Focus Antitrust - 27 February 2019
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European Commission fines hotel group Meliá €6.7 million for restricting tour operators from making active and passive sales for hotel accommodation
The European Commission has fined hotel group Meliá €6.7 million for restricting tour operators from making active and passive sales for hotel accommodation based on customers’ place of residence. Click here.
CMA provisionally finds Bottomline’s purchase of Experian Payments Gateway does not raise competition concerns
The CMA has provisionally found that Bottomline’s purchase of Experian Payments Gateway does not raise competition concerns. Click here.
Our thinking
Jonathan McDonald
Online safety – 2022 begins with regulatory developments in both the UK and the EU
Last week saw developments within the UK and EU in their attempts to ensure online businesses do more to address illegal online content.
Emma Preece
To flex or not to flex: comparing traditional offices with flexible office space
Matthew Blakebrough
Is Buy Now, Pay Later creating a new debt crisis?
BNPL providers are quick to claim that their services are offered with “no interest and no fees”, but is this really the case?
Nick White
Social Tokens: What are the regulatory challenges in the UK?
Social tokens are one of the latest innovations in the crypto space and have grown significantly in recent years.
Mark Bailey
PRA to further scrutinise cloud computing in 2022
Paul Stone
National Security and Investment Act comes into force
The Act has established a new regime for the review of mergers, acquisitions and transactions that could threaten national security.
Richard Davies
Richard Davies and Rahim Hirji write for the American Bar Association on tattoos, athletes and image rights
LeBron James. Zlatan Ibrahimović. Mike Tyson. What is the common factor?
Sarah Rowley
Sarah Rowley appears in the Apollo and Charles Russell Speechlys’ art law series on the future of museum governance
Are the responsibilities and duties of museum boards in the UK the same as they were, say, 20 years ago?
Nick White
Sports Business: Five Current Themes
Nick White goes early with his thoughts on this year's Sports Business themes.
David Coates
Charles Russell Speechlys advises Puma Private Equity on their investment into Everpress
Puma Private Equity offers a wide range of award-winning investments that help to support investors.
Jonathan McDonald
Lloyd v Google – Supreme Court to deliver judgment tomorrow (on 10 November 2021) – a reminder of the issues at stake
Jonathan McDonald
Fairhurst v Woodard: Property audio and video surveillance system breached GDPR
A recent judgment from Oxford County Court raises significant questions about the increasing use of smart doorbells and cameras.
Jonathan McDonald
Top 5 Data Protection Tips
Jonathan and Marc-Us explore the top 5 data protection tips
Sonia Kenawy
Can machines be inventors?
Matthew Blakebrough
Will JP Morgan’s digital only Chase launch shake up the UK retail banking sector?
Chase is JP Morgan’s consumer brand and is one of the largest retail banks in the United States with over 4,700 branches.
Matthew Blakebrough
Who? Where? What on earth is an “NFT”!?
An NFT is a “Non-Replaceable Token” meaning only one of its type can ever be created and recorded on the blockchain it is connected to.
Richard Ellis
How does the FCA Cryptoasset AML/CTF Regime affect UK cryptoasset businesses?
With the notable exception of security tokens, the majority of cryptoassets remain unregulated in the United Kingdom.
Rory Partridge
Closing the Cookie Jar
Opportunistic claims for misuse of online tracking cookies are on the rise. Proactively ensuring compliance is key to avoiding claims.
Jonathan McDonald
Regulating AI – the impact of two key recent proposals: the UK’s National AI Strategy and the EU’s proposed Artificial Intelligence Regulation
With the hype surrounding artificial intelligence continuing to gather pace, we pause and consider some of the proposed regulatory changes.
Olivia Crane
Review of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport consultation
On 10 September 2021 the Department of Digital, Cultural, Media and Sport (DCMS) published a consultation titled ‘Data: a new direction’.