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The European Commission has launched a public consultation to inform the implementation of the EU AI Act's provisions on high-risk artificial...
Ofcom has published its 2025–26 strategic approach to artificial intelligence, setting out how it supports safe AI innovation across the...
The Competition and Markets Authority has secured formal undertakings from Amazon to strengthen its systems against fake reviews and catalogue abuse...
The European Commission has launched a call for evidence on the proposed EU Digital Networks Act, which seeks to enhance access to secure, high-speed,...
Law360, London: Peers voted once more on 2 June 2025 to introduce an amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill (DUA Bill) requiring AI companies to...
Intellectual Property Enterprise Court—practical points on case managementIntroduction to the Intellectual Property Enterprise CourtThe Intellectual...
Electronic working and CE-File—when and where is CE-File applicable?This Practice Note provides guidance on the interpretation and application of the...
Applicable law—a guide for dispute resolution practitionersThis Practice Note explains what is meant by applicable law, also referred to in differing...
Introduction to the application of Chapter I to vertical agreementsThis Practice Note refers to Chapter I of the Competition Act 1998 (CA 98), The...
The Competition Act 1998 (Vertical Agreements Block Exemption) Order 2022Vertical agreements are prohibited by section 2(1) of the Competition Act...
Software as a service (SaaS) agreement—master SaaS terms—pro-supplierThese current consolidated Master SaaS Terms were published on [insert date]. For...
Social media—training materialsThese social media training materials consist of template PowerPoint slides that can be used as the basis of one or...
Precedent instructions or brief to counsel[IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE[BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS [OF ENGLAND AND WALES OR IN [insert...
Recording agreementThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of Company], whose registered office is at [insert address] (registered in...
Mobile app end-user licence agreement (EULA)—genericWe are [app provider’s name and address], the creators of [app name] (referred to below as the...
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...
Defamation—limitationThe ordinary time limit for defamation and malicious falsehood claimsA claimant must commence a claim for defamation within one...
Defamation and malicious falsehood—publicationThis Practice Note examines the role of publication in an action for defamation or malicious falsehood....
Defamation—defencesDefencesThere are a number of substantive defences to a defamation claim, the majority of which are now, since the Defamation Act...
Malicious falsehoodThis Practice Note provides an introduction to the tort of malicious falsehood. Unlike a claim for defamation, there is no...
Defamation and social mediaThe internet and, in particular, social media is a high risk area for defamation litigation. Content posted on blogs,...
Websites—compliance requirementsConsideration of electronic data interchange (EDI) arrangements, blockchain, smart contracts or sector-specific laws...
DeepfakesThis Practice Note considers the following legal issues, technical information and applications of deepfakes:•What is a deepfake?•How...
Notice and take-down letter—defamationAddress of Website OperatorDear [insert organisation name]Notice and take-down letterWe act for [insert client...
Using framework agreements for servicesFramework agreements (sometimes referred to as master services agreements) are essentially umbrella agreements...
Copyright in films and television programmesFor the purposes of copyright law the term 'film' means a recording, on any medium, from which a moving...
Television format rightsWhat is a television format?A television format is a concept or idea for a television programme or series of programmes...
A source-code based software interface or intermediary that allows applications or software components to communicate with each other and defines the way in which an application will interact with other software and share data.
Multiple groups of users sharing a single instance of an application which is partitioned to logically isolate each group’s data.
The geographical location of cloud computing resources. Often used in the context of a supplier’s offering to restrict processing and storage activities to a specified region.