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

Conflict of Laws

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. The settlement addressed issues very similar to those raised in this case, as explicitly outlined in the agreement.

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

Conflict of Laws

LT is a company incorporated in the Virgin Islands and registered in Australia as a foreign company. Finally, the court ruled for the defendant and dismissed the plaintiffs’ claim. 1] In exercising its discretion, the court should take into account all the circumstances of the particular case. Governing Law.

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

Conflict of Laws

3] This objective of this reform was to render it ‘unnecessary for a claimant to scrutinise the long list of permissible cases set out in the existing Rules in the hope of fitting into one or more descriptions.’ [4] 21] Order 8 rule 1(3) is missing the first option.

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