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International tech litigation reaches the next level: collective actions against TikTok and Google

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The next steps in the TikTok collective action The collective action against TikTok that was brought before the Amsterdam District Court under the Dutch WAMCA in 2021. In an earlier blogpost we reported that the Amsterdam District Court ruled that it had international jurisdiction under the Brussels I-bis Regulation and the GDPR.

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RCD Holdings Ltd v LT Game International (Australia) Ltd: Foreign jurisdiction clauses and COVID-19

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LT is a company incorporated in the Virgin Islands and registered in Australia as a foreign company. When a dispute arose, the plaintiffs commenced the proceedings at the Supreme Court of Queensland in Australia ([2020] QSC 318). However, an exclusive foreign jurisdiction clause does not exclude Australian courts’ jurisdiction.

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Application of Singapore’s new rules on service out of jurisdiction: Three Arrows Capital and NW Corp

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Application of Singapore’s new rules on service out of jurisdiction: Three Arrows Capital and NW Corp The Rules of Court 2021 (‘ROC 2021’) entered into force on 1 April 2022. Among other things, ROC 2021 reformed the rules on service out of jurisdiction (previously discussed here ).

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