17 Dec, 2020 Government announces plans for new Digital Markets Unit By Lucy Turner Bryony Gold On Friday 27 November, the UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and the Department for Digital Culture,...
16 Dec, 2020 Aven & Others v Orbis: Defamation meets Data Protection By Bryony Hurst Bryony Hurst and Theo Rees-Bidder from our Dispute Resolution team look back at this summer’s judgment on the novel data protection...
16 Dec, 2020 European Commission publishes sweeping new rulebook for online platforms offering services in Europe By Francine Cunningham In a bid to achieve "technological sovereignty", the European Commission has unveiled a wide-ranging package of proposals that will...
16 Dec, 2020 Online Harms in the UK: Significant new obligations for online companies and fines of up to 10% of annual global turnover for breach By Bryony Hurst Yesterday the UK government published its long-anticipated final response to the Online Harms White Paper. Partner Bryony Hurst and...
10 Dec, 2020 Fashion x Gaming: Fashion Catches the Gaming Bug By Will Deller Conor Hume While COVID-19 continues to restrict our daily lives, the gaming and esports landscape is booming. In conjunction with this growth, there...
08 Dec, 2020 Australian legislative update: digital platforms proposed to pay news media for content By Sophie Dawson Sophie Dawson and Jarrad Parker provide a legislative update on the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code in...
04 Dec, 2020 Newsflash: Update on Epic Games’ dispute with Apple By Conor Hume Conor Hume provides an update on the dispute (previously reported for MediaWrites) between Epic Games, publishers of the game Fortnite,...
04 Dec, 2020 Influencer marketing Q&A By Graeme Payne How do brands and influencers maintain authenticity and integrity? How important is the contractual relationship between brand and...
03 Dec, 2020 Rebekah Vardy v Coleen Rooney: What next in the war of the WAGs? By Bryony Gold Following the recent ruling in the first stage of Rebekah Vardy’s libel claim before the English High Court, a preliminary hearing on...
02 Dec, 2020 Disinformation & COVID-19: EU Commission publishes second set of reports on actions taken by online platforms and advertisers By Maisie Briggs Maisie Briggs explores the second set of reports published by the European Commission, which set out the steps taken by online platforms...
01 Dec, 2020 Hey fans! Pay attention to your football tickets By Gian Marco Rinaldi Marta Breschi On 13 November 2020, the Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) closed the pre-investigation proceedings against several Serie A football...
27 Nov, 2020 Circumventing technological protection measures and website blocking orders: An EU perspective By Prof. Dr. Eleonora Rosati In this article for MediaWrites, Eleonora Rosati considers an interesting recent development concerning website blocking orders in...
25 Nov, 2020 Shifting goalposts: how technology has changed sports and broadcasting in 2020 By Franz Gernhardt, LL.M. Broad technological changes have been necessitated by social distancing measures in sport this year, but what will be the long term...
24 Nov, 2020 Listening Skills: Voice Technology and the Publishing Industry By William Wortley Assistive voice technology and smart speakers have not yet been fully utilised by the publishing industry - William Wortley considers...
23 Nov, 2020 Where do we stand with Czech influencer marketing? By Kristina Kudelíková Where do we stand with influencer marketing and enforcement actions in the Czech Republic? Although the phenomenon of influencer...
18 Nov, 2020 The show must go on – hope for the Festival Season 2021 By Aneesah Kabba Kamara If you are wondering whether you’ll be able to sport your wellies for next year’s festival season, you’ll be pleased to hear that the...