Legal Updates
Luxury retail’s strategic growth in Brazil: challenges and opportunities
Stocche Forbes lawyers Paola Carrara and Thiago Porto Ribeiro explore how Brazil’s complex legal environment offers opportunities and challenges for luxury brands seeking to expand into the country
‘Of vital significance’: Mazur ruling clarifies who can conduct litigation
UK Court of Appeal overturns High Court decision in the controversial case of Mazur and others v Charles Russell Speechlys
Navigating uncertainty: hardship clauses in luxury retail contracts under Spanish law
Hogan Lovells’ Adrián Fernández de Pedro examines how hardship clauses are becoming a strategic contractual tool for luxury retailers operating in a volatile global environment
New Spanish customer service law shifts luxury retail-client relationships
Hogan Lovells’ Adrián Fernández de Pedro examines how Spain’s new customer service law reshapes legal obligations for luxury retailers
Court of Appeal convenes to consider controversial Mazur ruling on litigation rights
Chartered Institute of Legal Executives claims judgment has had ‘profound’ impact
Influencer marketing in Brazil: where luxury meets consumer protection law and CONAR
Stocche Forbes lawyers Thiago Porto Ribeiro and Mateus Lino Ferreira analyse the legal and regulatory considerations of influencer marketing practices in Brazil’s luxury sector
How luxury brands can benefit from Macau’s million-MOP magnet programme
BN Lawyers’ Bruno Nunes explains how the ‘First Store Economy’ programme is luring global luxury brands to this Asian gateway country
Handles fall off US luxury bag case
Freeths’ Martin Noble explores the recent dismissal of the proposed US class action against Hermès and the line between lawful and unlawful selling practices for luxury brands
SkyKick’s impact: English courts begin trimming broad trademark specifications
Recent Wise trademark dispute suggests end of an era for broad specifications going unchallenged, write Katten Muchin Rosenman lawyers Nathan Smith and Anita Hodea
Before the doors close: helping distressed fashion retailers avoid costly mistakes during difficult times
Morrison Cohen lawyers Keith Markel, David J. Kozlowski and Alana Mildner Smolow discuss strategies for brands in a time of unprecedented fashion and retail bankruptcies
Motor finance: luxury cars, secret commissions and a UK Supreme Court ruling
Freeth’s partner Richard Coates breaks down the ruling and its implications for luxury car dealers and owners
Stephenson Harwood enlisted to advise on consumer class action against Amazon over pricing
Amazon faces claim it inflated prices for more than 45 million UK consumers
Brands beware: US states are taking their own approach to cosmetic safety
Loeb & Loeb’s Kristin Klesh explains what beauty brands need to know about the rise of toxic-free laws
UK seeks to modernise arbitration as new legislation comes into force
Arbitration Act 2025 will apply to all arbitration proceedings commencing from today
UK Supreme Court upholds Russia sanctions in landmark ruling
Court dismisses two appeals to overturn sanctions, setting precedent for proportionality in sanctions cases