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16 Mar 2022
Top judge warns over ‘PRing’ rulings
Jon McLeod and Yasmin Abubeker report on a case with clear implications for lawyers and PR professionals engaged in publicising the outcome of cases.
7 Mar 2022
The Online Safety Bill
Preventing early exposure to harmful materials and abuse in the age of Everyone’s Invited.
1 Mar 2022
Claire Harris joins DRD
DRD is delighted to welcome Claire Harris as a Senior Adviser. Claire is a Competition expert and solicitor, and joins DRD's growing Competition & Antitrust Team. Claire is a competition expert and a solicitor, with experience in senior roles at several international law firms and competition regulators.
22 Feb 2022
Open for Business? The case for the defence…
The Government’s 2021 Defence and Security Industrial Strategy looks to position the defence sector in the middle of the UK's post-Brexit shop window. However, many in the Government are wondering if, when it comes to defence, they are opening the shop door a little too wide…
17 Feb 2022
Clouds on the horizon
The cloud computing industry is under increasing scrutiny from anti-trust regulators. Recent investigations did not bring immediate results, but they signalled the start of a gradual shift towards more thorough, intersectional examination by authorities...
9 Feb 2022
Drums from the hills
The UK’s competition watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), began a market study into music and streaming services at the end of January. Are we about to witness major changes to the way the music industry works in this country?
4 Feb 2022
Getting Down to Levelling Up
At last, the Government have delivered the Levelling Up White Paper – 400 pages of plans and promises with much of the substance still to come. But what does the White Paper contain and what does it mean for the Government going forward?
20 Jan 2022
CMA airs the fashion industry’s dirty laundry
2022 has started with the fashion industry’s dirty laundry being aired, after the CMA announced a review of environmental claims in the sector. In this blog, DRD Associate, Ed Bowie, analyses what the review means for the sector and what it says about the CMA's focus going forward.
14 Jan 2022
Appointed Representatives face rules squeeze
An established feature of the UK financial services sector faces important reforms, say Jon McLeod and Iona Cross.
4 Jan 2022
The National Security and Investment Act
The New Year heralds the Business Secretary’s unprecedented new powers over corporate deal-making. Here, we rate the political risks of deal-making under the new regime.
17 Dec 2021
Gove will tear us apart, again
With Parliament entering recess yesterday, DRD Partner Jon McLeod looks to the year ahead and asks - will 2022 see the fracturing of the United Kingdom?
3 Dec 2021
Levelling Up – a title without a policy (yet)?
Clemency Huggins and Ed Bowie take a look at how the Government and Opposition are approaching Levelling Up
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