Flavia Stefura, Senior Associate at MPR Partners, shares the disadvantages of using your own name as a trademark with Lawyer Monthly. There is power in names, or so the saying goes. That is most certainly true in the world of luxury fashion brands. Some of the most renowned fashion houses are named after their founders: […]
Stephanie Limaco and Leigh Crestohl of Zaiwalla & Co examine the possibility of an increase in foreign investment in Venezuela, especially with regards to oil, and highlight the reasons regarding this new interest. There seems to be renewed interest in Venezuela by high-risk appetite investors. Recently, a couple of private equity funds were seeking to […]
On 5 July 2021, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) published a report on the application of the polluter pays principle in the European Union. This report was intended to determine whether the principle was appropriately applied in four EU environmental policy areas, namely industrial pollution, waste, water, and soil. Two main issues justified this […]
Kyle Bachus, a founding partner of Bachus & Schanker LLC, explains how you can recover damages in a personal injury lawsuit. A personal injury lawsuit is a significant undertaking. In order to recover financial compensation, you must do the right things. A personal injury lawyer is a trained professional that can represent you throughout the […]
Following the news that the Ministry of Justice is seeking to increase probate fees for both professional and non-professional applicants in England and Wales, Louise Garrett, Associate at Hunters Law LLP, examines the criticisms that the proposals have received. The 2019 proposals put forward by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in respect of probate fees […]
You can compare the reviews of thousands of restaurants and the star rating of products on Amazon– yet there’s no standard way to compare the services of all UK law firms. Here, Bernadette Bennett, head of legal at Moneypenny shares why reviews are so valuable and how firms must avoid putting the cart before the […]
They don’t call it the land of opportunity for nothing. If you’ve already expanded into the global market, chances are you’ve considered expanding to the United States. You may be surprised to learn about the legal issues you need to address when expanding into the US. This hiccup doesn’t mean giving up on the American […]
David Hole, Associate at EIP, explores the construction of technical terms. It is said that ‘if it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck’. However, if a claim refers to ‘a duck’ feature, what does that imply about how the claimed feature walks or quacks? In two […]
Senior Litigation Paralegal Daniel Powell considers whether air passengers taking flights operated by non-EU/UK airlines should be entitled to compensation under European Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 (as amended in the UK by the EU Withdrawal Act) (“the Regulation”) for a flight delay in a circumstance where they have booked to fly from one non-EU/UK destination […]
The term “vaccine passport” has come into common parlance in 2021 as countries gradually immunise their populations against COVID-19. It is also a misnomer; a vaccine passport does not confirm its carrier’s citizenship or identity, though it does affect their ability to travel internationally or even enter certain domestic venues.
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