05 October 2018
Bird & Bird wins at the 2018 Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Europe Awards
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2018/global/bird-bird-wins-at-the-2018-financial-times-innovative-lawyers-europe-awards

Bird & Bird is delighted to announce that we won the 'Innovation in legal expertise: Creating a new standard' category at the 2018 Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Europe Awards, held last night in London.

13 November 2019
Five years of the Competition Damages Directive: The first rulings from the European Court of Justice
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/five-years-of-the-competition-damaged-directive

November 2019 marks the 5th anniversary of the adoption of the EU Competition Damages Directive. We lead with an analysis of the two judgments of the European Court of Justice to date that address this Directive.

10 November 2017
Influencing Media: Timothy Armoo, CEO of Fanbytes
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/influencing-media

Welcome to Part 3 of our Influencing Media series. In the wake of our inaugural MediaWrites event in September[1], we look back at the discussion, focusing this time on Timothy Armoo, co-founder and CEO of Fanbytes: a ...

10 January 2018
New updated guidelines on influencers from the Danish Consumer Ombudsman
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/new-updated-guidelines-on-influencers-from-the-danish-consumer-ombudsman

An enormous amount of so-called "influencers" (social media personalities and bloggers) have flooded the online world in recent years.

03 December 2019
Twitter’s ban on paid political advertisement comes into effect
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/twitters-ban-on-paid-political-advertisement-comes-into-effect

Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, recently announced that the site will implement a worldwide ban on paid-for political adverts due to a belief that “political message reach should be earned, not bought”.

23 October 2020
LJ Confidential: Court of Appeal rules on confidentiality of live sports data in TRP v SIS
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/uk/lj-confidential-court-of-appeal-rules-on-confidentiality-of-live-sports-data-in-trp-v-sis

The Court of Appeal decision in the sports data dispute between The Racing Partnership v Sports Information Services was handed down handed down on 9 October 2020.

08 April 2020
COVID-19 and the Media, Entertainment & Sport Sector: A Step-by-Step Guide
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/covid19-and-the-media-entertainment-and-sport-sector-a-step-by-step-guide

Phil Sherrell, Richard McMorris and Esme Strathcole explain how English contract law on force majeure and frustration applies to the COVID-19 pandemic in the media, entertainment and sports sector.

23 December 2020
European Commission publishes sweeping new rulebook for online platforms offering services in Europe
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/european-commission-publishes-sweeping-new-rulebook-for-online-platforms-offering-services-in-europe

In a bid to achieve "technological sovereignty", the European Commission has unveiled a wide-ranging package of proposals that will provide a new rulebook for online platforms offering goods and services in Europe.

18 March 2019
Proposed EU Copyright Directive shifts balance of responsibilities between rights holders and platforms
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/proposed-eu-copyright-directive-shifts-balance-of-responsibilities

Musicians, Memes and Mandatory Exceptions: an overview of the proposed Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market from Francine Cunningham, Bird & Bird Senior Public Affairs Manager in Brussels

02 April 2020
Deepfakes and the Media: MediaWrites talks to Danielle Van Lier
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/deepfakes-and-the-media-mediawrites-talks-to-danielle-van-lier

As part of our Tessellate series of articles addressing how technological developments are affecting media and sports organisations, Esme Strathcole speaks to Danielle Van Lier (Assistant General Counsel at SAG-AFTRA) ...