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The French personal data authority has used publicity as a weapon Against Apple Retail France, says Laurent Guardelli & Aurélie Klein of Coblence & Associés. | 11yrs

Miami-based Harper Meyer has welcomed the upturn in US-Cuba relations but has warned organisations to ensure that they do not break the many restrictions which are still in place. | 11yrs

The wife of Pu Zhiqiang, a dissident lawyer who has represented many other activists, has asked the Chinese president to release her husband so that he can recover his health and not be subject to lengthy interrogation sessions. | 11yrs

A report on the collapse of Tods Murray in October shows that its turnover was half its 2006 peak and that fixed costs on an office in Edinburgh Quay meant that it struggled to pay its bills. | 11yrs

Lord Goldsmith, the former British attorney general and a former member of the Fifa independent governance committee, has backed the US lawyer Michael J Garcia and called for major reforms to the body. | 11yrs

Over 250 shareholders in Quindell, the listed law firm, have registered their interest with Your Legal Friend.com which is considering launching a class action against the troubled business. | 11yrs

The fashion company was successful after five years of litigation against FreshSide. | 11yrs

UK politician Emily Thornberry's career-costing tweet came as a shocking reminder of the pervading naievety around social media. Bernadette John reports on how cautious luxury companies are embracing social media. | 11yrs

Force but flexible strategies are necessary to deal with counterfeit breaches, says Fredericka Argent, associate in the global Branded Goods practice at Covington & Burling. | 11yrs

This year's Luxury Law Summit will take place on 19 May, 2015 at the Four Seasons Hotel, Park Lane, London. | 11yrs

Fortnum & Mason opened its fourth outlet at Heathrow airport's Terminal 5 last month and expansion will continue, chief executive Ewan Ventners has vowed. | 11yrs

Luxury car makers have been investing heavily in China this autumn in a bid to capture fickle tastes in the country. | 11yrs

Inaccurate 'Made in the USA' labelling can trigger class actions in California. Katherine Gasztonyi, associate, and Simon Frankel, partner, in the global Branded Goods practice at Covington & Burling, discuss recent litigation. | 11yrs

Santa's sleigh is likely to be laden with wearable tech devices. As the Apple Watch hits the shelves, Microsoft is unveiling a fitness band with smartwatch functions. LMVH is in talks with a technology company and may launch a smartwatch in the coming months. | 11yrs

Luxury company Estee Lauder has been on the mergers and acquisitions trail. | 11yrs

The Bombay High Court has decided that businesses will need to pay a service charge - currently pegged at 12.36% - on the fees they pay to external lawyers. | 11yrs

Withers has launched a new alliance in Australia through a link-up with Balazs Lazanas & Welch - in a venture which will target tax, corporate and immigration clients and will be called Withers SBL. | 11yrs

The New York lawyer Stanley Cohen was involved in negotiations with terrorist organisation ISIS in a failed attempt to secure the release of aid worker Peter Kassig. | 11yrs

There is a mismatch between the needs of Australian-based multi-nationals expanding into south east Asia and the services which their law firms can afford to provide, according to recent research and analysis. | 11yrs