Legal Strategies : How Corporations Use Law to Improve Performance

Far from regarding the law as supreme, corporations approach law as an element of executive thought and action aimed at optimizing competitiveness. The objective of this book is to identify, explore and define corporate legal strategies that seek advantage in the opportunities revealed when the Law is perceived as a resource to be mobilized and aligned with the firm’s business and economic agendas. Introduction / D. Trevor Anderson -- From Legal Monitoring To Legal Core Competency : How To Integrate The Legal Dimension Into Strategic Management / Christophe Roquilly -- The Origin Of Legal Opportunities / Antoine Masson -- A Theory Of Legal Strategy / Lynn M. Lopucki And Walter O. Weyrauch -- Alternative Conceptions Of Legal Strategy And Strategic Legal Interpretation / Bernardo Bolaños-guerra, Guillaume Dupont And Emmanuel Picavet -- The Crucial Role Of Legal Capability In The Realisation Of Legal Strategies / Antoine Masson -- Litigation Cost Strategies From Economics / Rupert Macey-dare -- A Cognitive Approach To Judicial Strategies : A Perspective From The French Business Environment / Didier Danet -- Perspectives On Legal Strategy Through Alternative Dispute Resolution / Mary J. Shariff, Marlene Pomrenke And Vivian Hilder -- Strategic Planning To Avoid Organizational Criminal Liability : A Canadian Perspective / Darcy L. Macpherson. Corporate Risk Management And Legal Strategy / Alice Belcher -- A Legal Strategy Case Study : Trusts In Securitization / Darcy L. Macpherson -- Activist Hedge Funds And Legal Strategy Devices / Eveline Hellebuyck -- Patents And Trademarks : From Business Law To Legal Astuteness / Boualem Aliouat -- The Strategic Use Of Legal Margins : How To Introduce An Extension Of Someone Else's Brand / Ross D. Petty -- The Effect Of Complexity Of Law On Litigation Strategy / Diarmuid Rossa Phelan -- Evidence Collection As A Legal Resource For Strategy : A French And European Perspective / Thibault Du Manoir De Juaye -- Transnational Transactions : Legal Work, Cross-border Commerce And Global Regulation / Doreen Mcbarnet -- Limits To Horizontal Strategies : Majority Shareholders Facing Minority Activism / Edward I. Hyslop -- Innovation And Access : Legal Strategies At The Intellectual Property Rights And Competition Law Interface / Daryl Lim. Applied Advanced Legal Strategy In Court : The Example Of The International Criminal Court Court / Paul J. Zwier And Deanne C. Siemer. Antoine Masson, Mary J. Shariff, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xxii Front Matter....Pages 6-6 Introduction....Pages 1-3 From Legal Monitoring to Legal Core Competency: How to Integrate the Legal Dimension into Strategic Management....Pages 7-25 The Origin of Legal Opportunities....Pages 27-39 A Theory of Legal Strategy....Pages 41-87 Alternative Conceptions of Legal Strategy and Strategic Legal Interpretation....Pages 89-100 The Crucial Role of Legal Capability in the Realisation of Legal Strategies....Pages 101-116 Litigation Cost Strategies from Economics....Pages 117-181 A Cognitive Approach to Judicial Strategies: A Perspective from the French Business Environment....Pages 183-198 Front Matter....Pages 200-200 Perspectives on Legal Strategy through Alternative Dispute Resolution....Pages 201-224 Strategic Planning to Avoid Organizational Criminal Liability: A Canadian Perspective....Pages 225-245 Corporate Risk Management and Legal Strategy....Pages 247-265 A Legal Strategy Case Study: Trusts in Securitization....Pages 267-275 Activist Hedge Funds and Legal Strategy Devices....Pages 277-292 Patents and Trademarks: From Business Law to Legal Astuteness....Pages 293-315 The Strategic Use of Legal Margins: How to Introduce an Extension of Someone Else’s Brand....Pages 317-333 The Effect of Complexity of Law on Litigation Strategy....Pages 335-351 Evidence Collection as a Legal Resource for Strategy: A French and European Perspective....Pages 353-368 Transnational Transactions: Legal Work, Cross-Border Commerce and Global Regulation....Pages 369-386 Front Matter....Pages 388-388 Limits to Horizontal Strategies: Majority Shareholders Facing Minority Activism....Pages 389-402 Innovation and Access: Legal Strategies at the Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law Interface....Pages 403-437 Front Matter....Pages 440-440 Applied Advanced Legal Strategy in Court: The Example of the International Criminal Court....Pages 441-468 Back Matter....Pages 469-472 Far from regarding the law as supreme, corporations see it as an element of executive thought and action aimed at optimizing competitiveness. This book identifies, explores and defines corporate legal strategies that will enhance a firm's business agenda.