23 Dec, 2022 Hare-brained scheme: Why the AI tortoises will inevitably lose the race… By Gareth Stokes “Slow and steady wins the race.” All of us will have heard a multitude of variations on Aesop’s fable of the tortoise and the hare. The...
13 Dec, 2022 Racism in Sport: Options Paper By Nick Fitzpatrick Over recent years, there have been a number of examples of racism in sport, and as a global law firm we understand that these issues are...
09 Dec, 2022 DLA Piper’s Women in Sport makes herstory! By Hannilee Fish DLA Piper’s Women in Sport initiative made herstory by hosting Millie Bright, England and Chelsea defender, for its first in person event...
29 Nov, 2022 All I want for Christmas is the exclusive right to use... By Alex Lowe Hang on, those aren’t the lyrics. Correct. It’s not even December, but I’d assumed people would be sick of hearing the real ones by now...
15 Nov, 2022 Women in sport vlog series: Developments in women's pro cycling By Mary Foord-Weston In this vlog, I talk about the inaugural “Tour de France Femmes”, which took place this year, and the history of the women’s Tour. It’s...
15 Nov, 2022 Media, Sport and Entertainment Summit - On demand By DLA Piper - Media, Sport & Entertainment We held our Media, Sport and Entertainment Summit virtually across a number of dates in September and October. Topics in the programme...
14 Nov, 2022 Key topics and takeaways from the 2022 Masters of Advertising Law conference in Florida By Claire Sng I share my thoughts on key themes from the 2022 Masters of Advertising Law Conference in Florida; picking up on advertising issues...
09 Nov, 2022 ASA Crackdown on Alcohol Ads By Linzi Penman Euan Lumsden In the first six months of 2022 the Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) made three rulings on the topic of ‘alcohol’. This jumped to...
07 Nov, 2022 Advertising law and a spotlight on the “S” (“Social”) in ESG By Elinor Cavil Claire Sng Studies show that almost a third of consumers will stop buying a particular product because of ethical or environmental concerns, and...
03 Nov, 2022 No more SLAPPs perhaps? By Duncan Calow In a year of Covid, climate change and conflict in Ukraine, the recent celebrity court battles of Vardy v Rooney and Depp v Heard in the...
02 Nov, 2022 Blocking injunctions against internet access providers as ultima ratio under German law By Gabriele Engels The German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has specified the requirements under which a rights holder can request an internet access...
01 Nov, 2022 Meaning of 'net zero' and 'carbon neutral' claims under the spotlight in the UK By John Wilks Huw Cookson Joshua Tray UK advertising regulator the ASA has published a detailed report on consumers’ understanding of environment-based terminology used in...
27 Oct, 2022 Women in Sport: In conversation with Lioness, Millie Bright By DLA Piper - Media, Sport & Entertainment Fresh from her EURO 2022 win, professional footballer and England Lioness Millie Bright will join us on Thursday 1 December at 6pm for an...
26 Oct, 2022 What does the new EU Terrorist Content Regulation mean for Hosting Service Providers? By Emer McEntaggart Darach Connolly On 7 June 2022, a new EU-wide regime to ensure the swift take-down of online terrorist content within one hour – on pain of civil fine –...
19 Oct, 2022 Spain to regulate the online commercialization of lottery games By Elisa Lorenzo Even though the Spanish provisions reserve the offering of the state national lottery for certain National operators (the Organización...
14 Oct, 2022 SINGAPORE: Potential new laws on online safety for social media services By Yue Lin Lee Social media companies offering their services in Singapore must be aware of potential new and far-reaching legislation which was...