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Significant victory for 370,000 policyholders in landmark High Court business interruption insurance case
Posted: 15/09/2020
The High Court has today ruled against insurers in a landmark decision which paves the way for pay-outs to an estimated 370,000 businesses forced to close during lockdown. In their judgment, Butcher J and Flaux LJ ruled in favour of policyholders in the majority of the 21 policy wordings considered...…>>
3D trade marks: it’s all in the gömböc
Posted: 13/08/2020
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has handed down its decision in the 'gömböc' case, clarifying two separate grounds for refusal for a trade mark application based purely on the shape of a product. The 'gömböc' is the first known homogenous object with one stable and one unstable equilibrium point....…>>
Schrems II: what now for international data flows?
Posted: 06/08/2020
On 16 July 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its highly anticipated judgment in Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (Schrems II) , ruling that......>>
Data protection: guidance for publishers
Posted: 27/07/2020
Data protection has been amongst the most frequently deliberated compliance issues of recent years. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force in May 2018, imposed additional requirements on organisations across all sectors in Europe in relation to personal data...…>>
The European Commission postpones Medical Devices Regulation
Posted: 03/07/2020
The European Commission has adopted a proposal to postpone the application of the new Medical Devices Regulation (MDR), which was due to come into force on 26 May 2020. The decision means that the MDR will now apply one year later than originally planned, and will be effective from 26 May 2021...…>>

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