Legal Updates

Macau 29 June 2023: Macau downtown city in Taipa at night

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

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Logo sign of Hermes on a wall of an old building located in downtown Bern, Switzerland, March 2020. The logo is lit up. Hermes is a brand that offers luxury goods and is famous of designer handbags.

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

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SkyKick’s impact: English courts begin trimming broad trademark specifications

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

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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

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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

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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

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Applying the legal lippy

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

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UK seeks to modernise arbitration as new legislation comes into force

UK seeks to modernise arbitration as new legislation comes into force

Arbitration Act 2025 will apply to all arbitration proceedings commencing from today

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Russian President Vladimir Putin held the meeting with the senior officials of the Government of the Russian Federation, its constituent organizations. Russia Moscow. 11 May 2020

UK Supreme Court upholds Russia sanctions in landmark ruling

Court dismisses two appeals to overturn sanctions, setting precedent for proportionality in sanctions cases

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Anthropic, Meta fair use rulings in AI training expose judicial split on market harms

Anthropic, Meta fair use rulings in AI training expose judicial split on market harms

Recent US copyright rulings on Gen AI model training disputes suggests plaintiffs may need to build stronger cases around ‘market dilution’ harms, write McKool Smith lawyers Avery Williams and Joseph Micheli

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Storytelling is key to brand differentiation – key takeaways from Luxury Law Summit London

Storytelling is key to brand differentiation – key takeaways from Luxury Law Summit London

Delegates heard from luxury luminaries like former Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman and celebrated designers Julien Macdonald and Karen Millen

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LEEDS, UK - 7 SEPTEMBER 2015. Phones 4U Store. The former phones 4u mobile telephone retailer shop in Leeds. The once successful retail chain was eventually placed into administration.

Delayed judgments scrutinised as Court of Appeal rejects Phones 4U collusion claims against mobile operators

UK appeal led by Quinn Emanuel was partly based on a 15-month delay in the handing down of the High Court decision

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Court of Appeal endorses revised litigation funding agreements in ‘emphatic boost for funders’

Court of Appeal endorses revised litigation funding agreements in ‘emphatic boost for funders’

Appeal by Apple, Mastercard, Sony and Visa dismissed following two-day hearing last month

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