One month after GDPR took effect across the EU, brand owners are coming to terms with the new reality of the limited data available when conducting WHOIS searches.

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has upheld appeals by Pfizer Limited and Flynn Pharma Limited in relation to significant fines imposed by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ...

The 2018 Association of Certified Fraud Examiners' Report to the Nations provides a detailed breakdown of occupational fraud from 125 countries.

Paramount to the success of any recruitment company is the protection of its main assets: its staff and its candidate and client database.

On 19 March, Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive of the FCA, delivered a talk on culture in financial services. This speech was delivered against the backdrop of the FCA ...

The FCA says that its overriding approach to Enforcement is to achieve a fair and just outcome in response to misconduct.

As part of the wider articulation of its mission, the FCA has published a document outlining its approach to Enforcement.

Most people in the UK would recognise the KitKat shape. Yet, in the long-running dispute between Nestlé and Cadbury, the Court of Appeal ...

In a case which raises a number of issues for those looking to clear marks, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has upheld a finding of a likelihood of confusion ...

Social media has so far proved hard to define, let alone regulate. At a recent seminar on 'Big Tech', social media and privacy ...

The UK Gambling Commission takes a risk-based approach to regulation, focusing its resources on the issues that potentially present the greatest risk to the Commission's licensing objectives.

There's also the international sale of these rights to be finalised over the next year or so, which will likely more than make up for any domestic shortfall.

One problem is that PECR are now 15 years old – and in the digital context this is almost prehistoric law.

Employers must of course be alive to potential liability for their own acts.

We are increasingly having conversations with clients who require ongoing support in relation to their GDPR compliance – ranging from those that must appoint a Data Protection Officer (DPO) under GDPR ...

Most of us will have received emails over the recent weeks from businesses asking us to confirm that we want to continue to hear from them.

Back in 2010 and 2011, ‘localism' and ‘neighbourhood planning' were the new buzzwords in the planning world, full of promise and anticipation of sustainable development ...

The ‘Build to Rent' (BTR) sector is one of the fastest growing real estate asset classes in the UK. It has been quoted that a further 1.1 million households will be renting privately in the UK ...

Over the last few years we have witnessed the significant rise of institutional interest in the Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) sector.

After Grenfell: who should pay to remove unsafe, combustible cladding on apartment blocks?