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The European Commission has launched a consultation on its adopted proposal for a regulation revising the EU Chips Act, known as 'Chips Act 2.0'. The...
The European Commission has launched a consultation on the proposed Regulation on the authorisation of mobile satellite services systems using the...
The European Commission has launched a consultation on its adopted proposal for a regulation establishing the EU Cloud and AI Development Act (EU...
The European Board for Digital Services (EBDS), in co-operation with the European Commission, has published its second annual report on systemic risks...
What are perpetual, irrevocable and royalty-free licences?Licences are sometimes expressed to be ‘perpetual’, ‘irrevocable’ or ‘royalty-free’, but...
Reputational damage claims—alternative causes of actionThis Practice Note considers the relationship between causes of action for reputational damage...
DefamationThe tort of defamation is governed by a mixture of statute and common law. The relevant statutory law is contained in:•the Defamation Act...
Software escrowIntroductionEscrow is the process of two or more parties placing property or instruments in the hands of a trusted third party (an...
What are perpetual, irrevocable and royalty-free licences?Licences are sometimes expressed to be ‘perpetual’, ‘irrevocable’ or ‘royalty-free’, but those terms can be interpreted in a variety of ways. It is important to properly specify what these terms mean in each case:•‘perpetual’ licences:
Using framework agreements for servicesFramework agreements (sometimes referred to as master services agreements) are essentially umbrella agreements which provide standard terms and conditions for goods or services requested under individual 'call-off' contracts, often called statements of work or
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
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