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Tech, Media and Comms

UK chancellor's 'mini-budget' proposes amendments to draft infrastructure legislation

Signals positive changes for telecom operators enabling easier access to telegraph poles on private land
Regulatory Outlook

Competition | Regulatory Outlook September 2022

Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum publishes its terms of reference | Compare the Market's appeal against £17.9 million fine upheld |
Regulatory Outlook

Advertising and Marketing | Regulatory Outlook September 2022

Enforcement notice on advertising Kenalog injections | CAP and BCAP launch consultation on mid-contract price rises in telecoms ads |
Regulatory and compliance

NHS procurement breach not 'sufficiently serious' to award damages

High Court decision raises prospect for claimants of being denied damages even if they succeed in a liability trial
Financial Services

Consumer finance firms: who is in scope of the new Consumer Duty?

Before moving to implementation planning, firms need to make sure whether and where they are caught by the rules

Commercial

Marketinglaw update | September 2022

Welcome to the latest edition of Marketinglaw.
Banking and finance

To defer or not to defer, that is a consideration

What are the fundamentals of deferred consideration on bolt-on acquisitions from a legal, non-accounting perspective?
Real estate

UK tribunal clarifies Electronic Communications Code renewals involving concurrent lessees

Judgment guides on a 'gap' in the telecoms regime when site providers grant a concurrent lease to a third party

Retail and Consumer

UK High Court finding on trade marks and bad faith 'evergreening' set for appeal

A supermarket dispute can go to the Court of Appeal over the decision to accept a strike-out application
Financial Services

New data and reporting rules as the FCA revamps the appointed representative regime

What steps do principals need to take to get up to speed with the new UK procedural requirements?
Blockchain

Law Commission launches digital assets consultation

UK businesses involved in crypto-token transactions have an opportunity to shape the future regulation of crypto-assets