12/12/2025 10:36:22 AM Does the Cyber Resilience Act outlaw AI vibe-coding? By William White The software industry has seen more than its fair share of disruption in the last few years. Concerns about cyber security have led to a...
12/9/2025 2:17:14 PM Bristows' SnippITs: When ignorance is bliss for termination rights By Freya Ollerearnshaw Pippa Davis This post is the latest in Bristows’ SnippITs series, which pulls together the key practical takeaways from recent court decisions for...
11/13/2025 5:22:50 PM Judgment in second-hand software dispute By Anna Cook The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has handed down a judgment on two preliminary issues relating to the reselling of software licences...
10/24/2025 10:38:43 AM Bristows’ SnippITs - DHSC v Medpro: estoppel arguments ‘dressed down’ by the court By Freya Ollerearnshaw Barney Bussell This post is the latest in the Bristows’ SnippITs series, which pulls together the key practical takeaways from recent court decisions...
10/20/2025 8:40:50 PM AWS US-EAST-1 incident: regulators concentrate on concentration risk By William White In what is now becoming an annual event, IT admins around the world woke up today to discover that large portions of their IT estates...
10/8/2025 11:45:11 AM AAA v BBB and others [2025] EWHC 1647 (Comm) Worldwide freezing order discharged where claim form not served on time By Alexandra Illingworth In AAA v BBB and others, the Court considered the circumstances in which an extension of time for serving a claim form may be granted. In...
10/7/2025 4:13:47 PM From lab to luxe: the rise of biotech in luxury beauty products By Laura Harwood Camille Beckmann In August, luxury haircare company Olaplex Holdings, Inc. (Olaplex) acquired US biotechnology company Purvala Bioscience, Inc. (Purvala)1...
9/17/2025 11:46:43 AM Growth in luxury sponsoring sports By Rob Powell Sebastian Stewart 2025 has already seen a myriad of high-profile sports events including the Masters, the Americas Cup and Wimbledon – many of which...
9/15/2025 1:50:11 PM Court of Appeal upholds long-term supply contract despite open pricing clause By Ben Coleman Patrick Newlands Summary The Court of Appeal has upheld a long-term supply contract despite the fact the price was not fully agreed. It found that there...
7/31/2025 11:40:38 AM Bristows’ SnippITs - The importance of “splitting hairs” in your settlement agreements: Zaloumis v Steele By Freya Ollerearnshaw Helin Kaya This post is part of the Bristows’ SnippITs series, which pulls together the key practical takeaways from recent court decisions for the...
7/30/2025 3:01:07 PM It’s time to act on the new R&D regime By Julia Cockroft Tabitha Reed Although the UK’s new R&D tax relief regime came into force on 1 April 2024, many companies have only now completed their first...
7/23/2025 8:18:14 PM US trends offer a guide for UK companies granting share options By Julia Cockroft Lucy Urwin Tabitha Reed We explore the complexities of navigating share option plans on both sides of the Atlantic. For companies looking to reward employees...