Posted bySM&B News Media 4th March 2019 Regulating social media: “there needs to be reform but it must be workable” The clear message from experts debating the regulation of Big Tech is that the sector needs reform but that the...
Posted bySM&B News Media 27th February 2019 Regulating Big Tech – the issue of our time? Sometimes it takes a personal tragedy to focus attention on an issue which many people know is important but think...
Posted bySM&B News Media 20th December 2018 SM&B consultant Trevor Barnes’ latest blog: A freedom of expression gift from Ofcom to British broadcasters To broadcasters worried by some recent decisions whether Ofcom gives sufficient weight to freedom of expression (especially those who might...
Posted bySM&B News Employment 7th November 2018 Employment consultant Tessa Fry writes for ELA Briefing The Employment Lawyers Association (ELA), whose remit is to support the work of UK employment lawyers, publish regular updates and...
Posted bySM&B News Media 9th October 2018 SM&B consultant Trevor Barnes’ latest blog: More freedom for broadcasters on impartiality? In his latest blog post, TV and Radio compliance consultant Trevor Barnes asserts that a fascinating decision by Ofcom on October...
Posted bySM&B News Media 2nd October 2018 SM&B consultant Trevor Barnes’ latest blog: Controlling star presenters Ofcom’s latest Broadcast Bulletin (No.362) offers a timely reminder to broadcasters in the form of two Code breach decisions against Channel...
Posted bySM&B News Tech, IP and Digital Rights 21st August 2018 Comment and warning to clients: protect your name Head of IP, Maninder Gill I have just been asked to comment by a trade magazine on yet another entrepreneur...
Posted bySM&B News Media 7th August 2018 Ofcom Broadcast Bulletin Review 6 August 2018 – Trevor Barnes The due care of young people when making programmes is a tricky compliance area. Rule 1.28 of the Ofcom Code...
Posted bySM&B News Media 30th July 2018 Love Lie-Land?: what that Love Island dossier means for broadcasters The vexed and controversial topic of broadcast voting is back in the news again. The Sun on Sunday ran a...
Posted bySM&B News Media 19th July 2018 Broadcast consultant Trevor Barnes’ latest blog post: England Win Penalty Shoot Out – and Ofcom Shoots at Hate Speech Our media consultant Trevor Barnes looks at the background behind Ofcom’s tough line on hate speech in his latest blog...
Posted bySM&B News Tech, IP and Digital Rights 17th June 2018 Cyber Safety Tips for the World Cup In their latest article, Anne Rose and Simon Halberstam provide some cyber safety tips to keep in mind before, during and after...
Posted bySM&B Employment Team Employment 13th June 2018 Case Law Alert – 13 June 2018 Supreme Court rules plumber was a worker not a self-employed contractor In this edition: In Pimlico Plumbers Ltd and another v Smith, the Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Pimlico...
Posted bySM&B Employment Team Employment 16th May 2018 Addressing Sexual Harassment in the Media and Creative Industries Follow Up Thank you to everyone who attended our seminar and we hope you found the seminar both interesting and beneficial to...
Posted bySM&B Employment Team Employment 25th January 2018 Legal Development Alert – 10 Cases to look out for in 2018 In this edition: Makbool Javaid, Partner, and Head of Employment Law, looks at 10 cases to be heard in the...
Posted bySM&B News Family 17th January 2018 Kim Kardashian West shines light on parenthood via surrogacy Kim Kardashian West and her husband Kanye West yesterday became parents to a baby girl, delivered via a surrogate. “Kanye...
Posted bySM&B News Real Estate 15th January 2018 Lessons from Carillion: are massive construction companies a sub-prime toxic asset class? In the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, bad residential mortgages were agglomerated, packaged, rubber-stamped with a higher security rating than was...
Posted bySM&B News Tech, IP and Digital Rights 12th January 2018 Legal issues in the Retail Industry – Seminar held on 11 January 2017 Maninder Gill (Head Partner) and Anne Rose (Associate) of Simons Muirhead & Burton LLP’s (SM&B) Retail and Intellectual Property team...
Posted bySM&B News Family 19th December 2017 Bye Bye Brussels – the EU Divorce Bill Theresa May is currently negotiating what the UK should pay to Brussels on its divorce from the EU. There could...
Posted bySM&B News Media Content and Disputes 15th December 2017 New Ofcom head announced: thoughts from Soho The formal announcement of Ofcom’s new chairman, Lord Terry Burns, has inevitably led to speculation about what difference the arrival...
Posted bySM&B News Tech, IP and Digital Rights 12th December 2017 All I want for Christmas is a CryptoKitty What is crypto? What is blockchain? What is Bitcoin? As Wittgenstein might have put it, many of these terms are...
