Gambling
On Thursday 26 January, the Gambling Commission published a consultation on proposed changes to its enforcement strategy. The proposals largely focus on a move away from voluntary settlements and a greater emphasis on licence reviews, whilst also providing for the potential of higher fines for licence holders in breach of regulations.
31 January 2017
Technology Outsourcing
Whether we look to Olswang’s many matters with its clients, or to the IT suppliers’ press releases or the numerous industry surveys, there is no doubt that application cloud services are now part of most CTO’s current offerings or future plans.
30 January 2017
Data Protection
After four years of negotiations and lobbying, the text of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was finally agreed in December 2015 and the Regulation will take direct effect in EU Member States on 25 May 2018....
18 January 2017
Gambling
The Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) has rejected a complaint raised against Platinum Gaming Ltd (trading as Unibet) (“Unibet”) in respect of various adverts that it was claimed could be deemed misleading and/or irresponsible.
12 January 2017
Data Protection
In this webinar Elle Todd and Alex Dixie take a first look at the practical impacts of the formal proposals for the new ePrivacy Regulation presented by the European Commission on 10 January 2017...
10 January 2017
Data Protection
Session 4 in our GDPR readiness series. In this webinar, Emily Dorotheou, Sven Schonhofen and Katie Nagy de Nagybaczon of Olswang consider the data compliance risks for retailers throughout the lifecycle of a consumer transaction. The session considers the current position under the Data Protection Directive and Privacy and E Communications Directive, and the changes to come under the new General Data Protection Regulation...
01 December 2016
Data Protection
In this interview, Olswang Partner Andreas Splittgerber provides an overview of developments in Germany's data protection sector, including enforcement trends, during the past year.
30 November 2016
Data Protection
The second webinar in the GDPR readiness series looked at the implications on the Executive Search and Recruitment Industry and challenges that the new Regulation (set to apply from 25 May 2018) presents...
08 November 2016
Gaming
If you’re not a part of the online generation then you might not know what eSports are, but the chances are that you’ll have heard the term. A contraction of the words “electronic sports,” eSports have become a global phenomenon over the last decade and, more importantly, changed the face of gaming.
Back in the seventies and eighties, computer games were simple affairs with simple objectives. For anyone lucky enough to have a home console, personal glory was the goal. For those using their pocket money to play Pac-Man in a local arcade, achieving a score good enough for the leaderboard was the dream...
To read the full article, which was originally published on 04 November 2016 on casino.org/blog, click here.
07 November 2016
Data Protection
Our recent webinar 'GDPR and Jurisdictional Issues' focused on the current jurisdictional landscape under the Directive...
20 October 2016
A bank's approach to forfeiture
17 October 2016
Trademark
The EU General Court has issued three decisions this week relating to stylised trade marks incorporating letters owned by fashion brands. The decisions provide interesting examples of how registrations of stylised letters are perceived and the breadth of the protection they afford.
14 October 2016
The Partners of CMS UK, Nabarro and Olswang have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a proposal to combine their firms and create a new City powerhouse that will become the world’s sixth largest law firm by lawyer headcount and sixth largest in the UK by revenue...
10 October 2016
Data Protection
The EU-US Privacy Shield is a replacement arrangement for the previous Safe Harbour Agreement which was held to be invalid in 2015. In February 2016, the European Commission and the United States Government reached a political agreement on this new framework which provides a mechanism to enable the transfer of personal data from entities in the European Union to the US. It is intended to provide a robust new system to protect the personal data of Europeans through safeguards and commitments deemed to be adequate from a European data protection regulatory perspective...
05 October 2016
Data Protection
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will take direct effect in EU Member States on 25 May 2018. It will replace, and to a large extent harmonise, current national rules which transpose the current EU Data Protection Directive (DPD). Local data protection laws will fill remaining gaps. Time is ticking for organisations to get ready for GDPR...
05 October 2016
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