By Essilor International  Essilor, the world leader in ophthalmic optics, announced  on October 3rd  award-winning  design  consultancy,  TEAMS  Design,  as  winners  of  the  See Change Challenge. Launched in July 2016, the challenge called for innovative solutions to improve the lives of the 2.5 billion people who cannot see the world clearly by facilitating access to vision care. TEAMS Design developed an easy-to-use, low cost, scalable solution called “QuickCheck” that can enable primary vision care providers in underserved areas to screen...

By ING ING announced today it has started to offer online lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in France and Italy. The proposition fits ING's strategy to grow its lending business to SMEs and creating a differentiating customer experience. The offering has been developed in a unique collaboration with suppliers and fintechs, including Kabbage, the fintech ING is already offering instant lending with to SMEs in Spain since 2016. ING invested in Kabbage late 2015. The service will be...

By Stout Motivations and methods for valuing this high-profile asset class. A trademark is defined by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as “a word, phrase, symbol, and/or design that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of another.”1 A properly developed trademark should quickly communicate positive or prominent characteristics of a company or product to the market. In this sense, a trademark can be an impactful, cost-effective marketing tool for companies that...

By Christopher B. Chuff | Joanna J. Cline | Douglas D. Herrman |James H. S. Levine | Pepper Hamilton LLP| Reprinted with permission from the October 11, 2017 edition of the Delaware Business Court Insider. © 2017 ALM Media Properties, LLC. All rights reserved. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. (ALMReprints.com, 877.257.3382). A recent decision by the Delaware Court of Chancery, Mehta v. Kaazing, C.A. No. 2017-0087-JRS (Del. Ch. Sept. 29), confirms that stockholder demands to inspect corporate books and records based...

Co-authored by Caitlin O'Connell Senior Analyst | Management Consulting | +1.312.752.3365 | coconnellstoutadvisory.com  | STOUT   An Internet search for the phrase “data breach” will certainly yield no shortage of headlines. In 2016 alone, the Panama Papers exposure, the Democratic National Committee leak, Yahoo’s reported breaches, and many other incidents have shown that no one company, law firm, government agency, or even individual is immune from the consequences of a data breach. According to a report by the Identity Theft Resource Center and CyberScout,...

By Sarah Cadiot, Laura De Boel, Rossana Fol, and Bastiaan Suurmond  | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati On October 18, 2017, the European Commission (EU Commission) published its report on the first annual review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework (Privacy Shield).1 The EU Commission confirms that the Privacy Shield ensures an adequate level of protection for EU personal data that is transferred to the U.S., but calls on the U.S. government to implement a number of recommendations. Certified companies can...

By Lincoln International Lincoln International is pleased to bring you the latest Global Packaging Stock Index publication. Key topics covered in this issue include: Global Packaging Company Operating Statistics and Valuation Parameters Global Packaging Stock Index by Sector Select Global Packaging Company News M&A Transaction Highlights We encourage you to download the pdf version of our latest Packaging Stock Index and hope you find it to be an informative and interesting read.We continue to be highly active in the packaging market...

By Angela Sadang   | Director, Advisory Services Group| Marks Paneth The OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) – is an inter-governmental economic organization comprised of 35 member countries that was founded in 1960 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. In October 2015, the OECD issued a report on its G-20 BEPS Project (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) – which focused on providing governments with solutions for closing the gaps in existing international tax and transfer pricing rules that allow...