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Public Law Podcast Episode 24: Engaging With Advertising Regulators

In this edition of the public law podcast series, Jasveer Randhawa is joined by HSF Kramer Partner James Wood and Of Counsel (Australia) Christine Iacono.

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

PEGI Updates EU Video Game Age-Rating System

On March 12, 2026, the Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) system, which classifies video games by age appropriateness, announced updates to its video game age-rating framework, adding new criteria that directly address monetisation models and urgency‑based sales tactics aimed at younger users.

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

The Latest Updates On Ofcom's Media Act Implementation Plans

The Media Act 2024 promised a whole raft of new measures, principally to ensure outdated regulation is updated to reflect today's real world and there is more consistency regardless of how people are accessing content.

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

PEGI Announces Major Update To Age Rating Criteria: What Games Businesses Need To Know

The Pan‑European Game Information (PEGI) system, which provides age ratings for video games, has confirmed that it will introduce new "interactive risk" categories from June 2026 for all games submitted for classification.

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Adtech Regulatory Update: What Advertising And Media Businesses Need To Know

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Digital, Commerce & Creative 101: Online Safety Act Navigation For The Video Games Industry

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Business Rates And Advertisement Rights

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Wrigleys Solicitors

The Global Advertising Lawyers' Alliance Publishes Its Predictions For Global Advertising Law And Regulation 2026

Worldwide Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Soft Opt-in Now In Force For UK Charities

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Withers LLP

Oatly? I Can't Believe It's Not Mammary Secretions!

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

New Tough Measures Brought In By The ASA On Advertising Loot Boxes In The UK

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

What Makes A Successful Video Game Collaboration?

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

UK Government To Consult On Ban On Unlicensed Gambling Operator Sport Sponsorship

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

ASA Research Shows That People Want Influencer Ads To Be Clearly Labelled

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

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Webinars

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21 Apr 2026 | 10:00 AM

From Prompting to Invention Capture: Practical Copilot Workflows for IP Professionals

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Schweiger & Partners

Recorded on 20 Jan 2026 | 3:00 PM

2026 Canadian In-House Counsel Report: Unparalleled Insights into Canada's In-House Profession from CBA In-House Lawyers

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CBA In-House Lawyers

Recorded on 13 Nov 2025 | 3:00 PM

Unlocking IP Department Superpowers: From challenge to opportunity - Success Stories and Best Practices from IP Leaders

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Dennemeyer S.A.

Recorded on 21 Oct 2025 | 12:00 PM

From IPMS to Ecosystem: How APIs & Agentic AI transforms Intellectual Property work

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Dennemeyer S.A.

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Media & Entertainment Law

PEGI Updates EU Video Game Age-Rating System

On March 12, 2026, the Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) system, which classifies video games by age appropriateness, announced updates to its video game age-rating framework, adding new criteria that directly address monetisation models and urgency‑based sales tactics aimed at younger users.

United Kingdom Media & IT

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

The Latest Updates On Ofcom's Media Act Implementation Plans

The Media Act 2024 promised a whole raft of new measures, principally to ensure outdated regulation is updated to reflect today's real world and there is more consistency regardless of how people are accessing content.

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Digital, Commerce & Creative 101: Online Safety Act Navigation For The Video Games Industry

The UK's Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA) regulates game studios which operate multiplayer or social games, friends functionalities, online chat forums or any other form of user-to-user services.

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Ofcom Keeps Busy With Online Safety Investigations

United Kingdom Privacy

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Lewis Silkin

Victims Of Finfluencers Short-changed By Paltry Fines For Unauthorised Financial Ads.

United Kingdom Finance

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Lewis Silkin

A Landmark Moment For Press Freedom In Ireland

United Kingdom Litigation

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Lewis Silkin

"Where Do We Go Next?" UKIE CEO's Call To Supercharge The UK Games Industry

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Boosting The Bottom Line & Beyond: Increasing Female Representation In Games Studios

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Netflix vs Paramount: A Defining Moment For Global Entertainment

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Marks & Clerk

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Publishing

What Keeps Studio Execs Up At Night?

The 'Game Changers' conference featured a panel of games industry executives comprising CEO Chris Wood, COO Viktorya Hollings and general counsel Daniel Goodall and Tim Marin...

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Ofcom's Roadmap For The Online Safety Act 2023: What's Next?

Ofcom has unveiled its latest timetable for rolling out the remaining phases of the Online Safety Act 2023, setting out when to expect new codes, guidance, statutory reports, and advice for the Secretary of State.

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

High Court Dismisses High-profile Libel Claim, Finding That Defences Of Truth And Public Interest Are Established

The decision clarifies that in assessing a publisher's reasonable belief for the public interest defence, the court will consider the publisher's general...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Football Governance Act Becomes Law In Historic Moment For English Football

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Addleshaw Goddard

Media Supergrowers – AI, Adjacency, And Audience Expansion

United Kingdom Media & IT

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AlixPartners

Preventing Fake Reviews: What Are "Reasonable And Proportionate" Steps?

United Kingdom Consumer

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Travers Smith LLP

Court Of Appeal Overturns Decision To Strike Out The Defendant's Defence Of Public Interest In Libel Proceedings Brought By TV Presenter Rachel Riley

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Wiggin

UK refuses to extradite Assange to the US, for now

United Kingdom Litigation

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Coronavirus: Do Brands Have Any Recourse If The Media Wrongly Alleges They Have Furloughed Staff?

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Withers LLP

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Music and the Arts

Noel Clarke vs The Guardian: Key Legal Lessons

The libel case of Noel Clarke -v- The Guardian has sparked widespread discussion about the boundaries of truth, and investigative journalism and the public interest defence, in the context of defamation.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Teacher Stern

Martyn's Law: What Live Music, Sport And Events Businesses Should Be Doing Now

The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 (the Act) – commonly known as "Martyn's Law" – is set to transform the way public venues and events across the UK approach security and preparedness for terrorist threats.

United Kingdom Government

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Lewis Silkin

Curtain Up, Rights Reserved

Taylor Swift's 12th studio album "The Life of a Showgirl" was released last Friday, and it has already broken records: 3.5m units have been sold in the US.

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

The 'Messy' Credit Clash

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

Global Talent Visa - Arts And Culture - Top 10 FAQs

United Kingdom Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

Striking A New Chord: Will The UK Harmonise With The EPO On Excluded Matter?

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

A 16th-century Painting Stolen More Than 50 Years Ago Is Returned

United Kingdom Criminal

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Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

S5:E8 – Mark Deeks, Musician: The Transformative Power Of Music (Video)

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Square One

In Discussion With Our Licensing Team

United Kingdom IP

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Rothera Bray

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Sport

PEGI Updates EU Video Game Age-Rating System

On March 12, 2026, the Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) system, which classifies video games by age appropriateness, announced updates to its video game age-rating framework, adding new criteria that directly address monetisation models and urgency‑based sales tactics aimed at younger users.

United Kingdom Media & IT

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

AI Registries To Protect Athlete Likenesses And Digital IP

It is not disputed that AI is rapidly reshaping the entertainment and sports industries, with top athletes now becoming huge contributors to the ‘AI economy’.

United Kingdom Technology

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Marks & Clerk

The Business Behind Sport: What Makes Sports Sponsorship (Podcast)

Valued at approximately $103 billion today and projected to reach close to $185 billion by 2035, sports sponsorship has become a strategic...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Private Equity Has Found A Home In Sport

United Kingdom Commercial

TS

Travers Smith LLP

UK Government To Consult On Ban On Unlicensed Gambling Operator Sport Sponsorship

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

The Macroeconomic Backdrop To Private Capital Markets - February 2026

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Investing In Sports: What Financing Options Are Available To Private Capital?

United Kingdom Finance

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A&O Shearman

Free-to-air Football Under Scrutiny: How Investment Funds Are Changing The Game

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Withers LLP

Football Club Senior Managers Beware: Inside The IFR's New Owners, Directors And Senior Executives Test

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

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Latest Videos

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Legal Consideration For Hotels: Planning (Video)

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Gowling WLG

RSPCA Vindicated, But Only After ASA Goes Down A Rabbit Hole. (Video)

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Lewis Silkin

S4:E9 – North East Seen: 'Fear Less, Do More' With Alison Gwynn (Video)

SO

Square One

Partner Simon Goldberg Discusses The Post Office Scandal In Sky News Interview (Video)

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Simons Muirhead & Burton

SaaS Insights: Approaching The Infosec Clause (Video)

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Kemp IT Law

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