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By: Ainsley Brown Yes, you read right, Tim Hortons is back in Canada. I like most of you never knew it went anywhere. I know what you are thinking: Ainsley, you must either be playing a prank, or going crazy or were you just up late and tired and in desperate of a double double because I just brought some… Continue reading "Welcome Back: Tim Hortons Makes Return To Canada"
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By: Ainsley Brown Anheuser-Busch, along with Labatt Brewing Co – both companies are owned by Anheuser-Busch Inbev NV – have filed suit against Brick Brewing Co claiming that Brick is violating its intellectual property. The dispute centers on the use of the colour green and limes on the labels of Brick’s Red Baron Lime Beer. Anheuser, the maker of Budweiser,… Continue reading "Litigation With a “Twist:” Anheuser Sues Brick Over Lime Beer"
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By: Rechtsanwalt (Attorney) Carsten Lexa, LL.M. A group of 72 former Dresdner Kleinwort traders have sued the new owner of Dresdner Bank AG, Commerzbank AG, claiming it reneged around 34 million Euros of guaranteed bonus payments. The traders argued that their bonusses were guaranteed before Commerzbank Bank´s 5 billion Euros takeover of Dresdner Bank and should not be affected by… Continue reading "Commerzbank sued for millions by former Dresdner Kleinwort traders"
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By: Ainsley Brown The Australian telecommunications group Telstra is to be broken up in a move to spur competiotion. The telecommunications giant, according to Australia’s Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, would be forced to separate its retail and wholesale arms if it does not do so voluntarily. The government – a 12% part owner – for its part hopes Telstra will… Continue reading "Telstra To Be Broken Up"
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By: Ainsley Brown PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the administrator of the now defunct bank’s European arm is set to file a claim against the parent bank in US bankruptcy court. PwC has until September 22 – the deadline set by the court – to file its claim. The claim surrounds some $100 billion in pledges made by the parent bank before it… Continue reading "Lehman Brothers’ European Arm Set To File $100 Billion Claim Against Parent"
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By: Ainsley Brown Is the aid given to Airbus by the governments of Germany, the UK and France in violation of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) subsidies agreement? The answer to this question is expected to be known by the parties today when the WTO is expected to hand down its confidential ruling to the parties. Confidential rulings are part… Continue reading "Today Is Judgment Day For Airbus State Aid Row"
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By: Ainsley Brown The Indian newsprint industry is thriving despite the general global trend for decline in this industry and the global recession. It could even be said that part of the industries success could even be attributed to the global recession itself. So what’s behind the success? There are four interrelated reasons for the industry’s tremendous success in India. The… Continue reading "Indian Newsprint Industry Thriving"
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By: Ainsley Brown The Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has launched suit in the English High Court against Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) claiming that GSK has violated its intellectual property. This new action is far from being the opening salvos of this drug war; the two have already locked horns over the same matter. GSK last year sued Novartis in both… Continue reading "The IP Battle Between Two Drug Titans Heats Up"
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By: Ainsley Brown The English High Court has scuttled a plan for quick payouts to creditors by the administrator’s of Lehman Brothers’ European arm. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the administrator is now carefully studying the judgment and weighing it options i.e. should it appeal or not. In either case Lehman Brothers’ creditors face delays in recovering their assets. The ruling affects some… Continue reading "Creditors Of Lehman Brothers’ European Division Will Just Have to Wait A Bit Longer To Recovery Their Money"
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By: Ainsley Brown The first prosecution under the UK’s Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 has been adjourned until October. The Act seeks to make convictions of companies with respect to deaths at the workplace much easier. Under English law a corporation as a juridical person is capable of both committing and being convicted of crimes. However, as an… Continue reading "The UK’s First Corporate Manslaughter Case Postponed Until October"