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Of the nineteen draft bills in the Queen’s Speech of 9th May, of most interest to the IT and digital media world will be the draft Communications Data Bill. But before we take a quick look at that, three other proposed measures are likely in due course to be of relevance also. First, two parts of the Enterprise Regulatory Reform Bill will address reforming competition law, and second, overhauling Employment Tribunals.
Read more...Social Media Governance: Tips for In-House Counsel
Corporate use of social media has rapidly become commonplace across most industries, proving there is no shortage of companies willing to provide the soundtrack to Zuckerberg’s vision. Nor is it limited to the global consumer brands; from sewerage treatment companies to funeral homes, businesses are flocking to Facebook and other social media platforms. Read more...
Benchmarking terms in outsourcing contracts: all pain and no gain or indispensable price protection tool?
Benchmarking continues to be an emotive and, at times, difficult issue for customer and supplier in the outsourcing process, both during contract negotiations and when it comes to implementation. This article identifies the key issues and concerns that should be considered and addressed in the benchmark terms of the outsourcing contract, and suggests approaches that can be taken to achieve a more realistic and balanced benchmark process. Read more...
Click to Invest: is crowd funding the future of raising capital in the creative industries?
Despite being an industry legend with much-loved games Full Throttle and Day of the Tentacle under his belt, Tim Schafer knew the problems he faced in pitching his latest point-and-click adventure idea to publishers. At a time when current console games sales charts are dominated by blockbuster first person shooters and annual iterations of sports game franchises, it would be difficult to convince a publisher to take a risk on a slow-paced genre that had its heyday in the early 1990s. Read more...
Lost in Translation
A look at why sports teams may want to localise their digital content in order to appeal to a wider audience. The article looks at what localisation of digital content involves, some incorrect assumption applied by teams, legal issues to be considered and why localisation is an option sports teams should give serious consideration to. Read more...
Reform of the UK Competition Regime
On 9 May 2012, the Queen’s speech announced the introduction of an Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill. This will enact the reforms published on 15 March 2012 in the response to the March 2011 consultation by Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (“BIS”) regarding reform of the UK competition regime (“the Competition Consultation Response or CCR”). Read more...
Technology issues on termination of employment
Technology has, in theory at least, enabled a much more productive employment relationship. For example, the advent of smartphones and tablets means, in theory, that work can be carried out at any time or in any place which should provide benefits for both employers and employees. Read more...
UK government’s Open Standards Consultation – a step in the wrong direction?
On 9 February 2012, the UK Cabinet Office published a consultation on its proposals to require all public procurement contracts for software interoperability, data and document formats in government IT to be based on “open standards” (“the Consultation”). Read more...
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Kemp Little advises Portland on sale of majority stake to Omnicom
Kemp Little LLP, advised Portland, London’s fastest growing independent communications agency on the sale of a majority stake to Omnicom. Read more....
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