Talking Law with Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

Ivan Zapien, partner in the Government Relations and Public Affairs practice chats with Daniella Gibbs Léger, executive vice president, communications and strategy at the Center for American Progress and Hilary Tompkins, partner at Hogan Lovells on how political decision makers will have to consider the needs of the African American and Native American communities.

Ivan Zapien, partner in the Government Relations and Public Affairs practice chats with Brenda Gianiny, president at Axis Research, Inc. and Madalene Mielke CEO and President at Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) on the Republican women as well as the growing influence of the Asian Pacific community in politics.

Ivan Zapien, Partner in the Government Relations and Public Affairs practice chats with Katherine Pereira, specialist at Hogan Lovells and Albert Morales from Latino Decisions on the growing influence of Hispanic voters in American politics and offers insight on issues impacting this community.

In this episode, Laura Kind, Global Head of Culture and Change at Hogan Lovells, chats with Rochael Adranly, Partner and General Counsel at renowned global design company IDEO, an organization committed to creating positive impact through design thinking.

They explore the intersection of design thinking and law firm culture, and how to build the foundation for success in a business driven by human connection.  

In today’s episode, we’ll visit with Hogan Lovells partners Mike Theis (Denver), Peter Spivack (Washington, D.C.), and Ginny Gibson (Philadelphia). They’ll be discussing the areas, cases, and trends they believe will have an impact on FCA enforcement moving forward.

In this episode, Meryl Bernstein, Partner and co-head of Hogan Lovells Global Retail, Consumer Products, and Fashion group chats with Sarah LaFleur, Founder and CEO of MM.LaFleur, a cutting-edge wardrobe solution for women in the workplace.

They talk about the future of retail, the role of data in customization, and forces that are transforming how we buy clothes.   

In today’s episode, we’ll visit with Hogan Lovells partners, Mike Theis, from our Denver office, and Chandri Navarro, from our Washington, D.C., office, as they discuss the rise in FCA qui tam suits in the midst of the trade war, defending against those claims, and what companies can be doing to minimize the possibility of facing FCA investigations or litigation.

In this episode, we’ll visit with Hogan Lovells partner Jonathan Diesenhaus, from our Washington D.C. office, and counsel Julia McLetchie, from our Boston office, as they discuss the new scrutiny around alleged “false” medical judgments and the effect recent appellate decisions are having on the FCA landscape.

In this episode, we’ll visit with Hogan Lovells partner Gejaa Gobena, from our Washington D.C. office, and senior associate Emily Lyons, from our Denver office, as they discuss the Brand and Granston memos at the one year mark and the effect they are having on FCA matters.

In this episode, we'll visit with Hogan Lovells partner Gejaa Gobena and senior associate Sarah Marberg, from our Washington D.C. office, as they discuss the continued power of Escobar in FCA matters.

Class actions have become an increasingly common means to seek redress in data privacy cases. With data breaches and data privacy claims on the rise, we asked our lawyers in France and the U.S. what you should bear in mind.

This special three-part series, part of the Hogan Lovells’ Straight Talks podcast, looks at the spread of U.S. style litigation to Europe.

In episode 2, Hogan Lovells partner Olaf Gaertner from our Munich office speaks with Bill Regan from our New York office, about shareholder litigation. It's landed in Europe, so what can we learn from the U.S. experience?

This special three-part series, part of the Hogan Lovells’ Straight Talks podcast, looks at the spread of U.S. style litigation to Europe.

Ryan Philp of our New York office speaks with Manon Cordewener from our Amsterdam office, about class actions in an M&A context.  What are the similarities and differences between the U.S. and EU regimes, and how will class actions develop in Europe?

In this episode, Hogan Lovells' Global Head of Legal Services Delivery Stephen Allen picks the brain of Andrew Arruda, Co-Founder and CEO of the groundbreaking artificial intelligence company ROSS Intelligence about some of the greatest benefits and most complex challenges facing AI in the legal field.

Stephen Allen, Global Head of Legal Services Delivery at Hogan Lovells sits down with Stephanie Hamon, Managing Director and Head of External Engagement at Barclays to talk about how in-house and outside counsel can best work together to address their legal resourcing needs in a rapidly changing legal environment.

Logan Breed, a partner with Hogan Lovells’ Antitrust practice, sits down with Daniela Combe, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at IBM.

They talk about the explosion of data, the emergence of AI and cognitive computing – and the evolving relationship between in-house and outside counsel.

If you've got any worries about the GDPR – Europe's new data privacy regime - then we're here to help with our recently recorded webcast, explaining why there's no need to panic. It's a great discussion, with our industry-leading panel looking offering lots of helpful tips and practical examples of how you can prepare for the GDPR, even now the 25 May deadline has passed - and make sure you don't fall foul of regulators.

Kelly Hardy, co-chair of our Consumer industry group talks with Anna Maria Vitek, EVP and and GC for Legal and Compliance for North America, Latin America and APAC at GfK, one of the largest market research companies about the impacts of a rapidly-digitized consumer experience on the legal function.

With autonomous cars creating historic disruption in the automotive industry, some countries are reassessing regulations while trying to seize market leadership. Policymakers and industry players in the U.S. are collaborating to design rules that support the advancement of better transportation environments, while regulators in Europe are pushing for international laws to be revised so they can legalize fully autonomous vehicles. 

The autonomous era is compelling other changes as well and automakers will need legal advisors with a broad comprehension of the industry, competitive landscape, and international policy. 

In the final installment of our autonomous and connected vehicles podcast series, Hogan Lovells Partner Patrick Ayad and Senior Counsel Lance Bultena discuss how autonomous vehicles are challenging decades of regulations and shaping perspectives around the world.

Not long ago, an automotive “innovation” meant a new way of engineering a powertrain or emissions system, which would then be patented by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or supplier. A “gentlemen’s agreement” allowed competitors to maintain similar portfolios, routinely infringe on patents, and sustain relationships that were mostly devoid of litigation. 

But autonomous and connected vehicles have changed all that. Advanced technology has introduced new competitors into the market that are not bound by old rules.

In this podcast, Celine Crowson and Dr. Martin Fähndrich, partners at Hogan Lovells, discuss the unprecedented disruptions under way in the automotive industry, and why OEMs want policymakers to let autonomous vehicle technologies influence future regulations—not the other way around. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was created in 1970 to safeguard the environment against pollutants. The tidal wave of environmental regulations that followed impacted every industry in the United States, especially the automotive market. Decades later, organizations have internalized these regulations into their culture.

Today, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is driving a regulatory wave of similar scope, but now the need is to safeguard data against cyber attacks and privacy breaches. And once again, the automobile industry will feel the regulatory impact. Autonomous and connected cars are essentially “rolling smart devices,” and as they enter the mainstream in the EU and United States, automakers are increasingly reliant on data for safe, efficient vehicle operations. But security and privacy concerns and penalties for regulatory noncompliance demand that manufacturers review their policies — and perspectives — on data storage and use.

In this podcast, Tim Tobin and Winston Maxwell, partners at Hogan Lovells, discuss how cybersecurity, data privacy, and ownership concerns are influencing the development of connected cars and autonomous vehicles.

The autonomous vehicle revolution has introduced an exciting array of innovations into the automobile industry. Groundbreaking technology has created ingenious ways to address mobility and traffic issues. But it has also built unrealistic expectations about the safety, capabilities, and limitations of self-driving cars. 

In this podcast, Michael Kidney and Sebastian Polly, both product liability partners at Hogan Lovells, expose little-known facts about the challenges that programmers, engineers, and operators face in this new autonomous driving world. For example, autonomous vehicle manufacturers in the EU face different thresholds for negligence than manufacturers in the U.S., as in the U.S. manufacturers could be held liable for not using technology they didn’t even know existed.

Scenarios are further complicated by the evolving definition of a “safe” vehicle. And, as technology is refined, the ethical complexities of “crash optimization” present a philosophical quandary, as manufacturers and consumers try to define the “acceptable” consequences of an unavoidable crash.