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The Brand New Brand Advertising Exemption Regulations Have Just Been Served Up!

On 10 September, Ashley Dalton, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)...

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Cellnex Wins Rooftop Telecom Rights At Croydon Crown Court: Key Tribunal Decision Explained

On 5 June 2025, the First Tier Tribunal (FtT) delivered an extempore judgment in Cellnex Connectivity Solutions Limited v Secretary of State for Housing Communities and Local Government...

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Gowling WLG

Cheats, Hacks And Legal Strategies: Safeguarding Value In The UK Video Game Industry

Video game cheats and hacks are a major problem for game developers and publishers, particularly in online games.

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Strengthening Sport In Scotland – A Powerful Gathering Of Legal And Sporting Leaders

Yesterday, Addleshaw Goddard's Sport Sector hosted the ‘Strengthening Sport in Scotland' conference at Glasgow's Emirates Arena...

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Addleshaw Goddard

Heads Up! Liability For Injuries Caused To Spectators At Sporting Events

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Gatehouse Chambers

Like Omelettes And Eggs, You Can't Advertise Creme Egg Cookies Without Breaking HFSS Targeting Rules

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Supporting Strategic Change In The Hostel Sector: My Work With A National Operator

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Browne Jacobson

Less Healthy Food Ads Are Off The Menu From 1st October. What Are Key Takeaways?

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Less Healthy Food Ads Are Off The Menu From 1st October. What Are Key Takeaways?

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

ASA Monthly Insights August 2025: Four (Or So) Rulings You Need To Know About

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Browne Jacobson

Can Advertising Be Diverse Without Being Discriminatory?

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Asylum Hotels Injunction: What This Means For Local Authorities

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Browne Jacobson

Has Off-channel Gone 'Off The Boil'? The UK FCA Releases Findings Of Review Into Use Of Unapproved Communication Channels By Wholesale Banks' Staff

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

What Now For The Hospitality Sector In Light Of The Changes To The UK's Immigration Policy?

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Burness Paull

UK CPS And SFO Issue Updated Corporate Prosecution Guidance: What Corporates Need To Know

United Kingdom Commercial

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K&L Gates LLP

Takeover Panel Hearings Committee Chair Rejects Appeal Against Panel Executive Ruling In Relation To Third Point Investors Limited

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Contractual Clarity Is Paramount In Offshore Construction Projects (Pharos v. KML)

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Mayer Brown

UK Immigration Salary List 2025

United Kingdom Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

AI In Healthcare: Turning Awareness Into Action With Risk Assessments

United Kingdom Technology

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NAVEX

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IT and Internet

New Online Safety Codes Require Age Verification For Explicit Content

The eSafety Commissioner has registered new industry codes which, among other measures, will require certain online service providers to verify that users are 18+ before accessing certain content.

United Kingdom Privacy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The Rise Of Shadow AI: Risk Or Opportunity?

AI tools are rapidly transforming the creative industries, from the more mundane automating admin or de-mixing audio to the more innovative, such as enhancing ideation, creation of virtual environments or identifying emerging creative trends.

United Kingdom Technology

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Lewis Silkin

What's Up With WhatsApp Contracts?

Jaevee Homes v Fincham [2025] EWHC 942 (TCC) arose from a dispute between a property developer, Jaevee Homes Limited ("the developer")...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Lewis Silkin

ICO Launches Consultation On Draft Guidance For Consumer IoT Products And Services

United Kingdom Privacy

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Lewis Silkin

The Online Safety Act: Where The Rubber Meets The Road

United Kingdom Media & IT

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BCL Solicitors LLP

Ofcom Sets Out Fees And Penalties Regime Under The Online Safety Act

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Ofcom Consults On Additional Online Safety Measures

United Kingdom Technology

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Lewis Silkin

UK Government Publishes Final Priorities For Online Safety Regulation

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Higgs LLP In Conversation With Richard Cox, Managing Director, Langley Business Systems (Podcast)

United Kingdom Law Performance

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Higgs LLP

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Telecoms, Mobile & Cable Communications

Cellnex Wins Rooftop Telecom Rights At Croydon Crown Court: Key Tribunal Decision Explained

On 5 June 2025, the First Tier Tribunal (FtT) delivered an extempore judgment in Cellnex Connectivity Solutions Limited v Secretary of State for Housing Communities and Local Government...

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Gowling WLG

When Is A Lease Not A Lease?

There is no doubt that the telecommunications industry has provided plenty of work for lawyers in recent years with a seemingly never-ending series of tribunal and court cases.

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Hunters

Has Off-channel Gone 'Off The Boil'? The UK FCA Releases Findings Of Review Into Use Of Unapproved Communication Channels By Wholesale Banks' Staff

The UK FCA has set out the findings of a multi-firm review into how firms manage off-channel communications.

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

From Field Service To Experience Service: A Paradigm Shift In Telco Customer Interactions

United Kingdom Media & IT

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AlixPartners

A Practitioner's Perspective On Cyber Investigations In The United Kingdom

United Kingdom Privacy

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BCL Solicitors LLP

How TowerCos Can Drive Value In A Difficult Economic Climate

United Kingdom Media & IT

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AlixPartners

Cultivating Connectivity: 5G And The Future Of Farming

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Marks & Clerk

Improving Accessibility In Payments: A £70bn Opportunity

United Kingdom Technology

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AlixPartners

Who's Policing The Platform? Platform Liability And The Rising Tide Of Online Fraud

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Devonshires

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Media & Entertainment Law

Cheats, Hacks And Legal Strategies: Safeguarding Value In The UK Video Game Industry

Video game cheats and hacks are a major problem for game developers and publishers, particularly in online games.

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Heads Up! Liability For Injuries Caused To Spectators At Sporting Events

In May 2025, Golfweek reported that the Spanish player Jon Rahm struck a fan with a golf ball during the PGA Championship 2025. It turns out that was the third time this player had accidentally...

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Gatehouse Chambers

When Is A Hotel Not A Hotel?

Whilst the political implications of last week's interim injunction against housing asylum seekers in a hotel in Epping are considerable, is it a significant development in planning law terms?

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

From Viral To Vulnerable: Why Young People Acquiring Sudden Wealth Should Seek Expert Professional Advice

United Kingdom Family

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Hunters

Law Firm Branding: A Comprehensive Guide To Elevate Your Legal Practice

United Kingdom Media & IT

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IR Global

The Scope Of Title Protection In Cross-Media Use – The "Nie Wieder Keine Ahnung" Case

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Maucher Jenkins

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

The Reel Cost: UK FCA Cracks Down On 'Finfluencers

United Kingdom Finance

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A&O Shearman

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Advertising, Marketing & Branding

The Brand New Brand Advertising Exemption Regulations Have Just Been Served Up!

On 10 September, Ashley Dalton, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)...

United Kingdom Media & IT

LS

Lewis Silkin

Cheats, Hacks And Legal Strategies: Safeguarding Value In The UK Video Game Industry

Video game cheats and hacks are a major problem for game developers and publishers, particularly in online games.

United Kingdom Media & IT

LS

Lewis Silkin

Avoiding Fake And Misleading Consumer Reviews: CMA Updates Guidance

Policing the new fake and misleading consumer reviews banned practice set out in the Digital Market, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 is high up the Competition and Market Authority's agenda.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Lewis Silkin

Like Omelettes And Eggs, You Can't Advertise Creme Egg Cookies Without Breaking HFSS Targeting Rules

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Less Healthy Food Ads Are Off The Menu From 1st October. What Are Key Takeaways?

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Less Healthy Food Ads Are Off The Menu From 1st October. What Are Key Takeaways?

United Kingdom Media & IT

LS

Lewis Silkin

ASA Monthly Insights August 2025: Four (Or So) Rulings You Need To Know About

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Browne Jacobson

ASA Rules On Pricing Of Subscription Offer

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

ASA Says "Game Over" To Sexualised Anime Ads Targeting UK Viewers

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

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Latest Videos

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

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Lewis Silkin

S4:E8 – Championing The North East: 'Fear Less, Do More' With John Holmes (Video)

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Square One

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

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Simons Muirhead & Burton

ThinkHouse Advertising Seminar - ASA Update

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Gowling WLG

UHY Cast: Episode 5 - The Road To Paralympic Medals With Shelly Woods, British Paralympian (Video)

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UHY Hacker Young LLP

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