“Commercial Awareness Is Global.”
By: Ainsley Brown This is part of the Middle Passage Law Series and is cross posted on Law Is Cool. Now I know I have not posted a piece in this series in quite some time and for that I apologize – I have no excuse. It may seem that I am either picking on L´Oreal, as I have tracked
By Charles Wanguhu In many international forums the developed nations are always pushed to provide more aid in the fight against poverty. Several reviews on the effectiveness of aid have proved time and time again its ineffectiveness in poverty eradication. The latter has led to current aid driven projects to often try and include sustainability options in all projects undertaken.
By: Ainsley Brown The world´s largest purchaser of hazelnuts and the maker of a very tasty treat, Ferrero Rocher, has been cleared in the English courts of a £20 million fraud. The suit was brought against the Italian chocolate company by the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi and others alleging that deceit, negligent misrepresentation and conspiracy for a deal involving the
By Charles Wanguhu A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit indicates that protecting a firm’s reputation is the most important and difficult task facing corporations. With the development of global media and communication channels, managing reputational damage is seen as crucial with events undertaken in even the remotest areas affecting the international brand of a corporation. For Shell the stark
This article is reproduces with the permission of the author and can be found on AccountancySA (South Africa´s leading Accountancy Journal). There is no doubt that the world we knew before the global economic meltdown will not return. The causes of the meltdown will not disappear, and lurking behind them is another set of even more fundamental issues facing humanity.
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 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 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
By: Ainsley Brown Switzerland´s second largest bank, Credit Suisse, in a sign of generosity – oh sorry, let me re-phrase that – in a sign of commercial awareness and good customer relations, has decided to compensate clients who suffered losses as a result of the collapse of Lehman Brothers. It is the first investment bank to put forward such a