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In this issue: Information technology Internet Media Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Reputation management Telecommunications LexTalk®TMT: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Information technology Commission consults on draft Guidance on EU Cyber Resilience Act The European Commission has opened a consultation on a draft Communication offering direction on how to interpret and apply in practice Regulation (EU) 2024/2847, the EU Cyber Resilience Act (EU CRA). In line with Article 26(1) EU CRA, this non-binding guidance seeks to support manufacturers, developers and other stakeholders in understanding their obligations and fostering a harmonised approach across the EU, with a particular emphasis on helping microenterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises meet compliance needs. the scope of the EU CRA, including free and open-source software and what constitutes a substantial modification; support period obligations; designation of important and...

In this issue: Regulatory framework for medicinal products Research and development Data protection and life sciences Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Regulatory framework for medicinal products Commission releases Communication to boost biotechnology and biomanufacturing The European Commission has issued a Communication on building the future with nature, outlining the obstacles and constraints in the EU’s biotechnology and biomanufacturing arena and setting out a suite of targeted measures to invigorate biotechnology and biomanufacturing across the EU. The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) welcomed the Commission’s Communication and urged the Commission to bring forward, in its next mandate, a comprehensive health and life science strategy so that European patients can access innovative new treatments and technologies. See: LNB News 20/03/2024 81. MEPs adopt proposal to improve EU pharmaceutical legislation The Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee has adopted its proposals...

In this issue: EU fundamentals Commercial Data protection and cybersecurity Free movement, immigration and employment Financial services Energy Environment IP Life sciences Regulatory TMT Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers EU fundamentals European Commission releases March 2024 infringements package The European Commission has unveiled its March 2024 infringements package, highlighting EU Member States it is pursuing for breaches of EU law. It is sending letters of formal notice, issuing reasoned opinions and making referrals to the Court of Justice against Member States including Germany, Spain, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Slovenia, Ireland, Greece, Italy, Hungary, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Poland, Netherlands and Croatia, for infringements spanning the environment, internal market, industry, entrepreneurship and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), migration, home affairs and security union, justice, energy and climate, and mobility and transport. See: LNB News 13/03/2024 51. Council of the EU allows EU to...

Film and TV glossary A–B Film and TV glossary E–H Film and TV glossary I–L Film and TV glossary M–P Film and TV glossary R–S Film and TV glossary T–W CAP Code for non-broadcast media The UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising and Direct & Promotional Marketing (the CAP Code) serves as the principal framework governing non-broadcast adverts, promotional sales activity and direct marketing messages. It is drafted by the Committee on Advertising Practice (CAP), a self-regulatory body whose membership comprises organisations representing advertising, sales promotion, direct marketing and media industries. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) polices the CAP Code and may require the withdrawal or amendment of any advertisement that contravenes these standards. Refer to Practice Note: Advertising law and regulation. Channel 4 Channel 4 operates as a ‘publisher-broadcaster’: it produces no programmes internally, commissioning content from production companies across the UK. Cinematograph film Under the Copyright Act 1956 (CA 1956), films gained protection as...

This Practice Note outlines how intellectual property (IP) and other rights arise in relation to linking on the internet, with emphasis on the standpoint of a website operator. See also, Precedent: Linking policy. Brexit This Practice Note includes references to case law from the Court of Justice. For guidance on whether decisions of the Court of Justice bind UK courts, see Practice Note: Assimilated law. It also refers to EU-derived domestic legislation (that is, UK statutes that implemented EU law). From IP completion day at 11.00 pm on 31 December 2020 until the end of 2023, these measures were categorised as retained EU law (REUL). Assimilated law is the label given to REUL that remains in force after the end of 2023. The re-categorisation of REUL (and associated terms) as assimilated law indicates a change in its status and treatment under UK law, in that it is generally to be read according to ordinary domestic law and principles...

ARCHIVED : This Practice Note is archived and no longer maintained. CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19): Numerous arbitral organisations have reacted to the coronavirus pandemic by issuing practical guidance and making adjustments to standard procedures and working practices. For details on how this content and related arbitration proceedings may be affected, see Practice Note: Arbitral organisations and coronavirus (COVID-19)—practical impact [Archived] [Archived]. For additional information, see: Coronavirus (COVID-19) and arbitration—overview. This Practice Note presents the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC (ICC Court) and the 2017 ICC Rules of Arbitration (ICC Rules). It also points to the ICC Note to Parties and Arbitral Tribunals on the Conduct of the Arbitration under the ICC Rules of Arbitration (ICC Note). The ICC Rules govern any ICC arbitration begun on or after 1 March 2017, unless the parties have agreed to apply the rules in force on the date of their arbitration agreement. The ICC Rules include: an expedited procedure...

Part 1, interpretation and limitation of liability Unless the context requires otherwise, these articles use terms defined in the Companies Act 2006 (and any amending or subordinate legislation) and within these articles. Defined terms include: address; articles; bankruptcy (including similar overseas procedures); chair and chair of the meeting (articles 13 and 30); Companies Acts; director (including anyone acting as such); document (including electronic); electronic form/means and hard copy form; instrument; member; ordinary and special resolutions; eligible director; participate; proxy notice; relevant officer (non‑auditor officers of the company or any group undertaking, present or former); subsidiary; and writing (any visible representation, including electronic) The model articles are excluded. Unless otherwise stated, statutory expressions bear the meaning they had when these articles became binding. References to legislation include any modification, re‑enactment or replacement. Singular includes plural and vice versa; masculine includes feminine and neuter; persons include corporations Each member’s liability is limited to £1, payable on a winding up while a member or within one year of ceasing, towards:...

Index to the articles Part 1: Interpretation and limitation of liability — defines the expressions used throughout and confirms members’ liability is limited to any unpaid amount on their shares Part 2: Directors — covers directors’ authority, shareholders’ reserve powers, delegation and committees; collective and unanimous decisions, meetings, participation, quorum, chairing, casting vote, conflicts, records and procedural rules; appointment and termination, remuneration and expenses Part 3: Shares and distributions — requires shares to be fully paid; permits varied classes and redemption; recognises only absolute ownership; sets out certificates, replacements, transfers and transmission; explains declaring and paying dividends, no interest, unclaimed sums, non-cash distributions, waivers, and capitalisation of profits Part 4: Decision-making by shareholders — provides for speaking and voting at general meetings, quorum, chairing, attendance by directors and others, and adjournment; voting on a show of hands or by poll, handling of errors, proxy content and delivery, and allowable amendments Part 5: Administrative arrangements — permitted means of communication, use of company seals,...

Part 1, interpretation and limitation of liability 1 Defined terms and interpretation In these articles, unless the context dictates otherwise, expressions carry the meanings given by the Companies Act 2006 (including sections 1148, 1168, 282, 283, 1159), or as specified herein. References include, without limitation, address, articles, bankruptcy (including comparable overseas processes), chair and chair of the meeting, clear days, Companies Acts, director (including anyone acting as such), distribution recipient, document, electronic form/means, eligible director, fully paid, group, hard copy form, holder, instrument, model articles, ordinary resolution, paid, parent company, participate, proxy notice, relevant officer, shares, special resolution, subsidiary, transmittee and writing. The model articles are disapplied. Unless the context requires otherwise: legislative references include subordinate legislation and any amendment, extension, consolidation, re‑enactment or replacement; “include/including” means without limitation; singular imports plural and vice versa; masculine includes feminine and neuter; and references to persons include bodies corporate... 2 Liability of members Members’ liability is limited to any unpaid amount on the shares they hold...