20 April 2020
Seeing stars: using names and images of high profile athletes to promote your events can now land you on the ropes
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/australia/using-names-and-images-of-high-profile-athletes-to-promote-your-events-can-land-you-on-the-ropes

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's recent decision to investigate a leading events promoter for marketing a sports event using imagery of high profile athletes who did not ultimately participate in the ...

07 April 2020
Event Sponsorships, COVID-19 and Force Majeure – Where do we stand?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/event-sponsorships-covid19-and-force-majeure-where-do-we-stand

COVID-19 has had a dramatic impact on commercial operations across all sectors globally. This is no better demonstrated than in the events industry, with international sporting events worth vast sums of money to ...

30 April 2020
Coronavirus and esports – adapting to a new reality
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/coronavirus-and-esports-adapting-to-a-new-reality

In the face of COVID-19 digital content has had to adapt and evolve like never before. But in a world where live content is scarce, esports has shown itself to be remarkably adaptable, expanding its profile both on ...

24 November 2020
Listening Skills: Voice Technology and the Publishing Industry
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/uk/listening-skills-voice-technology-and-the-publishing-industry

Assistive voice technology and smart speakers have not yet been fully utilised by the publishing industry - William Wortley considers their potential as tools to increase user engagement and drive revenue.

26 November 2020
UK: Shifting goalposts - how technology has changed sports and broadcasting in 2020
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/shifting-goalposts-how-technology-has-changed-sports-and-broadcasting-in-2020

Broad technological changes have been necessitated by social distancing measures in sport this year, but what will be the long term consequences of these developments?

04 December 2020
AI did it My Way
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/ai-did-it-my-way

The influence of artificial intelligence (“AI”) in the music industry is nothing new and its transformative impact is showing no signs of slowing up. In this article, Katie Rimmer dissects the various AI applications ...

14 December 2020
Newsflash: Update on Epic Games’ dispute with Apple
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/uk/newsflash-update-on-epic-games-dispute-with-apple

Conor Hume provides an update on the dispute (previously reported for MediaWrites) between Epic Games, publishers of the game Fortnite, and Apple and Google, as a result of Fortnite being taken down from both the Apple ...

05 January 2017
Skin betting from a Czech gambling law perspective
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2017/global/skin-betting-from-a-czech-gambling-law-perspective

The Czech Republic is set to modernise its gambling regulation by adopting the new Act No. 186/2016 Coll., on Gambling (the "Gambling Act").

28 June 2019
Half a year Netherlands Commercial Court: an update
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/netherlands/half-a-year-netherlands-commercial-court-an-update

On 1 January 2019, the Netherlands Commercial Court ("NCC") was launched and ready to hear cases regarding international commercial disputes in the English language

28 January 2019
What is NISR and who is impacted?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/what-is-nisr-and-who-is-impacted

The NISR (Network and Information Systems Regulations), which came into force on 9 May 2018, are designed to protect the critical national infrastructure of EU countries in the event of a cyber attack.