anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML) […]
Alternative legal service providers establish Nordic alliance
LegalWorks Nordic AB, Laissa Oy, IBF Legal AS and Experticon ApS have formalized a Nordic alliance. The firms have a history of collaboration, but now decided to create a formal alliance. One of the main purposes of the collaboration is to be able to serve clients on a pan-Nordic basis, but also to support existing […]
Eight rules of thumb for data protection
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the most important change in data privacy regulation in 20 years. It goes live in less than 227 days, on May 25, 2018. Here are my eight rules of thumb to assist you with your GDPR compliance project . 1) Check what you collect and why you process personal […]
Innovation and law – what’s up?
I just spent two days at the legal innovation event Lexpo’17 in Amstedam this week. What a collection of speakers and good discussion. Ron Friedmann, Jordan Furlong, Rohit Talwar, Adam Billing, Daniel Katz and Katie Atkinson, among others, shared their ideas and thinking with us. Below you will find some observations from the session.
LegalWorks and Laissa to provide seamless services in the Nordics
We are happy to inform that LegalWorks Nordic AB and Laissa Oy have entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with the purpose of enabling seamless services to customers in Sweden and Finland. “Our expertise and how we see the future legal services complement each other. Together with LegalWorks Nordic we can support our customers seamlessly. I am […]
Some intellectual property tips for start ups
Slush 2015 finished in Helsinki last week. What a great event it was, once again. Thanks organisers and volunteers and congratulations to CareMonkey for winning the pitching competition this year. During Slush I discussed intellectual property related issues with many entrepreneurs and thought that it could be useful to share some of my observations and […]
Six observations on values and way of working for legal teams
Do lawyers have emotions? Do feelings impact performance? Does openness and transparency improve performance of legal teams? Yes. Yes. Yes. Values and ways of working are as important for legal teams as for any other teams. Below you will six questions and recommendations for your consideration. 1) Are your values understandable, understood, shared and actionable? […]
Eight-point list of legal and contractual topics for start-ups
Next week Helsinki will be buzzling with start-ups, investors and other interested parties. Here is my eight-point list of legal and contractual topics for start-ups in the Slush spirit. 1) Protect your competitive advantage with intellectual property rights and confidentiality when possible. 2) Do not reveal your secrets without proper confidentiality agreements and even then […]