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A new regulator, the Digital Markets Unit (DMU) has just launched in the UK and will oversee tech giants such as Facebook and Google to ensure they do not exploit their market dominance to push out new competition. The regulator is a unit within the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and …
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Following a lengthy court battle, Uber has now conceded defeat in their battle to classify drivers as self-employed. The UK supreme court had rejected their appeal which meant that drivers would be classified as workers entitling them to minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions which Uber has said it …
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A hacking claim involving City of London firm Dechert and an airline tycoon has been resurrected having previously been dismissed after the Court of Appeal remitted the claim for retrial as new evidence became apparent. In Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA) v Farhad Azima [2020] EWHC …
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Regular injunctions are powerful instruments of law in their own right but a super injunction is a supercharged version of a regular order that provides an extra layer of protection for those at risk of defamation. In this article, we explore how they work but also some of the rare cases that have …
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There has been a lot of talk about what was in the budget but the absence of some policies may have more of an impact on the economy. Investors may have feared a torrent of rises in Rishi Sunak's 2021 budget but ultimately many of the fears simply didn't materialise as many taxes including Capital …
