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Investigating Facebook: Competition Law vs Data Protection
The lines between data protection and competition law are blurring. The German National Competition Authority's investigation into Facebook is the first attempt to tackle data protection with the tools of competition law. Can, or should, the EU follow suit?
12:00, 19th March 2019
Investor Visas in the EU: a Golden Ticket to Union Protection?
The rules surrounding access to EU citizenship are often strict. However, a scheme permitting investors to gain access to citizenship undermines this process, creating a two-tiered system: access for the wealthy, rejection for the poor.
12:00, 19th February 2019
Secession and the EU: Brave New World or Continuation of Membership?
Recent events throughout Europe - perhaps most notably in Catalonia, Spain - has seen rising tensions in many regions regarding the possibility of secession. However, whether a secession will permit the new state to remain part of the European Union is a largely uncertain area of law.
12:00, 4th December 2018
Scotch Whiskey v Lord Advocate: A Neat Solution or The Law on the Rocks?
The tension between protecting public health and the free movement of goods - and the broader tension between Member States and the EU - was brought into sharp focus in a Supreme Court case last year that raised questions about a reconsideration of the ambit of Article 34 of the TFEU is needed.
12:00, 23rd November 2018
Sports Arbitration Revisited Pt I: Mutu and Pechstein v Switzerland
Following the recent case of RFC Seraing and Doyen Sports Company v FIFA and Others [2018], the ECtHR took a look at the concerning world of mandatory arbitration clauses in sports contracts in the hugely important Mutu and Pechstein v Switzerland [2018], handed down last week.
12:00, 9th October 2018
Financial Fair Play in Football: Curbing the Excess or the Enthusiasm?
Football, a favourite pastime of the nation, is also the basis for truly ludicrious levels of investment, winnings and spending. As such, UEFA introduced Financial Fair Play Regulations to discourage football team insolvency. This article assess the compatibility of the Regulations with EU law.
12:00, 25th September 2018
A Permanent Investment Court: The Future of the International Investment Regime?
The ability of investors to sue for breaches of international investment agreements impacts on how governments can regulate. Such disputes are currently dealt with by a much-criticised arbitration regime. Many advocate reform, with the best proposal being the EU's: a permanent international court.
12:00, 28th August 2018
The Criminalisation of Homosexuality in the Commonwealth Pt II: Shifting Sands?
The British Empire's legacy of criminalising homosexuality in the Commonwealth has been challenged in the courts. In some countries, the courts have upheld it through decisions that assert sovereignty of democratic institutions; in others, the courts have focused on protecting constitutional rights.
12:00, 6th July 2018
Spanish Rugby in the Dock Part III: The End of the Line?
An appeal committee upheld a first-instance decision that blocks the Spanish rugby team from qualifying for the Rugby World Cup 2019. Both decisions hold that Spain acted contrary to the laws of rugby. In the third of a three part series, Ben Cisneros examines the final chapter of this sorry saga.
12:00, 26th June 2018
An Introduction to the GDPR and its Impact on Competition Law
The General Data Protection Regulation introduces a new regime that seeks to modernise data protection law by imposing new obligations upon organisations. It seems likely to have positive impact on competition law, so long as clear lines can be drawn delineating when each body of law applies.
12:00, 25th May 2018
In a Similar Vein? A Comparative Analysis of Organ Donation Systems
The Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Bill 2017-19 proposes a 'soft opt-out' system involving a rebuttable presumption of consent to organ donation. An examination of organ donations in several foreign jurisdictions sets out a number of lessons that the UK must learn when implementing this system.
12:00, 13th April 2018
Tainted Medicine: Pharmaceutical Patents in the Developing World
The need to ensure that medicine is universally accessible conflicts with the need to encourage companies to invest in developing new drugs. Particularly in the developing world, patent law has struck an uneven balance that has left populations priced out and vulnerable. How can this be resolved?
12:00, 2nd March 2018
Fixed-Term Contracts in Football: Foul Play or Fair Game?
The idea of footballers being signed on short-term contracts has been a widely accepted part of the sport. However, in a recent German case, a player challenged the legality of these contracts; if he had been successful, this could have had a revolutionary effect on the beautiful game.
12:00, 9th February 2018
Bashir v SoS for Home Department: Finding Housed Refugees a Home
For the last nineteen years, six refugee families have lived in the small part of Cyprus still under British control in conditions that amount to a clear breach of their human rights. The Supreme Court, which heard the case last month, is set to decide whether those rights ought to be recognised.
12:00, 26th January 2018
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