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Lexis®+ TMT is an online practical guidance product for contentious and non-contentious lawyers dealing with technology, media and telecommunications matters.
New technologies
Guidance for key emerging technologies, such as AI, NFTs, the Metaverse and autonomous vehicles, explaining both how the technologies work and the key legal regimes (existing and new) that apply to their operation.
Information technology
Core content for all TMT lawyers, this topic contains key 'go-to' precedents and practice notes at the route of most TMT related issues. Some of most popular areas are the software and cloud computing topics.
Outsourcing
Our content covers simple outsourcing transactions as well as those with a more complex structure, and the impact of hyperscalers and recognised market practice relating to the negotiation and drafting of affected terms.
Expertise
Whether you're advising on adtech, cookies or NFTs, Lexis+® TMT has the know-how and tools to help you succeed.
Latest TMT News
Google has announced it will maintain its current approach to third-party cookie controls in Chrome and will not implement a new standalone prompt,...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published guidance on 30 April 2025 on how it intends to implement the "4Ps", ie the four key...
A complaint against Groupon International Ltd and Jaoyeh Trading Ltd regarding misleading price claims was considered by the Advertising Standards...
MLex: Potentially conflicting legal requirements, national governance approaches to ensure regulatory consistency, as well as clear legal advice to...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published an engagement paper for its proposal for AI Live Testing. The paper outlines a plan to support the...
Latest TMT Practice Notes
Incentivising supplier performance under an outsourcing arrangementThis Practice Note analyses common methods of incentivising suppliers in...
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024—mapping key changes to unfair commercial practices and the Advertising CodesOn 6 April 2025,...
The Online Safety Act 2023—a quick guideThis Practice Note provides a quick guide to the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA 2023). It explains what OSA 2023...
Advertising law and regulationRegulatory regime overviewThe rules applicable to advertising in the UK are found in both legislation and in...
The Online Safety Act 2023This Practice Note contains practical guidance on the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA 2023), which sets out the UK’s regulatory...
Latest TMT Precedents
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Letter of intent—outsourced servicesStrictly private and confidentialTo: [Insert name of Customer party] (a company registered in [England and Wales],...
Business continuity services agreement—pro-customerThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of Customer], [a company incorporated in...
Film music composition agreementThis Agreement is made on [insert date]Parties1[insert name of company], a company incorporated in England and Wales...
DRS complaint1Rights in the domain nameAccording to [a WHOIS search conducted on [date of Nominet WHOIS search] OR Nominet’s response to a data...
Latest TMT Q&As
Featured TMT content
What are perpetual, irrevocable and royalty-free licences?
Malicious falsehood
Malicious falsehoodThis Practice Note provides an introduction to the tort of malicious falsehood. Unlike a claim for defamation, there is no...
Defamation
DefamationThe tort of defamation is governed by a mixture of statute and common law. The relevant statutory law is contained in:•the Defamation Act...
Defamation and social media
Defamation and social mediaThe internet and, in particular, social media is a high risk area for defamation litigation. Content posted on blogs,...
Deepfakes
DeepfakesThis Practice Note considers the following legal issues, technical information and applications of deepfakes:•What is a deepfake?•How...
Copyright in films and television programmes
Copyright in films and television programmesFor the purposes of copyright law the term 'film' means a recording, on any medium, from which a moving...
Key issues in software licence agreements
Key issues in software licence agreementsSoftware can be broadly defined as a computer program comprising a series of instructions which, in...
Defamation—defences
Defamation—defencesDefencesThere are a number of substantive defences to a defamation claim, the majority of which are now, since the Defamation Act...
Do you have definitions of ‘Best Industry Practice’ and ‘Good Industry Practice'?
Defamation—limitation
Defamation—limitationThe ordinary time limit for defamation and malicious falsehood claimsA claimant must commence a claim for defamation within one...
Advertising law and regulation
Advertising law and regulationThis Practice Note introduces the laws and regulations governing advertising in general and covers:<...
What do the words ‘defend, indemnify and hold harmless’ mean?
Prize promotions
Prize promotionsThis Practice Note examines the law and regulation that applies to operating prize promotions, including prize competitions and free...
Software escrow
Software escrowIntroductionEscrow is the process of two or more parties placing property or instruments in the hands of a trusted third party (an...
Does the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 apply to business-to-business contracts and to what extent might it restrict a contract term permitting variation of terms and conditions on notice?
Using framework agreements for services
Using framework agreements for servicesFramework agreements (sometimes referred to as master services agreements) are essentially umbrella agreements...
Copying software and copyright
Copying software and copyrightThis Practice Note examines legal and practical issues relating to the copying of software. It sets out software...
The commercialisation of sport
The commercialisation of sportSport has become a big business. It is now widely recognised not only as a pastime or recreation but as an industry in...
Associated legal terms
Container
A means by which a software application can be virtualised, irrespective of the server that it runs on. Containerisation makes the application instance portable between servers.
G-Cloud
The UK government cloud procurement frameworks and digital marketplace for public sector bodies to procure cloud services and other resources.
Hypervisor
A management controller which creates and manages multiple virtual machines and the physical computing resources (memory, storage processing etc) that are available to each virtual machine.
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