Dec 23, 2020 The Olympics and human rights: what’s happening now? By Tom Herbert The International Olympic Committee (“IOC”) and wider Olympic community must now acknowledge their responsibilities towards athletes’...
Dec 18, 2020 CAS upholds ban on Russia competing in major events By Alasdair Muller The Court of Arbitration for Sport ("CAS") has upheld the World Anti-Doping Agency's ("WADA") decision to declare the Russian Anti-Doping...
Dec 16, 2020 EU digital reform: Brussels seeks to regulate Big Tech and other digital services By Alexandra Kamerling Kit Burden Daniel Colgan Alistair White +1 more... Show less Europe’s legal framework for digital services has been fundamentally unchanged since the adoption of the e-Commerce Directive1 in 2000....
Dec 10, 2020 Looking outside the window(s): How streaming services have affected cinemas’ monopoly on movie releases By Alexis Fierens Emma Stockman Simon Verschaeve Streaming services have seen an enormous rise in popularity over the past few years. In 2019, in addition to Netflix and other similar...
Dec 10, 2020 Historical dramas must be historically accurate (down to the hair) By Yue Lin Lee There has been some drama in Chinese television recently. A show, “Leiting Zhanjiang,” or “Warrior of Thunder,” has been pulled from the...
Dec 10, 2020 Austrian Supreme Court decision on streaming football in pubs By Stefan Panic The Austrian Supreme Court (OGH) has rendered a judgment in a case concerning showing a football match broadcast in a pub without an...
Dec 08, 2020 Where Netflix goes, the world follows - BBFC suggests that all streaming sites should introduce age-ratings in the UK By Samantha Bradley The Chief Executive of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has suggested that all streaming sites should have standardised...
Dec 02, 2020 Partial Settlement Continues USWNT Equal Pay Fight By Ben Gipson In great news following the return of the USWNT's return to the field, the team settlement part of its long running equal pay lawsuit. ...
Nov 30, 2020 When sports and politics collide: an independent regulator for football? By Elinor Cavil Sport is usually a welcome distraction from the world of politics. However, the two collided this month when some of the biggest names in...
Nov 25, 2020 Copyright Reform in Germany: Controversy about upload filter continues By Gabriele Engels In view of the implementation deadline in summer 2021, it is becoming increasingly apparent what the transformation of the highly...
Nov 18, 2020 It's a start, but there's still a long way to go By Ben Gipson After way too long, way too many interviews, and way too much waiting, Kim Ng is finally a GM of a professional baseball team. This...
Nov 13, 2020 Is COVID testing fans the future of sports? By Ben Gipson As everyone comes to grips with the financial impact of not having fans in stadiums, we are seeing more interesting proposals to get...
Nov 12, 2020 UK government launches consultation on total ban of online ads for HFSS products By Samantha Bradley A new consultation has been launched on proposals to ban online ads for HFSS products, as part of the government’s tackling obesity...
Nov 12, 2020 Hello festivals, my old friend: DCMS launches inquiry to examine the future of UK music festivals By Tom Fitzpatrick With the vast majority of UK music festivals having been cancelled in light of COVID-19, and the industry having seen a 90% reduction in...
Nov 10, 2020 The Playlist: DLA Piper’s music law updates By Tom Herbert #2: Dancing Stream - the impact of streaming on the music industry Streaming currently accounts for more than half of the global music...
Nov 10, 2020 Regulatory investigations of misleading environmental claims in the UK and beyond By John Wilks Tom Fitzpatrick UK consumer regulator the Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") has recently opened an investigation into false and misleading...