Legal Updates - Page 4
Mutually supportive: top London commercial law judge on how to decide fragmented commercial disputes
Mr Justice Foxton kicked off London IBA Arbitration Day with his thoughts on how to avoid the fragmentation of complex claims
Data protection and the business process outsourcing sector in Mauritius
While the process remains slow, Mauritius has taken steps to improve the accessibility and efficiency of data protection enforcement, writes Juristconsult Chambers partner Shalinee Dreepaul Halkhoree
The UK commercial agents regulations are here to stay – bad news for brand owners?
Bird & Bird experts Victoria Hobbs and Louise Lanzkron explain that because luxury brands often operate as principals, those who engage commercial agents may not be pleased with the government’s decision
Trademark balancing act: luxury brand protection versus reputational risk
Luxury brands can attract negative publicity for aggressively defending their trademarks, so striking the right balance is essential, write Freeths IP experts Iona Silverman, Dan Cahill and Kishan Pattni
Collective actions on the rise in the UK – a competition perspective
Morgan Lewis antitrust partner Frances Murphy says 2025 could be a defining year for competition class actions in the UK
Arbitration Act 2025: will the UK retain its crown as a global centre for arbitration?
Updates to the UK’s Arbitration Act bring clarity and ensures London remains well placed as a centre to resolve global disputes, write Stevens & Bolton lawyers Catherine Penny and Lorna Sleave
The Global Legal Post launches international comparative law guide to data protection
Co-edited by Bristow partners Mark Watts and Hannah Crowther, guide covers 35 jurisdictions
UK Arbitration Act receives royal assent to legal sector approval
Members of arbitration community welcome new law which aims to bring 1996 act up to date
The £14bn class action claim that dwindled to £200m: profession reflects on landmark Mastercard settlement
Ben Rigby reports on controversial resolution of eight-year, headline-grabbing battle over credit card fees
Staying the course on second medical use SPCs – UK Court of Appeal confirms alignment with CJEU in Santen
Herbert Smith Freehills’ Priyanka Madan reports on a case involving a Merck SPC which was keenly anticipated by both innovators and generic manufacturers
CAT approves Mastercard’s £200m class action settlement over credit card fees
Decision follows bid by claim’s funder to scupper deal struck with lead claimant Walter Merricks
All that’s glittering is green jewellery: innovation, reuse, recycling and protection
Remfry & Sagar’s Radha Khera discusses luxury’s green jewellery innovations and the protections keeping them safe in India
Deferred prosecution agreements are no get out of jail free card for individuals
Deferred prosecution agreements can penalise businesses for wrongdoing without them facing prosecution, but they don’t shield culpable individuals, write Grosvenor Law’s James Broomhall and Darius Latham-Koenig
‘Watershed moment’ for lookalike products as Aldi shot down at appeals court in trademark tussle with Thatchers
West Country firm Stephens Scown scores notable win for independent brewery as discount supermarket found to have taken unfair advantage of Thatchers' trademark
Cleary, Freshfields secure major wins for Amazon and Apple as CAT strikes down class action
First outright rejection of certification effectively tightens UK’s class action regime putting spotlight on independence of class representatives