GC Issue: Autumn 2017

As more and more states in the US opt to regulate the production and sale of recreational marijuana, GC examines a developing industry and the contentious legal frameworks enabling it.

Peter Ferola talks GC through a busy few years at BioTelemetry – including highlights from the company’s ten strategic acquisitions, corporate restructure, and a new venture into digital population health management.

Once a domain restricted solely to superpowers, the turn of the millennium has seen space flight shift from the public to the private sector, with commercial activity truly beginning to take off. GC sits down with leading figures across the industry, as well as those helping to develop and institute the necessary legal frameworks, for an inside look at a booming business.

For the latest in our Dinner with GC series, we assembled a group of prominent intellectual property specialists to discuss the future of patent law in the US, during a period of wholesale change from both the courts and legislature.

An experienced Silicon Valley hand, Reggie Davis discusses fostering corporate growth and the challenges of taking cutting edge technology global.

Charlene Ripley shares the risks and rewards of working in Canada’s goldmining industry.

GC delves inside Startup@BerkeleyLaw, a University of California, Berkeley initiative that trains law students, entrepreneurs and investors on the ins and outs of the startup ecosystem.

GC pays a visit to ‘Moot Court’, where in-house and external lawyers collaborate to support young people from East Palo Alto who aspire to a career in law.

Former molecular biologist Jean Liu tells GC about the challenges and rewards of working for a biotech company at the forefront of innovation in cancer treatment.

David Burgess, publishing director of The Legal 500, offers an insight into the changing nature of legal service delivery models and how in-house legal departments are driving reform – or not.