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Disruption and the digital age: key business and legal challenges impacting the entertainment and media industry – part two

In the second of a two-part series, members of Van Bael & Bellis’s digital counselling practice examine some of the key issues impacting the entertainment and media industry – this time with a focus on gaming – and consider what businesses can do to navigate these challenges

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McDermott expands private equity bench with partner hire from CMS

Healthcare deals specialist Jason Zemmel will be based in London

Legal Services Board initiates enforcement action against SRA over Axiom Ince oversight failures

Unprecedented move follows highly critical independent report into regulator’s supervision of accumulator firm

US legal services business Harbor acquires UK legaltech firm Ascertus

Deal is the second UK legaltech acquisition this year for the Chicago-based firm

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Deals | UK

Keidan Harrison co-founder in dispute with insurers over treatment for ultra-rare cancer

AXA PPP Healthcare has turned down Luke Tucker Harrison’s claim for the cost of innovative treatment

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News | UK

Boldyn Networks adds former O2 GC as UK and Ireland legal head

Edward Smith resumes in-house career after three years in private practice at Shoosmiths and DLA Piper

AI governance among top data law trends shaping business strategies, study shows

New Freshfields report outlines key data law changes that companies must adapt to

Cooley recruits Gowling’s London life sciences head

Jenny Davies joins as a partner in Cooley’s London life sciences partnering and licensing practice

Raft of firms called in for $14.5bn Nord Anglia acquisition

Latham, Cravath, Ropes and Debevoise act on international school operator’s acquisition by consortium

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Deals | UK

Kirkland marks first structured finance hire in London

Chicago giant replenishes London ranks following raids by Paul Weiss; also hires structured credit partner from Milbank in New York

European Law Institute calls for ‘light-touch’ litigation funding regulation

Excessive regulation could lead to funders exiting the market, potentially reducing access to justice, ELI study suggests

Paul Weiss raids Kirkland’s London funds team again for latest partner hire

Revathi Raghavan is fifth partner to join Paul Weiss this year in London from Kirkland’s investment funds team

4 Stone Buildings rings changes with new leadership and clerking co-heads

Shake-up will see hugely respected senior clerk David Goddard take consultancy role

UK government unveils long-awaited Employment Rights Bill – what next?

The Bill will ring in seismic shifts that substantially raise the bar for employers, write Ashurst’s Crowley Woodford and Ruth Buchanan

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GSK sues Moderna over Covid and RSV vaccines

Latest lawsuits in mounting patent litigation over vaccines against the two viruses

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News | UK

Japan’s Nishimura & Asahi to open in London and Brussels

Offices set to open early next year with mix of Japanese and local lawyers

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