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Court of Appeal Upholds CAT Judgment in dismissing BT Landline Pricing Class Action

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On 1 August 2025, the Court of Appeal handed down its landmark judgment in Le Patourel v BT1 refusing the class representative permission to appeal the Competition Appeal Tribunal's ("CAT") dismissal of the opt-out class...more

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UK Media Act 2024: Implementing PSB Prominence

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The Media Act 2024 received Royal Assent on 24 May 2024, marking a significant overhaul of the UK's media regulation framework. The Act aims to modernize the regulatory landscape to reflect changes in the way that television...more

K&L Gates LLP

Combatting Scams in Australia and the United Kingdom

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In response to the growing threat of financial scams, the Australian Government has passed the Scams Prevention Framework Bill 2025. The Scams Prevention Framework (SPF) imposes a range of obligations on entities operating...more

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UK Online Safety Act: Age Assurance and Children’s Access Statement

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On 16 January 2025, the UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) published its Statement on Age Assurance and Children’s Access, and officially commenced the process for user-to-user and search services (“Service Providers”) to...more

DLA Piper

Direct to Device Satellite Services and MSS Services: Upcoming Regulatory Changes

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New satellite services are in development which will permit satellites to communicate directly with unmodified end user phones. These services fall into a category of satellite services known as direct to device services, or...more

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UK competition class actions: first claim to go to trial dismissed

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In a long-awaited judgment handed down on 19 December 2024, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”) unanimously dismissed the claim brought by Justin Le Patourel against BT Group Plc (“Le Patourel v BT”). As the first UK...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Tribunal’s First Ruling Against Collective Action Holds Telecoms Pricing Not Excessive

The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (Tribunal) has handed down a landmark judgment in Justin Le Patourel v BT, the first opt-out competition collective action which went to trial in the United Kingdom (UK). On 19 December...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

The EU and UK Introduce New IoT Security Standards

The FCC’s recent introduction of a new Voluntary Cybersecurity Labelling Program for consumer Internet of Things (IoT) products reflects the continued desire by U.S. regulators to bolster the security of the ever-increasing...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FCC partners with two U.K. regulators in combating privacy issues and protecting consumer data

Recently, the FCC announced (here and here) that it has partnered with two U.K. communications regulatory agencies to address issues regarding privacy and data protection in telecommunications. The FCC announced two separate...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New EU & UK Sanctions

EU’s 12th Sanctions Package - On 19 December 2023, the Council of the European Union (EU) together with the Commission published its 12th round of sanctions....more

Wiley Rein LLP

Report: U.S-U.K. Trade Agreement Negotiations to Begin This Month

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The United States and United Kingdom are preparing to begin negotiations on a new trade agreement later this month. According to an October 3, 2023 reporting by POLITICO, President Biden and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak are...more

Walkers

Guernsey Guide: legal, regulatory, transparency and supervisory framework

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This briefing explains Guernsey’s adoption of rigorous international tax and regulatory standards, which, in conjunction with its local tax law, make it an ideal location for investment funds and other investment vehicles....more

BCLP

Another SIEC in the wall - the ECJ’s judgment in CK Telecoms

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Save for the Commission’s decision in M.8792 (Tele2 NL/T-Mobile NL) which cleared the acquisition of Tele2 NL by T-Mobile NL without remedies, the Commission has historically blocked or accepted divestment/behavioural...more

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Developers can breathe a sigh of relief (for now) as the Court of Appeal plugs a gap in the Telecoms Code

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Last year the Upper Tribunal held that holders of concurrent leases that are subject to pre-existing Telecoms Code agreements cannot be treated as a ‘party to the agreement’, effectively sterilising their ability to terminate...more

Pillsbury - Global Trade & Sanctions Law

New U.S. – UK Economic Partnership Declaration

On June 8, 2023, the United States and the United Kingdom announced the Atlantic Declaration for a Twenty-First Century U.S.-UK Economic Partnership (“Declaration”). The Declaration re-affirms the need to adapt and reimagine...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Q1 2023 Update on the UK’s Investment Screening Regime

As the UK’s investment screening regime starts to bed down following over a year of being in effect, we have been tracking the developments in the last quarter relevant to the operation of the regime. It has been a tumultuous...more

Hogan Lovells

UK Telecommunications: cracking the Code

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The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 (PSTIA) received royal assent on 6 December 2022 following an extensive consultation process....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The Technology, Media and Telecommunications Review, 13th Edition - UK

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This 13th edition of The Technology, Media and Telecommunications Review provides updated overviews of legal and policy constructs and developments in the TMT arena across 18 jurisdictions around the world. As in years past,...more

White & Case LLP

Africa and the Gulf States herald a new era in trade and investment relations

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Strong diplomatic and economic ties have long existed between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states and North Africa but there are other levers at play for deepening economic relations....more

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ECJ Advocate General recommends setting aside the CK Telecoms judgment and endorsing the European Commission’s established...

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Advocate General Kokott has found that the General Court erred in law in requiring the European Commission to show anti-competitive effects of a merger with “strong probability” and that the scope of its judicial review was...more

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The CLOUD Act Data Access Agreement – 10 Things That U.S. Telecommunications Companies Need to Know Now

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Most of the world’s popular telecommunications services, like social media platforms and message services, operate within the United States, but many operate overseas as well. Law enforcement in the United States and...more

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European Digital Compliance: Key Digital Regulation & Compliance Developments - October 2022

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To help organisations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more

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Briefcase - Quarterly Real Estate Update - September 2022

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In this September quarter edition, we cover: ..Oceanfill v Nuffield Health and Cannons Group - Restructuring lease liabilities; what’s the plan for guarantors? ..Dell and another v 89 Holland Park (Management) Ltd – ...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

UK Government to Introduce New Rules to Protect Telecoms Networks Against Cyberthreats

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sports (DCMS) confirmed on August 30, 2022, that it will push forward with tough new regulations and a code of practice to bolster the security and resilience of the United...more

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UK Upper Tribunal confirms another gap in the Telecoms Code - the problem with concurrent leases

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The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) (“UT”) has considered how termination and renewal provisions in the 2017 Electronic Communications Code (the “Code”) can operate when a site provider has granted a concurrent lease to a...more

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