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The Premier League recently announced that one of the final two domestic broadcasting packages for the live streaming of Premier League football had been sold to Amazon Prime for an undisclosed amount

On 18 July 2018, the European Commission imposed a €4.3 billion fine on Google for abusing its dominant position in markets in relation to the Android operating system for mobile phones.

New legislation is going to sweep away the existing procedure for taking and selling a defaulting tenant's goods to recover rent arrears on commercial premises.

The standard rate of corporation tax is to be reduced from 30% to 28% from April 2008. This is in response to industry lobbying for a reduction to make the UK more competitive internationally. However, the benefit will be offset by the reduction in capital allowances.

UNCITRAL has approved the wording of the Convention on the Enforcement of International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation and has resolved to name it the Singapore Mediation Convention.

Africa's digital economy recorded US$1.1 trillion in transactions in 2025, but cybercriminals stole US$484 million as artificial intelligence now drives 55% of reported cybercrimes across the continent.

Simple contracts may still be made on behalf of a company by a person acting under its authority. The position is different for deeds. As before, a deed can be executed by a company either by the affixing of its common seal or alternatively by having it signed by two directors or by a director and the secretary.

On Friday 26 May 2006, a High Court Judge took a brave and long awaited step to protect victims of financial crime who use the Civil Legal process to recover their money. The Judge held that fraudsters can no longer rely on the privilege against self-incrimination to refuse to deliver up pre-existing documents evidencing their fraudulent activities

Until now, in the UK only publicly quoted companies have had to select and report against a corporate governance code.

For the first time in history, the spotlight has been shone on the gender pay gap within the UK's biggest employers.

Employers can breathe a sigh of relief following the recent case of James Keen v Commerzbank AG, in which the Court of Appeal has handed down a judgment dealing with the high profile issue of discretionary bonus payments.

We are living through challenging times. Two weeks ago we learned that OFCOM, the UK broadcasting regulator, could not take action against a London-based radio station accused of inciting violence against non-Muslims. This followed hard on the heels of an innocent man shot dead at Stockwell Station. Our liberal and authoritarian instincts each struggle for attention.

Modern slavery has been described by the Prime Minister, Theresa May, as "the great human rights issue of our time".

The High Court has awarded the Swatch Group US$11.6 million in negotiation damages against Samsung for trade mark infringements involving watch face apps on the Galaxy App store. Rejecting both parties' extreme valuations of US$170 million and US$301, the court established important principles for assessing damages when brand owners don't license their marks and no comparable market royalties exist.

Newzoo, a leading provider of market intelligence to the gaming industry, reported that global esports revenues reached an estimated $696 million in 2017, and are predicted to grow to $1.5 billion...

Forgeries are as old as art itself, but impostors are having a field day in the age of the internet. Fortunately, art scholars, scientists and IT specialists are coming together to protect genuine art works and catch fraudsters.

The Law Commission's second consultation paper examines whether the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954's security of tenure regime remains fit for purpose in today's commercial property market. With proposals ranging from streamlined contracting-out procedures to expanded redevelopment grounds that accommodate modern retrofit work, the consultation tests whether Part 2 of the Act has become too burdensome...