The Roadmap – Bristows technology law podcast series
14.06.2023
In this episode of The Roadmap, our technology lawyers Alice Esuola-Grant, Adrian Sim and Jamie Cox complete our two-part series on Agile. They address Agile in the context of tech development and how Agile development projects should be approached when it comes to putting pen
08.06.2023
This article first appeared in the Intellectual Property Forum journal, published by Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand. Sebastian Stewart, “Who gave you permission to use my name and face?” Licensing of image rights and commercial considerations for companies and individuals (2023) 132 Intellectual Property Forum.
The winner of the recently
08.06.2023
This month’s CLIP is the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Secretariat’s background note ‘Theories of Harm for digital Mergers’ (OECD Note). The OECD Note was prepared for the OECD Competition Committee’s upcoming June roundtable.
The OECD Note acknowledges the challenges involved when considering digital mergers, summarises how existing theories of harm have
The Roadmap – Bristows technology law podcast series
07.06.2023
In this episode of The Roadmap, our technology lawyers Alice Esuola-Grant and Vik Khurana begin the first of a two-part series on Agile. They address the shift to agile ways of working and the obstacles to consider when making this change in your workplace or with
The comments follow Microsoft and Activision’s appeal to the Competition Appeals Tribunal against the prohibition decision by the Competition and Markets Authority.
05.06.2023
EU and UK competition law expert, Victoria Yuan, has been quoted in Equity Research’s article, ‘Microsoft playing all cards in bid to overturn CMA ruling on Activision Blizzard takeover’.
Equity Report is
01.06.2023
Charity trustees have a general duty to act in the best interests of their charity. This general duty has been supplemented by legislation, and in respect of disposals of land by non-exempt charities, by ss117-121 Charities Act 2011. ‘Disposals’ of land held by or in trust for a charity include sales, leases, surrenders and
It has been a busy few years for legislative developments in life sciences in the EU. We have seen the introduction of landmark new pieces of legislation, such as the Medical Device Regulation,[1] the In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Device Regulation,[2] and the Clinical Trials Regulation.[3]
31.05.2023
We have had proposals for cutting edge new legislation,
25.05.2023
This article is the second in our Employee wellbeing series. Further details are below.
Staff wellbeing has become increasingly important. Businesses continue to explore ways in which they can support their employees both inside and outside of the workplace to cultivate and ensure a healthy workforce and as a means to retain and attract
In last year’s edition of the Biotech Review, we speculated as to the likely changes to the EU legislation governing the quality and safety of human blood, tissues and cells (BTC).
24.05.2023
First published in our Biotech Review of the Year publication (Issue 10).
Since that article, the European Commission has published a detailed
24.05.2023
Following a short debate in the Delegated Legislation Committee on 22 May 2023, the House of Commons unanimously approved the draft Medical Devices (Amendment) (Great Britain) Regulations 2023 (the Amending Regulations).[1]
The Amending Regulations will now be debated by the House of Lords. They are expected to come into force on 30 June 2023.