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

Conflict of Laws

In 2013, the plaintiffs, ePayment Solutions Pty Ltd (EPS) and RCD Holdings Ltd (RCD) concluded a written contract with the defendant, LT Game International (Australia) Ltd (LT) about the development and installation of a computer betting game. The contract was signed in Australia.

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LVMH: A Timeline Behind the Building of the World’s Most Valuable Luxury Goods Conglomerate

The Fashion Law

Its parent company Boussac had filed for bankruptcy and the French government was looking for a buyer for the ailing textile empire that owned a number of companies, including Paris-based fashion house Dior. 1988: Givenchy – Founded in 1952, Givenchy, a couture and ready-to-wear brand, has been part of the LVMH Group since 1988. (

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As Self-Portrait’s Parent Acquires Roland Mouret, What Comes Next?

The Fashion Law

One of the earliest signs of an evolution came in almost a month ago when – according to a November 30 Hong Kong company register entry – he renamed his corporate entity from Self-Portrait Holdings Ltd. to SP Collection Ltd. according to a September 2020 financial statement from Self-Portrait Ltd.,

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Amid a Flurry of Italian M&A, OTB’s Acquisition of Jil Sander Proves an Interesting Move

The Fashion Law

By the end of the decade, the company embarked on its next stage of growth, which saw Ms. Sander sell a 75 percent stake to Gruppo Prada in 1999 with the goal of leveraging Prada Group’s leather goods and footwear expertise to grow the business by way of those channels.

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Luxury Brands on Deloitte’s Top 10 Sold Nearly $130 Billion Worth of Goods in 2020

The Fashion Law

Even with the overarching drop in sales, more than half of the Top 100 were profitable, per Deloitte , with 13 companies still reporting double-digit net profit margins. Hermès entered the Top 10 for the first time, and Chow Tai Fook Jewelry Group Limited fell to the number ten spot.

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Regulations, Consolidation at Hand as Buy Now Pay Later Continues to Gain Steam Among Consumers

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Square’s $29 billion acquisition of buy now, pay later (“BNPL”) pioneer Afterpay Ltd. Worldwide, the CB Insights report projects that transactions through such plans could grow 10 to 15 times by 2025, topping $1 trillion,” per Bloomberg , which notes that BNLP’s “penetration in the U.S. And the numbers at play are on the rise.

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Australia’s statutist orthodoxy: High Court confirms the extraterritorial scope of the Australian Consumer Law in the Ruby Princess COVID-cruise case

Conflict of Laws

She asserted claims in tort and under the Australian Consumer Law ( ACL ) in schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) ( CCA ) against companies behind the ship: Carnival plc and its subsidiary, Princess Cruise Lines Ltd (together, Princess ). The case has an obvious cross-border flavour.