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The Impact of the New Vertical Block Exemption Regulation in the Fashion and Luxury Sector 

Confronted with major challenges and developments in the retail sector such as the Covid-19 pandemic and an increased importance of the online sales channel, fashion and luxury brands naturally aim...Read more

Luca Chiama
Group Legal Director, Prada SpA, Italy

Francesco Carloni
Partner, K&l Gates, Belgium
The Use of Crowdsource Funding and Game Theory in the Decentralized Arbitration Process



The accelerated pace of digitalization has created exponential growth in the number of transactions that are being conducted online and across jurisdictional boundaries. With this surge in e-commerce comes a...Read more

Liz Maag
General Counsel, Aware, USA

Zachary Pyers
Attorney and Partner, Reminger Co., L.P.A., USA

Bella Jagielski
Legal Intern, Aware, USA

Kenton Steele
Attorney, Reminger Co., L.P.A., USA
The Unsettled Rights of Tenants in Malaysia
This article emphasizes on the call for Landlords and Tenants in Malaysia to be governed under one singular, independent, and all-encompassing legislation instead of having the need to refer or...Read more

Jonathan Paramasivam
Legal Counsel, Mynews Retail Sdn Bhd , Malaysia
Issues Deriving from Limitation of Liability Clauses From a Data Protection Perspective and Possible Remedies:

The limitation of liability clauses are usually structured as to restrict one of the parties’ legal responsibility to: direct damages; a sum not exceeding a certain cap (generally, consideration paid...Read more

Silvia Gorlani
Data Protection Officer, Mediamarket SpA (Mediaworld), Italy

Simona Di Girolamo
Privacy Officer, Mediamarket SpA (Mediaworld), Italy
Seismic Shift of Luxury Brands in India

With the financial difficulties brought about by the COVID-19 induced pandemic, the fashion and lifestyle industry saw a colossal shift. During Pandemic, we noticed marriage of many acclaimed luxury brands...Read more

Arindam Sarkar
Partner, Khaitan & Co., India

Komal Gadia
Assistant Vice President , Aditya Birla Management Corporation Private, India
U.S. Plays Catch-up to Close Long-Standing Gaps in Anti-Money Laundering Laws: Part Two: Focus on Real Estate Transactions

Part One of this Article focused on the U.S. Government’s anti-money laundering/contra terrorist financing (“AML”) efforts, certain deficiencies in the 2001 USA Patriot Act, which was enacted following the terrorist...Read more
Bruce Ortwine
General Counsel (retired), Americas; Adviser, Global Legal and Compliance (Retired), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc., USA
Enforcement of Competition Rules in the Middle East 

In this piece we address how different the Competition authorities are in the Middle East and highlight those authorities upping their game in enforcement of the competition laws looking at...Read more

Omar Obeidat
Partner, Head of IP & Competition, Al Tamimi & Company, UAE

Moutaz Abdullat
General Counsel, Fererro , UAE
Management of Unpaid Debts


The internationalisation of contractual and business relations implies that contractors and subsidiaries are no longer negotiating and doing business solely in their country of origin but that they have bases...Read more

Anne-Florence Raducault
Partner , Bird & Bird AARPI, France

Emilienne Salmon
Contract In-House Lawyer, GROSFILLEX Group, France

Celine Gasser
Senior European Counsel, Bird & Bird AARPI, France
Recent Developments in Austrian Antitrust Regulations The Austrian Merger Clearance Regime in 2022 – an up-to-date overview




On the occasion of the implementation of the ECN+ directive, the Austrian legislator introduced some important changes to the Austrian merger rules last year, which are applicable to Austrian mergers...Read more

Ferdinand Graf
Partner, Graf Isola, Austria

Robert Gulla
General Counsel, Lukoil, Austria

Sarah Kasslatter
Associate, Graf Isola, Austria

Andreas Edlinger
Attorney at Law, Graf Isola, Austria
Cellular Standards in the IoT: A Brief Practical Guide for Licensing Negotiations

Global cellular standards (e.g., 4G/LTE and 5G/NR) are a key driver of the advancing digital transformation of the economy and society. In recent decades, open standardization in the telecommunications field...Read more

Spyros Makris
IPR Policy Manager, Ericsson GmbH, Germany