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In the new episode of the Nurse Executive Podcast, Nicholas Chmielewski speaks with AnnMarie Papa, DNP, RN, CEN, NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN, nurse leader emeritus at Jefferson Health in Philadelphia. In a discussion that focuses on retirement and succession planning within nursing leadership, they explore Dr. Papa’s career journey, leadership philosophy, succession planning strategies, and current role at Jefferson Health. Listen to the full episode ▶️ https://lnkd.in/gzkz7Snv

Investment treaty claims are typically raised under the five heads of loss: diminution in value of an investment, loss of profits, loss of opportunity, investment expenditure and incidental expenses. Crosby MacDonald, Nikola Stambolic, and Adnan Girach discuss these and the selection of the most appropriate valuation approach in treaty claims in their article “Choosing the Appropriate Approach for Loss Assessments” in Lexology’s “In Depth: Investment Treaty Arbitration.” Read more (subscription required) → https://lnkd.in/eRMjyuWj #internationalarbitration #disputes

BRG is pleased to announce that Sophie Park, Ph.D., a testifying economic expert with more than twenty years of experience across transfer pricing, antitrust, and securities litigation consulting, has joined the firm as a director based in Boston. Dr. Park advises on controversy, litigation, audit defense, and advance pricing agreement matters. Her arrival expands BRG’s transfer pricing offering, an area she will help build out alongside the firm’s Securities and Antitrust Economic Consulting teams. “Sophie brings a rare combination of deep transfer pricing expertise and rigorous econometric training from her academic and antitrust and securities litigation background,” said BRG Vice Chairman David Sunding, leader of the firm’s Economics, Disputes & Investigations service line. “Her experience defending intercompany pricing positions and valuing intellectual property across technical industries strengthens our ability to support clients facing complex tax controversy and disputes. We’re delighted to have her on board as we grow our transfer pricing capabilities.” Read the full press release → https://lnkd.in/dbScxFFZ

There is no written manual for stepping into leadership—but there is a lightning round.  James Breese, a partner at Stewarts, is off the clock: football, mountains, time travel, favorite show, and a karaoke pick he's "definitely not qualified to sing."    James and BRG’s Mark Jennings use the holiday classic Home Alone to discuss leadership, resilience, adaptability, and the challenge of creating an environment where people can grow into their own style.    Swipe through and then listen to the BRG Future Shapers podcast for a thoughtful conversation about mentorship, partnership, and building successful teams ▶️ https://lnkd.in/g_DSNhDw    #FutureShapers #leadership #podcast #BRG   

How do you put a monetary value "moral damages"? In international treaty arbitration, moral damages claims are becoming increasingly common but lack established methodologies on how to quantify. Awards often rely on ad hoc amounts, making outcomes difficult to predict or reconcile and leaving many parties unsatisfied. Manuel Angel Abdala and Franco Abdala-Arata demonstrate four established economic techniques that can help quantify moral damages in a more transparent, consistent, and analytically rigorous way. Read their Law360 article here: https://lnkd.in/eM-sXMDN This thinking builds on an article by the authors published in ICSID Review: https://lnkd.in/eTFzMd-Z

BRG is proud to welcome Amparo Nieto as a director in the Energy & Climate group. Amparo is an economist with more than thirty years of testifying and advisory experience on critical regulatory policy matters, including as an expert witness before energy regulatory commissions. Her decades of experience helping utilities and regulators navigate complex pricing and market-design challenges will add great value for clients adapting to a rapidly changing energy landscape. Read the full announcement - https://lnkd.in/ePAxSpYM

Not all industries face equal dispute risk in 2026, with two sectors in particular demanding closer attention, according to BRG's seventh-annual M&A Disputes Report Financial services retained its position as the dominant dispute hotspot: 51% of respondents reported increased activity there in 2025, up from 43% in 2024. But the more telling stories involve what is happening in energy and climate and in healthcare and life sciences. Energy and climate is the breakout sector for 2026, with 44% of respondents expecting disputes to increase—the largest forward-looking gain of any industry. In EMEA, that figure rises to one in two respondents, the highest share of any region for any sector. The energy transition brings enormous deal activity but also structural complexity: assets that are difficult to value, long-dated performance metrics and evolving regulatory obligations create fertile ground for post-closing conflict. Healthcare follows a similar trajectory, driven by an intensification of regulatory scrutiny at both the federal and state levels. Meanwhile, FinTech tells the opposite story. Just 29% expect FinTech disputes to rise in 2026—a sharp drop from the 40% who reported an increase in 2025 and well below the 45% who had predicted that growth a year ago. As regulatory frameworks mature and market volatility stabilises in parts of the sector, dispute exposure is moderating. The dispute landscape is shifting sector by sector. Understanding where risk is concentrating—and why—is the first step to get ahead of it. Explore the full findings in our M&A Disputes Report → https://lnkd.in/exyx_X4w #BRGMandAdisputes #MergersandAcquisitions #energyMandA #healthcareMandA #disputes #dealmaking #MandA

Amy Reeder Worley, JD, CIPP, CIPM, CISSP, AIGP recently joined Business Intelligence Group’s Winners’ Circle podcast to discuss how AI has made it harder for companies to treat privacy, security, and governance as separate functions. She also discusses "Confidence by Design," her eleven-principle framework that synthesizes core governance requirements from privacy law, cybersecurity best practice, and AI risk management into a single unified architecture. Listen here → https://lnkd.in/e3TPDxwS

Healthcare organizations can’t build resilient supply chains on unreliable data. Yet many struggle with fragmented and poorly standardized information—even as supply chain data increasingly influences clinical, operational, and financial decisions. Eric Wyner, MBA, CMRP explains why AI and automation are only as effective as the data behind them and how healthcare organizations can build the visibility needed to make faster, better supply chain decisions. Read his article in the new issue of BRG's ThinkSet magazine ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eqG9du-Z Find out more about the full issue >>> https://lnkd.in/gxCwDgxc

AI incidents are no longer just hypothetical; they're becoming a growing business, legal, and compliance challenge. Organizations are entering a new era of investigations: from employees using unauthorized AI tools with sensitive data to AI-driven decisions creating bias, compliance exposure, or regulatory scrutiny. The complexity of understanding what happened, who is responsible, and how to respond effectively makes AI incidents different. The organizations best positioned for success proactively build the controls, processes, and investigative capabilities to manage AI-related risks before they become crises. To find out more, read the new article from Brad Wilson, Eric M., Alex Jacobs, Kelli Foy, Steve Chapin, and Zachary Skrehot → https://lnkd.in/eqAKha2W