4/11/2025 9:24:53 AM High Court holds that The 1975 band members are not personally liable for Malaysian festival closure By Dan Breen Laura Gray Summary On 24 February 2025, the High Court held that individual members of English band, The 1975, were not personally liable for the...
3/27/2025 9:59:47 AM Gambling Commission Introduces New Rules on Consumer Promotional Offers By Elizabeth Dunn Callum Granger Henry Sealy On the back of its latest consultation response, the Gambling Commission (the “Commission”) has announced a number of new rules aimed at...
3/7/2025 11:00:34 AM Regulators Increasingly Harness AI to Tackle Regulatory Challenges By Andy Danson Andrew Cox Chibu Akpakwu The challenges posed to regulators by the rise of AI have been well documented in recent months, but regulators’ own use of AI has...
2/28/2025 11:37:49 AM Commercial references and product placements in UK broadcasts – Broadcasters beware! By Richard McMorris Andrew Cox Chibu Akpakwu Ofcom has reminded broadcasters of their obligation to ensure that all programming complies with the Broadcasting Code’s restrictions on...
1/21/2025 10:23:03 AM Incoming changes to the UK’s Advertising Codes By Tom McHugh On 11 December 2024, the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) and the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP) launched a...
12/27/2024 5:38:46 PM New advertising regulations on the restriction of HFSS products (finally) introduced By Intisar Abdi Craig Giles On December 3, 2024, the UK government introduced the Advertising (Less Healthy Food Definitions and Exemptions) Regulations 2024 (SI...
12/13/2024 1:45:59 PM High Court Decision Confirms Limits on Gambling Operator Responsibility – No Duty of Care By Chibu Akpakwu Callum Granger Elizabeth Dunn In a much-anticipated decision, the High Court has underscored the boundaries of responsibility that gambling companies owe towards their...
12/6/2024 4:13:42 PM Modernising the UK Media Mergers Regime By Andrew Cox Dr Saskia King Alienor Troletti The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has launched a consultation into proposed changes to the media mergers regime. These...
10/25/2024 9:03:25 AM 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,...
10/17/2024 9:10:09 AM 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...
8/20/2024 2:27:27 PM 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...