Dec 17, 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,...
Dec 16, 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...
Dec 16, 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...
Dec 16, 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...
Dec 10, 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...
Dec 08, 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...
Dec 04, 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,...
Dec 04, 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...
Dec 03, 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...
Dec 02, 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...
Dec 01, 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...