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TM Liability Ruling A 'Get Out Of Jail Free Card' For Execs
A ruling by Britain's highest court puts the burden on brand owners to prove that executives at the company knew about any alleged trademark infringement from their business to be sued. This landmark ruling is likely to impede brand owners who are looking to enforce their intellectual property.
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Meta was hit on Thursday with an investigation by the European Commission over concerns its Facebook and Instagram services could promote addictions in children.
The Financial Conduct Authority said Thursday it has charged nine social media influencers and reality TV stars for promoting an unauthorized trading scheme online that dealt with high-risk financial products tied to foreign exchange rates.
The Junior Lawyers Division has warned the solicitors' watchdog and its assessment provider, Kaplan, about a major error in the Solicitors Qualifying Examination held in January and is threatening to take the matter to the sector's top regulator if it is not addressed promptly.
Italy's government said on Thursday that it has sold approximately 2.8% of its stake in energy company Eni SpA in a move to raise €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) to aid the country's finances.
Campaigners for the Uyghurs told an appellate court Wednesday that Britain was wrong to refuse to launch a broad investigation into imported cotton produced in China with forced labor rather than specific shipments, arguing that the decision could create a market for criminal property.
The owner of national postal carrier Royal Mail said on Wednesday that it is prepared to accept an increased buyout bid worth £3.5 billion ($4.4 billion) by a conglomerate controlled by Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský, in a deal led by Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
A former Candey partner who is accused of not adequately checking the source of almost £24 million ($30 million) in client funds earmarked for a property purchase told a tribunal on Wednesday that he did not believe the money was the proceeds of crime.
A former judge who was removed from office for deleting data relevant to a police investigation had his bid to appeal his dismissal rejected by the High Court on Wednesday as a judge ruled that his removal from the bench was "clearly justified."
Sebastian Moore, head of the intellectual property practice of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP in the U.K., has told Law360 that he had been keen to make use of his chemistry degree when he decided to become a lawyer specializing in IP.
The former head of employment at Ronald Fletcher Baker LLP has sued the firm, claiming that he was unfairly demoted and exposed to what he alleges was the "constant bullying treatment of staff" by the managing partner Rakeebah Rahim.
