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While there are endless opportunities for football clubs to gain attention from ultra-high-net-worth individuals, businessmen, and, recently, private equity funds, the celebrity investor may present a unique opportunity to fully maximise the business potential of football clubs.
Celebrities Scoring Big…
Sport has been at the forefront of these developments, engaging early with the Metaverse and seeking to experiment with several different platforms and projects. Given the primacy of intellectual property rights to sports brands – the real lifeblood of their…
The CJEU’s judgment in joined cases C‑775/21 and C‑826/21, Blue Air and UPFR (20 April 2023) provides the latest instalment to a catalogue of cases on the concept of “communication to the public” in EU law. The court held that the…
Background: Media Bill
The Bill follows a White Paper published in April 2022 which set out the government’s vision for the future of the broadcasting sector. The Bill implements the government’s vision by introducing reforms to the regulatory framework…
Factual Background
At a return date hearing on 17 January 2023, the High Court refused to grant an injunction restraining the further publication of photographs of married couple, Richard and Sarah Stoute (the “Claimants”). The photograph of the Claimants was…
Legal dispute on Action Replay devices for PlayStation Portable games
The plaintiff – Sony Computer Entertainment Europe – is the exclusive distributor of various gaming systems and games for the European market. The defendants develop, produce and market devices (cartridges)…
On 28 April 2023, the government published the long-awaited gambling white paper, titled ‘High Stakes: Gambling Reform for the Digital Age’.
You can read our initial thoughts here.
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Background
The claimant is a businessman who was the leader of the campaign for the UK to leave the EU. The defendant is a freelance journalist. The claimant sued the defendant for libel in a talk (“the TED Talk”) and…
After a two-year consultation period, Impress published its new Standards Code (the Code). The Code aims to support journalists and protect the public from unethical journalistic reporting and practices. The Chair of Impress, Richard Ayre, noted that the new Code…
Denmark
In 2022, Denmark celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the Danish Gambling regulation. Not with pomp and circumstance, but with a gambling tax hike and a couple of adjustments to the rules on marketing.
As of 1 January 2021, the…
