Legal Updates
‘The biggest business risk is being too slow to start’: general counsel navigate the future of luxury
A&O Shearman/Luxury Law Summit roundtable explores themes including changing consumer behaviour, brand collaboration and partnerships, employment reforms and the impact of agentic commerce
Selling luxury in Brazil: contractual considerations for international brands
Luxury brands may need to adapt their commercial documentation to local legal standards when entering the Brazilian market, write Stocche Forbes lawyers Flavia Câmara e Castro and Thiago Porto Ribeiro
Luxury calling? How Spain’s new telemarketing rules affect luxury retail
Hogan Lovells’ Adrián Fernández de Pedro examines how Spain’s latest customer service regulations are reshaping client contact strategies in the luxury sector
Merger control guide edited by Paul Weiss team launches today
Cross-border guide is edited by co-head of antitrust Nicole Kar and senior knowledge and innovation lawyer Catherine Hammon
High Court finds largely for manufacturers in ‘behemoth’ diesel emissions litigation
Liability ruling trims scope of largest group litigation to reach English courts
Innsworth loses judicial review challenge to Mastercard settlement
Walter Merricks hails ‘total victory’ as High Court dismisses funder’s challenge to distribution of £200m settlement
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