AI, Accountability, and Safe Data Practices: What’s Taking Shape Across EMEA

The WLG Privacy & Data Protection Group convened in October for an EMEA-focused discussion centered on three fast-moving areas: immaterial damage claims under the GDPR, Microsoft’s contractual and technical data protection regime, and how AI models can be trained lawfully under European privacy law. The session offered a clear view of how...

Platform & Marketplace Responsibility for Unlawful/Infringing Content and Safe Harbors

How are courts and regulators redefining "neutral” platforms? That question set the stage during the WLG Intellectual Property Group’s virtual meeting earlier this month , where Tom Heremans of CMS Belgium opened with an overview of how EU case law has evolved on intermediary liability. Early decisions involving Google AdWords, eBay,...

Global ESG Landscape: Key Legal and Regulatory Shifts

World Law Group’s ESG Practice Group met in October to compare recent ESG regulatory and market developments across the United States, China, and Europe. Discussions highlighted how shifting disclosure mandates, political headwinds, and divergent national priorities are reshaping compliance expectations and creating new advisory opportunities...

From Client Expectations to Practical Action: Raising the Bar in Global Legal Service

At WLG | regional NYC, two senior in-house counsels — Anca Paraian of GE HealthCare and Joseph Wiltse of H.B. Fuller —shared candid reflections on what truly matters when working with outside counsel across multiple jurisdictions. Moderated by Luc Attlan of Faegre Drinker (Illinois, USA) , the discussion was both practical and...

Business on the Move: Cross-Border Immigration Trends

At the recent WLG | regional conference in New York, members from across the Americas region learned how rapidly shifting immigration policies are shaping business decisions and what companies can do to stay ahead.