Premium Rate regulation – emerging trends: Pt 1
Author – Victoria Russell, Aug 28, 2019
We recently considered a notice to industry issued by the premium rate services regulator, PhonepayPlus, concerning a call to cease services, and were surprised at the level of response. Not only were our clients – and the industry at large
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Image Rights: Noriega and Lohan
Dated : Aug 28, 2019
It has emerged that imprisoned former dictator of Nicaragua, General Manuel Noriega, has launched a claim in the State of California as against Activision, the producers of the hugely successful ‘Call of Duty’ game series.
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5 things you need to know about the Defamation Act 2013.
Authors – Owen O’Rorke, Jordan Constable, Aug 28 , 2019
One change that may have gone unnoticed amid the usual 1st January mess of paper hats and broken resolutions this year is that the Defamation Act 2013 has finally been brought into law.
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PhonepayPlus: Some Thoughts on the Ordanduu Case
Author – VICTORIA RUSSELL and OLIVER FETIVEAU, Aug 28, 2019
Those close to the UK mobile services industry will have had a close eye on the recent application for Judicial Review, made by Ordanduu GmbH, against UK phone regulator PhonepayPlus. Having seen their application for permission knocked back on paper,
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Defamation Act – a Win for the Press?
Author – Oliver Fetiveau, Aug 28, 2019
The Press may be able to escape the financial cost of defamation, and reap the financial reward, simply by issuing an early apology. This has serious implications for the new press regulatory body, the Independent Press Standards Organisation (“IPSO”), established this week.
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Cooke v MGN – the Costs Verdict
Authur – Oliver Fetiveau, Jul 8, 2019
On 13 August 2014 Mr Justice Bean handed down his judgment in the case of Cooke
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FA Work Permit Reforms kick in as transfer window opens
Dated : Jul 7, 2019
After England’s early exit from the Under 21 European Championships, the familiar ‘excuse’ of too many foreign players in England was a regular soundbite in the media for a few days. This is a knee-jerk too-easy response
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KP Nuts About Exclusion, but is there any Remedy?
Dated : Jul 7, 2019
There has been much said about the Strauss/Graves/Pietersen exclusion debacle, and we will not have heard the end of it yet.
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One Artist’s Rubbish Is Another Person’s Treasure
Dated : Aug 22, 2015
Our attention has been caught by the recent story of a legal row between an artist and her former studio & workshop. In a nutshell Gypsy Hill Workshop (the ‘Workshop’’) have allegedly sold items which they claim are the ‘work’ of artist Angelique Hartigan.
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Uber and Out ? A look at the regulatory implications of the current spat.
Dated : 2015
On 22 September, Transport for London issued a statement. It had decided, pending its expiry on 30 September, that Uber’s ‘private hire operator licence’ would not be renewed.
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