22 Jul, 2024 Esports series #1: Esports and Employment Law: Staying ahead of the game By Sinziana Ianc Explore the unique challenges and legal considerations that come with employment in the esports arena. From contracts to workplace...
10 Jul, 2024 Games and interactive entertainment legal trends 2024: Mid-year update By Alex Roberts Verity Egerton-Doyle Jennifer Calver At the mid-year point we take stock and refresh our top five trends shaping the legal outlook for games and interactive entertainment....
22 May, 2024 What might AI regulation in the UK workplace look like? By Louise Mason As adoption of AI systems continues at speed, the constant flow of new products with new capabilities raises concern that regulation of...
09 Apr, 2024 China: Can multinationals continue to use global systems for HR management? By Alex Roberts Dylan Wu Martin Zhou Tiantian Ke +1 more... Show less A close look at the HR exemption: labour rules and/or collective contracts? In our recent blog post, we introduced the Provisions of...
13 Feb, 2024 The rise of AI: Key legal issues in moving from pilot to pivot By Alex Roberts Artificial intelligence has taken the business and social world by storm since Chat GPT broke on to the scene in early 2023. One year on,...
25 Jan, 2024 Priorities for diversity in a UK tech workforce By Laurie Ollivent The business case for diversity in tech has never been clearer, and yet progress in parts remains slow. In a recent post for the...
14 Dec, 2023 EU Platform Work Directive: Council and Parliament agree on rules for gig-economy workers By Jennifer Granado Aranzana Federico Dante De Falco After two years of intense negotiations, the EU legislators have reached a provisional agreement on the Platform Work Directive...
28 Nov, 2023 UK Deliveroo ruling: with great flexibility comes… no collective bargaining rights By Sinead Casey Louise Mason Gig economy operators have always set themselves apart with their flexible approach to the way they do business. And this applies not...
08 Jun, 2023 UK reform of non-compete clauses - increased worker mobility for the tech sector By Sinead Casey Louise Mason Jennifer Calver Against the backdrop of the post-Covid 19 landscape, the cost of living crisis and in a move intended to boost competition and...
12 Jan, 2023 A new year and three new reports for the Tech Sector: Tech Legal Outlook 2023, Fintech Legal Outlook 2023 and Crypto & DeFi By Jennifer Calver Clare Murray As the tech sector faces up to big challenges in 2023, our global cross disciplinary tech and fintech teams have produced three new...
10 Oct, 2022 Better together? European Commission publishes final guidelines on how competition rules apply to gig economy workers By Linklaters The European Commission has published its final guidelines on the application of EU competition rules to collective agreements regarding...