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Procedural order or Award? Paris Court reaffirms French definition of an arbitral award (MESA SPA v Mr [X] [Y] [F] & others)
Arbitration analysis: This case examines the question of whether arbitral ‘procedural orders’ are amenable to annulment under French law. The Paris Court of Appeal considered Mesa’s attempt to annul three ICC procedural orders and found the application inadmissible. The court emphasized that, under Article 1518 of the French Code of Civil Procedure...
EUIPO publishes first EU study on influencers and intellectual property rights
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has published the first EU-level study examining how social media influencers engage with intellectual property rights. The research, conducted by KPMG and ICF Next, surveyed 300 influencers across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube from all 27 EU member states. Key findings include that 55% of...
Former top prosecutors back judge-only fraud trials
Law360, London: Radical reforms dispensing with jury trials for complex fraud and many other criminal cases may be the only way to stop the justice system from collapsing under its own weight, former chief prosecutors have told Law360.
Ofcom fines Virgin Media £23.8m for vulnerable customer protection failures
Ofcom has imposed a £23.8m penalty on Virgin Media for breaching consumer protection rules during its analogue-to-digital landline migration programme between August 2022 and December 2023. The regulator found Virgin Media failed to properly identify telecare customers and disconnected vulnerable users despite knowing the safety risks, violating...
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