In April 2017 the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education voted to amend the proposal for an updated EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD).

The European Competition Commissioner, Margarethe Vestager, announced last week that there will be a major competition inquiry into the e-commerce sector in Europe.

On 16 December 2013 the European Chemicals Agency added the following seven substances of very high concern to the Candidate List for REACH authorisation: cadmium sulphide; disodium 3,3'-[[1,1'-biphenyl]-4,4'-diylbis(azo)]bis(4-aminonaph thalene-1-sulphonate) (C.I. Direct Red 28); disodium 4-amino-3-[[4'-[(2,4-diaminophenyl)azo][1,1'-biphenyl]-4-yl]azo]-5-hydroxy-6-(phenylazo)naphthalene-2,7-disulp honate (C.I. Direct Black 38); dihexyl phthalate; imidazolidine-2-thione (2-imidazol

For those involved in the alternative funds space, much attention has of course been focused on the recent implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).

On 19 October 2011, we issued an update detailing the Court of Appeal decision that pension schemes will, in some cases, have to be paid before floating chargeholders, preferential creditors, unsecured creditors and even the administrators themselves, where companies become insolvent.

The Conservative Party conference has provided some clarity and certainty around when triggering Article 50 is likely to happen.

On 3 March 2015, the UK and China Co-Production Treaty was ratified. This allows qualifying UK co-productions to access national benefits including sources of finance and an easier distribution route to audiences in China.

CNN Interview On Financial Fair Play.

On 2 October 2015 regulations were made confirming that the film tax relief changes announced in the March 2015 Budget, specified 1 April 2015 as the date the tax relief takes effect.

Ofcom's Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) consultation was published on 15 December 2014.

In a key note speech at this year's MIPCOM, Sophie Turner Laing (CEO of Endemol Shine) has heralded a 'Golden Age' of television.

The Cultural Test (Television Programmes) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1449) came into force on 23 July 2015.

Field Fisher Waterhouse has updated its cookie consent tracking table to reflect the latest developments in implementation of the new cookie consent rule across Europe.

The Autumn Statement contains some good news for UK film production, to be introduced in next year’s Finance Act (with effect from 1 April 2014)

Fieldfisher advised the management of PWK Group in respect of the structuring of a management buyout (MBO) at the side of the investors as well as on a shareholders' agreement with the equity partner HANNOVER Finanz.

Fieldfisher's latest webinar explores new data subject rights under the EU AI Act, differences from GDPR, and compliance deadlines, helping businesses prepare for evolving European data regulations.

On 24 March 2015, Fieldfisher's Financial Institutions Sector hosted FI Connected, a new networking forum where clients from a variety of financial institutions were invited to consider some key issues...

For many years taking security over art from an individual where the art is left on his or her walls has been very challenging given the archaic procedure laid down by the Bills of Sale Acts passed in the 19th century.

The scope of the e-Privacy Regulation is very wide, and will broadly apply to any business that provides any form of online communication service, that utilises online tracking technologies...