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25 Oct, 2024 Family-friendly Policies in Women's Sport | Women's Sport Series By Jonathan Goldsworthy Natalie Ali Jon Goldsworthy, a partner in Bird & Bird’s UK Employment team, and Natalie Ali, an associate in Bird & Bird’s UK Employment team,...
17 Oct, 2024 Women’s Sport Series – Olympic and Paralympic Games 2024: IOC and IPC make further progress on gender parity By Craig Giles Intisar Abdi The 2024 Olympic Games has been rightly celebrated for the fantastic progress in pursuit of gender equality, with this year’s Games...
16 Oct, 2024 European consumer organisation challenges in-game monetisation landscape as unfair By Will Deller Sophie Stoneham In-game monetisation, whether through (among other things) the sale of in-game items, additional content or new features, is an...
04 Oct, 2024 The ASA’s guidance on AI as a marketing term By Evie Scott AI and advertising A report by McKinsey in 2023 estimated that AI technology has the potential to add between $2.6 trillion and $4.4...
30 Sep, 2024 ASA demonstrates an increasing focus on Online Choice Architecture By Intisar Abdi Craig Giles As part of a wider piece of work on online choice architecture, the ASA has recently published two key rulings finding the advertisement...
24 Sep, 2024 FIFPRO’s Postpartum Return to Play Guide – Guidance for Regulatory Changes By Lereesa Easterbrook Eloise Barry As calls for greater equality in women's professional football ramp up, awareness is growing of the need to support players who decide to...
20 Aug, 2024 A New Gambling Survey for Great Britain By Elizabeth Dunn Callum Granger On 25 July 2024, the Gambling Commission launched the new Gambling Survey for Great Britain (the GSGB). Going forwards, the GSGB will be...
16 Aug, 2024 Technology at Play – AI Tools for Player Scouting a Game-Changer in Football? By Ayo Adebajo Harry Ferguson Early indications are that artificial intelligence (AI) will have a transformative effect on player scouting within professional sport,...
12 Aug, 2024 Finland ending its online gambling monopoly in 2027 By Pia Ek Maria Karpathakis The online gambling monopoly in Finland is soon to be a thing of the past, as the state moves towards market liberalisation. In July...
09 Aug, 2024 Account withdrawals: Gambling Commission publishes its position By Callum Granger Elizabeth Dunn In July the Gambling Commission CEO, Andrew Rhodes, published a blog on the unacceptable delays that some operators are still imposing on...
05 Aug, 2024 AI regulation in the UK for businesses in Media, Entertainment and Sport By Kate Deniston AI is changing the world and governments across the globe are grappling with how to reap the benefits of it whilst also addressing the...
01 Aug, 2024 Is Football Cashing-out on Gambling Sponsorship? By Callum Granger Elizabeth Dunn A new Code of Conduct for Gambling Related Agreements in Football (the Code), endorsed by the Premier League, The English Football...
31 Jul, 2024 Women’s Sport: Moving the Conversation Forwards By Georgie Twigg Lereesa Easterbrook Introduction Our Women’s Sport Group hosted its inaugural event: ‘Women’s Sport: Moving the Conversation Forward’ in the London office...
03 Jul, 2024 The General Election: A New Road for UK Gambling Reform By Callum Granger Elizabeth Dunn The UK general election will take place on 4th July and the polls are currently pointing towards the Labour party establishing a majority...
01 Jul, 2024 Rachel’s Song – Part II: Neighbouring rights in music created by or with artificial intelligence under German copyright law By Dr. Christoph Hendel In one of the many iconic scenes of Ridley Scott’s movie Blade Runner (1982), an artificial “replicant” called Rachel plays piano for the...