Companies are having to take a renewed interest in sustainability as the pace of regulation increases and social trends change. | 9yrs
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General counsel from the world's top luxury players are convening in London to discuss trade, M&A and sustainability with business leaders in London on 16 May at the annual Luxury Law fest. | 9yrs
Wearable technology industry leader Fitbit has scooped up European luxury smartwatch brand Vector Watch for an undisclosed amount. | 9yrs
The world-famous luxury lingerie brand is stepping up its corporate social responsibility efforts with its new Forest Products Procurement Policy. | 9yrs
This guide provides a practical and up-to-date overview of litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution across key international jurisdictions. | 4mos
French lens maker Essilor is merging with Italian Ray Ban and Oakley eyewear maker Luxottica. | 9yrs
A well-known fashion designer was beaten and arrested in Turkey earlier this week. | 9yrs
Watch company Swatch has successfully opposed Apple's "iWatch" trademark on the basis of its registrations covering the logo "iSwatch" and the word "Swatch". | 10yrs
Cosmetics giant Revlon has agreed to buy skincare and fragrance brand Elizabeth Arden for $870m with advice from two heavyweight law firms. | 10yrs
A lawsuit filed this week in London alleges that the iconic Alexander McQueen wedding dress worn by Kate Middleton (now the Duchess of Cambridge) on her wedding day was in fact copied from the designs of another, lesser known British designer. | 10yrs
The crackdown on offshore financial centres is casting a shadow over the luxury property market, one of the subjects for discussion at next month's Luxury Law Summit in London on 17th May. | 10yrs
The Ray-Ban sunglasses maker stumbled on the Borsa Italiana on Tuesday after unveiling a $1.6bn investment in its global expansion strategy. | 10yrs
A London judge has ordered UK internet service providers to block websites selling counterfeit Cartier and Montblanc goods, securing yet another win for luxury brands fighting intellectual property crime. | 10yrs
Christian Louboutin has headed up a cast of luxury winners at the Luxury Law Awards, sponsored by Georg Jensen. | 11yrs
A growing conundrum for top in-house lawyers at luxury brand businesses is that while their legal teams are generally fairly small, workloads have increased dramatically over recent years. Jonathan Ames reports from the Luxury Law Summit. | 11yrs
LVMH is attempting to grow its media empire with the purchase of French daily newspaper Le Parisien. The group already owns the business daily Les Echos. | 11yrs
Bulgari is stepping further into the hotel industry. The Italian jeweller has reached agreement with Dubai developer Meraas Holding to build a luxury resort on Jumeirah Bay Island. | 11yrs
L'Oreal's former head patent lawyer Steven Trzaska is suing the beauty company, which he alleges fired him because he refused to file applications that were not patentable. | 11yrs
Americans and Japanese spend the most on luxury goods, with the aspirational consumers taking the lead. | 11yrs
Richemont chairman Johann Rupert has reportedly invited LVMH and Kering to join the luxury retail website that will be formed by the merger of Yoox and Net-a-Porter. | 11yrs
A new study from OHIM, the EU's intellectual property agency, shows that the sale of fake clothes, shoes and accessories in the EU equals nearly 10 per cent of the total sales in the sector throughout the EU-28. | 11yrs