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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
Life Sciences and Healthcare

Zantac clash is reminder for life sciences industry of need for litigation strategies

Robust defences are critical when litigation concerns one product but multiple claimants and jurisdictions
Financial Services

UK financial watchdog tells firms to review 'buy now, pay later' promotions

All 'buy now, pay later' products must comply with financial promotion rules or risk enforcement action, FCA warns
Financial Services

FCA improves its appointed representative regime amid UK consumer-harm concerns

The changes will specify more precisely a principal's responsibility for and oversight of ARs and what this means in practice
Tech, Media and Comms

Streaming market study update aims to keep harmony in UK music industry

Businesses and individuals in music streaming need to remain aware of developments ahead of the final report in 2023

Commercial

Marketinglaw update | August 2022

Welcome to the latest edition of Marketinglaw.