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A Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
The ministers responsible for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) of 11 countries have announced that the core elements of a Comprehensive and …
Qatari diplomatic ties severed – Implications for business
Middle Eastern neighbours have cut diplomatic ties and transport links with Qatar. How will business be hit?On Monday 5 June 2017, Saudi Arabia, the …
VR tips for investors and inventors – what we can learn from the US$500 million Oculus lawsuit
ZeniMax Media is better off to the tune of half a billion dollars thanks to a Texan jury verdict on their IP suit against Facebook-owned company Oculus …
HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS ADVISES DANONE ON TWO SUCCESSFUL BOND ISSUANCES WITH AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF APPROXIMATELY $12.5 BILLION
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Danone. S.A. on the $12.5 billion multi-source financing for its acquisition of The WhiteWave Foods Company …
International Criminal Court to prosecute business and human rights
In what many NGOs are calling a warning shot to company executives and investors, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has indicated it will prioritise …
US Class Action landscape: Spotlight on Consumer Goods
The Business Risk Five years or so on now, the wave of class-action litigation engulfing consumer-goods companies in the US court system continues …
Survey: Corporates taking action on human rights
Businesses across the globe are increasingly putting human rights on their agenda, with a joint survey between Herbert Smith Freehills and Legal Business …
Herbert Smith Freehills represents ACH in consumer class action
Herbert Smith Freehills successfully advised ACH Food Co. in a consumer class action alleging that “all natural” labels on bottles of Weber barbeque …
Ugg-ly trade mark battle ahead for Australian ugg boot manufacturer
As the temperature cools and Australians reach for their ugg boots, one local Australian footwear business is feeling the heat from the American-owned …
Class action tourism on the rise
"Class Action Tourism" is a trend for litigation that we are seeing becomingly increasingly prevalent. It involves a claim by a number of individuals …
Californian Slavery in Supply Chain judgment provides case study for UK
A recent decision in The District Court of California has potential relevance to the reporting obligations companies have under English law regarding the …
TPP impact: Consumer products
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) represents a trade bloc second only to the European Union in the size of its total trade value, bringing together key …
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