26 Feb, 2021 Data sharing benefits recognised in ICO Code By Bristows Data sharing has been given a somewhat bad name over the past few years, partly due to the increased awareness around data subject rights...
25 Feb, 2021 ICO releases analytics toolkit By Mark Watts One of the issues we're asked a lot is about the secondary use of data for analytics purposes. Sometimes, but not always, this is in the...
25 Feb, 2021 CBD deadline fast approaching By Bristows Cannabidiol (CBD) products have had a stratospheric rise to fame in the past few years. Generally, in the UK, these products have been...
25 Feb, 2021 Anti-scalper legislation coming to the UK? (Or "will I finally be able to buy a PS5?") By Charlie Purdie The UK Government has officially responded to a petition currently with more than 15,000 signatories relating to the problem of...
25 Feb, 2021 UK may have its very own FTC v Qualcomm By Bristows Readers of my posts will likely be familiar with the FTC v Qualcomm litigation in the USA, which was an antitrust case concerned with...
24 Feb, 2021 NHS England publishes Commercial Framework for New Medicines By Richard Dickinson The pharmaceutical industry now has some clarity around the NHS’ approach to commercial activity in relation to branded medicines. This...
23 Feb, 2021 GDPR and discovery in the United States - two legal systems separated by a common language By Anna Cook There is a conflict between the obligations relating to discovery in the United States and the obligations arising under the GDPR. In his...
23 Feb, 2021 Government escapes crown use defence in SEP case By Bristows It was just over one year ago when the High Court somewhat rattled the Government by finding that Vodafone had a crown use defence in...
22 Feb, 2021 England is not the appropriate forum for Epic v Apple (but is in part for Epic v Google) By Matthew Hunt When commenting on Epic's new complaint to the European Commission about Apple last week (here), I noted that we were still waiting to...
22 Feb, 2021 Monica Magnusson comments on SEP expert group dissenting opinion By Bristows After her well-publicised dissent in the recent report from the EC's group of experts on SEPs, it has been interesting to read Monica...
19 Feb, 2021 UK on the way to adequacy decision By Jamie Drucker There was good news today on the data transfer front, as the EU Commission published a draft adequacy decision for the UK. The EU and UK...
19 Feb, 2021 Adequacy for the UK - are we really out of the woods? By Bristows The European Commission has announced that it has started the procedure for an Adequacy Decision to be made for the United Kingdom, in...