French National Assembly Advances Legal Protections for In-House Counsel

As a leading industrialised nation, France must address its current lack of protection for in-house legal advice. This deficiency has put French companies in a...

Enhancing the protection of internal legal advice: A key step to bolster France’s and Europe’s global attractiveness and competitiveness

As a leading industrialised nation, France must address its current lack of protection for in-house legal advice. This deficiency has put French companies in a...

Data-Driven Business Models: the role of legal teams in delivering success

Data collection and utilisation have become a widespread discussion topic in all public spheres, whether it concerns democratic elections, the monetisation of consumer activities online...

Celebrating the European Day of Justice 2021 – No justice without independent lawyers

In keeping with this year’s theme of “No justice without independent lawyers”, the ECLA is proud to reiterate that company lawyers are independent by design,...

ECLA & ACC joint feedback on the 2021 EU Justice Scoreboard

On 8 April 2021, ECLA and ACC jointly submitted their feedback form on the 2021 EU Justice Scoreboard.

ECLA: JONATHAN MARSH AND GIOVANNI CERUTTI RE-ELECTED AS PRESIDENT AND TREASURER, RESPECTIVELY

On 26 November 2020, the General Assembly of the European Company Lawyers Association decided to re-elect Jonathan Marsh as President and Giovanni Cerutti as Treasurer...

New CMS report looks into how General Counsel view the evolution and the position of their roles

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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...

Legal Disruption is Back in 2020

ECLA has kicked off the new decade by hosting a Legal Disruption roadshow event in Dublin, Ireland. The roadshow in 2020 builds on the foundation...

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...