Barclays wins first round in £1.1bn legal battle with credit card firm CCUK February 20, 2018 Barclays has won the first stage in a legal battle with a US-based credit card company which is suing it for £1.1bn. The High Court today rejected an application for summary judgement against Barclays brought by CCUK, the British arm of Nasdaq-listed Atlanticus Holdings, in a complex case revolving around a PPI-style misselling saga. CCUK, [...]
Property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz suffers blow in the Supreme Court over discretionary trust April 23, 2018 Property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz has lost a landmark Supreme Court judgment against a conglomerate of advisers he claimed acted negligently when his discretionary trust fell into financial difficulty. The London businessman, thought to be worth around £800m, accused various trustees of the Tchenguiz Discretionary Trust (TDT) of failing to alter the trust’s structure around the [...]
Social media’s fake secret: can online influencers be trusted? June 25, 2018 FACEBOOK, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, and myriad other social media platforms have enabled clever and entrepreneurial creators to make a living by producing content for internet users to enjoy, whether that’s a makeup tutorials, video diaries, or simply cracking jokes while playing video games. It’s why YouTube stars such as Zoella and PewDiePie have become household [...]
Influencer marketing, fake followers, and sponsored content. Can brands and consumers trust online creatives? June 25, 2018 FACEBOOK, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, and myriad other social media platforms have enabled clever and entrepreneurial creators to make a living by producing content for internet users to enjoy, whether that’s a makeup tutorials, video diaries, or simply cracking jokes while playing video games. It’s why YouTube stars such as Zoella and PewDiePie have become household [...]
Retail shareholders hold out for better deal in RBS lawsuit December 4, 2016 A subset of shareholders suing RBS over how it handled a financial crisis fundraising are holding out for a better deal, despite other investors closing in on an out of court offer. Shareholders are currently due to face off against the bank in court next March, claiming the lender misled them into taking part in a 2008 [...]
Nearly 45,000 UK drivers have teamed up for legal action against Volkswagen over emissions scandal with hearing set for 27 November November 16, 2017 Nearly 45,000 motorists have now teamed up in a class action lawsuit against Volkswagen in England and Wales, with a pre-trial hearing scheduled for later this month. The consumer group has announced today that the next hearing in the UK legal action against VW will take place in the High Court on Monday 27 November. [...]
Diageo settled a lawsuit in North America over trademark infringement November 29, 2016 Diageo North America has settled a lawsuit with a US-based bourbon whiskey distiller and distributor over trademark law violations. Allied Lomar argued that Diageo infringed registered trademarks on the term "Stitzel" with the name of its Stitzel-Weller Bourbon distillery and brand labels including their Blade and Bow Bourbon. Allied, which said it first registered the [...]
Another #MeToo category: The bitter loser December 20, 2017 Until now, the #MeToo movement has bothered me more than it inspired me. It lacked nuance, I thought, failing to distinguish – as some commentators pointed out – between sexual aggressors (who should be in jail), persistent harassers (who should be sacked and blacklisted), and sleazebags of the hand-on-knee variety (who deserve ridicule, but not [...]
Roman J Israel Esq review: Denzel Washington shines but can’t quite save this messy law drama February 2, 2018 Roman J Israel Esq lines up its ducks – a star actor on blistering form, a timely dissection of racial bias in the US legal system, a distinctive visual style – yet manages to come home empty handed. It’s the second feature from Dan Gilroy, following 2014’s chillingly nihilistic Nightcrawler. And while that was [...]
It’s high time archaic cannabis prohibition went up in smoke February 5, 2018 Five years ago, Colorado and Washington became the first two states in the US to legalise cannabis. Alaska and Oregon followed, and at the beginning of this year, California and Nevada joined them. This month will see Maine start sales and Connecticut debate legalisation, while to the north, Canada will start selling on the same [...]