ANALYSIS: Blockchain technology could ultimately revolutionise the way in which investors and the public consume company reports, a new report has suggested. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Inventions may be protected by the patent system, which has a statutory basis developed and refined by case law. Businesses wishing to obtain patent protection need to file an application […]
Continue Reading →The growing use of social media could be a factor behind the 39% rise in the number of defamation claims brought before the courts in London that has been recorded, […]
Continue Reading →UK government departments must record which “security related responsibilities” lie with them and which with their suppliers when outsourcing services, according to new cybersecurity standards that have been mandated. Read […]
Continue Reading →A US company has lost its bid to obtain EU trade mark protection for ‘france.com’ after an EU court ruled it was too similar to an existing trade mark owned […]
Continue Reading →ANALYSIS: A new checklist has been developed by the European Banking Authority (EBA) to help banks and other financial institutions understand when they might rely on ‘pooled audits’ of service […]
Continue Reading →ANALYSIS: Changes to the UK immigration rules affecting a number of categories will take effect from 6 July 2018. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →An online gambling provider has paid a penalty of more than £2 million after it failed to meet its obligations on social responsibility and on addressing the risk of money […]
Continue Reading →Governments across the EU would have to justify national regulations requiring companies to store non-personal data locally under proposed new rules that moved closer to being finalised on Tuesday. Read […]
Continue Reading →A company was entitled to bring a claim for damages against a contractor which had paid bribes to its former managing director, regardless of whether it had affirmed its commercial […]
Continue Reading →A national data strategy is to be developed in the UK, the government has announced. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The amount of data that domain name registrars can be forced to gather on people operating websites could be determined by the EU’s highest court. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The launch of a ‘world first’ marine insurance blockchain platform shows that the insurance industry is moving the technology “from hype into reality”, an expert has said. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Banks do not need to check whether their customers have given other companies permission to access information from their payment accounts under EU payment services laws, the European Banking Authority […]
Continue Reading →A plumber engaged as an “independent contractor” by a London firm was a ‘worker’, entitled to bring certain employment law claims against the company, the UK’s highest court has ruled. […]
Continue Reading →The UK government has lowered the threshold for merger intervention in sectors with implications for national security in the first stage of amendments to the Enterprise Act. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →ANALYSIS: Businesses that fail to take active steps to protect their trade secrets risk missing out on new protections being introduced across Europe. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →A telecoms operator cannot rely on its statutory right to retain equipment on third party property to avoid a landowner’s claim for damages for breach of a contractual ‘lift and […]
Continue Reading →Ireland’s data protection authority will play “a central role” in shaping the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a Dublin-based data protection law expert has said. Read Complete […]
Continue Reading →Manufacturers of connected cars and medical devices will be among the businesses able to obtain an EU-wide certificate that their products conform to cybersecurity standards under new laws that have […]
Continue Reading →A new European Electronic Communications Code has been provisionally agreed on by EU law makers amidst heavy industry criticism. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The UK government should be putting in place measures to support start-up companies in the technology sector more effectively, concludes a new report. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →EU law makers have been called on to regulate online platforms that allow users to exchange virtual currencies for other virtual currencies “as a priority”. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The UK’s accountancy watchdog has lodged formal complaints against two former senior executives of Autonomy, the UK software company, and two of the company’s former accountants. Read Complete Article
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