“Commercial Awareness Is Global.”
By: Ainsley Brown First France, now the UK. The L´Oreal v eBay counterfeiting war goes on with yet another victory for eBay, this time in the English High Court. In L´Oreal Takes eBay To Court I mused: While I will admit that I do not have the full particulars of the case, I just have a feeling that L’Orèal is
By: Ainsley Brown As the popular Jamie Fox song goes: Blame It On The Alcohol. Well no says the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the UK financial sector watchdog, as it handed down a ban on a trader for “a lack of honesty and integrity.” Apparently the FSA frowns on making $10 million dollar trades and concealing it from superiors and
A lawyer and a Jamaican are sitting next to each other on a long flight. The lawyer is thinking that Jamaicans are so dumb that he can fool them easy… So the lawyer asks if the Jamaican would like to play a fun game. The Jamaican is tired and just wants to take a nap, so he politely declines
By Charles Wanguhu In original multinational thinking the lack of a significant middle class meant that investment in some emerging markets was considered not viable. The financial crisis has sprung up some few suprises. While AIG parent company has been largely reliant on US government funds their subsidiaries in Kenya, South Africa and Uganda have been financially strong and have
By: Ainsley Brown This is a follow up to: L´Oreal Takes eBay To Court. The pending court case launched in France by L´Oreal against eBay is now in. And it is not good news for L´Oreal. A French court ruled that eBay has sufficient anti-counterfeit measures in place to prevent fake L´Oreal and other branded products from being sold on
By: Ainsley Brown Injunction, injunction, what´s your function? Sorry I just could not resist. Despite my lame attempts at a joke, it is a very valid question. What is the function of an injunction? It is a power whereby the court may order positive action be taken or an order to refrain from acts being currently done. It may be
By: Ainsley Brown The claims advanced by Olint, though ultimately would proven to be groundless is very important because it, gave us a brief glimpse into the subtleties of judicial politics. Before I go any further some context by way of an example I believe would be useful. The words with all due respect, seem quite mundane or you could
By: Ainsley Brown The House of Lords, with its Judicial Council of the Privy Council hat on, as Jamaica´s court of final appeal, handed down a judgment that is set to have repercussions well beyond the interests of the parties involved. In fact the consequences of his judgment go beyond just banking or investing but engages commercial dispute resolution, specifically
By: Ainsley Brown Could there be a homecoming for Webb Ellis? Now this is a story I could not resist, I just had to do it. Yes, finally a true rugby story on the site. According to the Times, England or I should say the Rugby Football Union (RFU) as confirmed that it will be summiting a bid to host
By: Ainsley Brown I have been wanting to do an Australian themed story for a long time, not least because of the global mandate of the site but also I am just a big fan of the land of Auz – I guess it´s just the rugby player in me but truth be told I am a bigger fan of