Archive for September, 2010

Company directors to take note of D&O insurance policies

2 September 2010 | Emma Cameron

A Directors and Officers (D&O) insurance policy is designed to protect the directors and officers of a company from losses resulting from claims made against them in relation to the performance of...

Tags on this discussion: Directors Directors' Duties Mergers and acquisitions

The strength of a staged success fee in a CFA

1 September 2010 | Beth Lovell | 1 comment

The recent decision in Peacock v MGN Ltd [2010] EWHC 90174 (Costs) has highlighted the strength of a staged success fee in a CFA. Background Historically, all forms of contingency fees in litigation...

Tags on this discussion: CFA Conditional Fee Agreement costs Litigation Litigation and Dispute Resolution Lord Justice Jackson success fee

Law not quite so sunny as parallel importing case overturned due to brand owner’s failure to publish information regarding origin – Oracle v M-Tech, Court of Appeal

1 September 2010 | Paul Gershlick

M-Tech bought for resale second-hand computer hardware of Sun Microsystems. Oracle (which has since taken over Sun’s business) objected on the basis that the goods had not been put on the market within...

Tags on this discussion: brand brand protection branding brands CJEU competition law consent Court of Appeal Court of Justice of European Union Court of Justice of the European Union EC Treaty ECJ EEA EU EU law Europan Union Europe European Court of Justice High Court Intellectual property intellectual property rights IP parallel import parallel importing summary judgment trade mark trade mark infringement Trade Marks Act unauthorised unlawful

Over half of employees admit that they would take employer’s property before leaving their employment

1 September 2010 | Mark Weston

52% of employees would steal their employer’s property before leaving their employment. Nearly a quarter would take customer contact details, while a similar number would take stationery. These are the...

Tags on this discussion: confidential information data data controller data security data theft databases employ employee Employees employer Employers Employment Employment issues Intellectual property intellectual property rights IP misuse of data sensitive personal data

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Archive for September, 2010

Company directors to take note of D&O insurance policies

The strength of a staged success fee in a CFA

Law not quite so sunny as parallel importing case overturned due to brand owner’s failure to publish information regarding origin – Oracle v M-Tech, Court of Appeal

Over half of employees admit that they would take employer’s property before leaving their employment

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