11/24/2025 3:21:16 PM Game On: PIF’s $55 Billion Takeover of Electronic Arts Redraws the Legal and Strategic Map for Global Gaming By Omar Sharief Simon Shooter Raya Alkhatib Key Legal and Commercial Considerations for Publishers, Licensors and Investors November 2025 | By Simon Shooter, Partner, Raya Alkhatib,...
11/20/2025 10:21:15 AM Cracking the Code – DCMS Publishes Voluntary Code of Good Practice for Prize Draw Operators By Henry Sealy Elizabeth Dunn Andy Danson Earlier today, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (“DCMS”) published the final version of its Voluntary Code of Good...
11/10/2025 4:41:24 PM Patch Notes – Ofcom Releases New Guidance on the Impact of OSA on Gaming Industry By Henry Sealy Matthew Buckwell Will Deller Ofcom has recently published new guidance on how the Online Safety Act (the “OSA”) applies to the video games industry (link here) (the...
11/10/2025 2:58:24 PM Sweden – significant developments in gambling regulation By Mårten Lindberg Eleonora Pavliouk Recent legislative developments in Sweden are set to significantly impact gambling operators and service providers. This article outlines...
10/16/2025 9:20:41 AM Deposit limits redefined: what the Gambling Commission’s new rules mean for operators By Elizabeth Dunn Lucy Paterson Introduction The Gambling Commission has finalised new rules on deposit limits in the Remote Gambling and Software Technical Standards...
10/14/2025 9:48:18 AM No plagiarism in borrowed sci-fi motifs, rules Italian Supreme Court By Margherita Ripamonti If your comic book features aliens, robots or dream-like journeys, don’t worry - you’re not automatically infringing someone else’s...
9/11/2025 12:24:32 PM Gambling Commission Issues New Guidance on the Statutory Levy By Callum Granger Andy Danson Elizabeth Dunn The Gambling Commission has published new guidance on the statutory levy for gambling operators which was introduced earlier this year to...
9/5/2025 1:29:46 PM CJEU Opinion: Player claims unfounded if national laws incompatible with freedom of services By Quirijn Mohr Roelien van Neck On 4 September 2025, the opinion of Advocate General (“A-G”) Emiliou of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) on...
9/2/2025 2:31:42 PM The Online Casino Case - Invalidity of Legal Acts Due to Serious Gambling Problems By Wendela Hårdemark Introduction On 1 July 2025, the Swedish Supreme Court (Högsta domstolen) delivered its judgment in case T 607-24, providing further...
8/5/2025 4:45:59 PM Data in Women’s Sport – How to Bridge the Data Gap By Catriona Hodgson Shiv Gupta 1. The Data Gap Between Men’s and Women’s Sport The collection of health data in elite sport can allow organisations and athletes to...
7/30/2025 8:33:24 AM UK Government to Introduce Voluntary Code of Practice for Prize Draw Operators By Elizabeth Dunn Henry Sealy In response to the expanding market of online prize draws and competitions (“PDC”), the UK Government has announced plans to introduce a...
7/11/2025 2:49:01 PM Gambling Commission's Revised Financial Penalties Framework: Does it add up? By Elizabeth Dunn Andy Danson The Gambling Commission has (finally) published its response to its 2023 consultation which proposed changes to the Statement of...
6/17/2025 11:34:20 AM Finnish Gambling Update - Regulatory Powers Under Consultation By Pia Ek Maria Karpathakis Status of the Finnish gambling reform The Finnish Gambling Bill was submitted to Parliament in March 2025 and is currently under review....
5/20/2025 9:04:46 AM Gambling Commission takes action against TGP Europe: A timely reminder for operators and sports organisations By Elizabeth Dunn TGP Europe’s recent decision to surrender its British gambling licence following an investigation by the Gambling Commission (the...
5/2/2025 10:50:27 AM Women’s Sports Series: Key Legal Considerations When Acquiring Women’s Football Clubs By Josie Price Deeba Moqani As noted in our Horizon Scan 2025, growth in investment into women’s sport is set to continue throughout 2025. Women’s football is one of...
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...