ECLA/GCLC General Counsel Roundtable Rome: Supply Chain and Other Contemporary Challenges
We are back in Rome, Italy 🇮🇹 together with 20 colleagues for our 6th General Counsel Roundtable in the Eternal City...
22 Nov
Activities
08 Nov
Corporate Counsel Academy Course on US Business Law a Success
Today, ECLA is honored to see our Corporate Counsel Academy conducting a comprehensive certification course on European companies expanding their business operations to the US. Led by the North-Carolina-based expertise of Hutchison PLLC and EisnerAmper, this course offers European companies essential, practical guidance on...
31 Oct
Embracing Generative AI: A Legal Revolution in the Making
The transformative power of generative AI has been the most discussed topics across corporate boardrooms and C-suites globally. Companies, regardless of size or industry, or regardless of the departments within, have been rushing to adopt AI solutions, with 2024 reports showing mass adoption of generative...
08 Oct
ECLA/GCLC General Counsel Forum Europe: Berlin
Impressive kick-off Keynotes at the General Counsel Forum Europe in Berlin, Germany… The 41st Anniversary General Counsel Forum Europe of ECLA and the GCLC just started with 200 participants from 32 different countries. The morning showed the innovative power of the legal market and the height speed...
24 Sep
ECLA General Manager Marcus M. Schmitt in North Macedonia
Harnessing AI for Legal & Business Excellence was the topic of last weeks conference in Skopje, North Macedonia 🇲🇰 ECLA's General Manger Marcus M. Schmitt spoke at this impressive conference about the European legal market, the profession of in-house counsel and how artificial intelligence is reshaping...
20 Sep
ECLA Executive Board Workshop in Paris
Last week the ECLA Executive Board met in Paris 🇫🇷 for a strategy workshop 2025… During that 1,5 day brainstorming session at the headquarters of Technicolor Group we elaborated on the main headaches for Corporate Legal Departments for 2025. Besides various current and upcoming legal challenges the...
11 Apr
European Court of Human rights passes ruling on State’s responsibility on the environment
On 9 April 2024, the European Court of Human Rights passed a landmark judgment on the responsibility of States concerning climate change impact on its citizens. The Verein Klimaseniorinnen Schweiz And Others V. Switzerland ruling based its reasoning on Article 8 of ECHR, regarding the...
21 Feb
Europe remains a global leader in innovation, ability to commercialise lagging
In 14 February 2024, the European Commission published its 2024 Annual Single Market and Competitiveness Report. The report, following established KPIs that define competitiveness based on nine distinct drivers, aims to give a comprehensive overview of both positive and negative trends within the Single Market....
21 Apr
Legal Departments Expect More Than 40% of Their Work to Involve Legal Technology in Next 5 Years
The Legal Departments in a Digital Era Survey from Wolters Kluwer and ECLA found that a considerable proportion of legal departments across Europe acknowledge the need to improve multiple aspects of organization, processes and management of legal departments....
20 Dec
The European Company Lawyers Association becomes partner of Respect Zone to prevent cyber bullying
ECLA is proud to announce it has joined NGO Respect Zone in its fight against harassement and cyber violence. ECLA is committed to the values of non-discrimination, non-violence and equal treatment, and looks forward to this fruitful cooperation with Respect Zone. ...