March 2016

The rise of third-party funding: turning potential claims into a profit centre | Shepherd and Wedderburn

Damages litigation in a commercial context is often viewed as a distinctly double-edged sword: your company may have been harmed and may have lost significant money or opportunity but the cost of recovering these, the time involved and the exposure in potentially not succeeding often lands such potential claims in the distant corners of the …

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Navigating the minefield of data export | Irwin Mitchell

European businesses have always needed to tread carefully in relation to exporting personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). This has never been more true than recently when data export became the biggest issue in data protection. The cat was set among the pigeons in October 2015 when the European Court of Justice (ECJ)invalidated …

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2016 trends in dispute resolution: abuse of dominance litigation for consumer-facing TMT companies | Bryan Cave

The idea of masses of consumers galloping after shares of companies’ profits for anti-competitive behaviour has probably not been one which has been keeping corporate counsel awake at night. But the combination of (1) the new Consumer Rights Act; (2) a mature litigation funding market; and (3) the developing nature of antitrust enforcement, makes for …

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Spoilt for choice? Selecting the correct UK court for IP, media and technology disputes | Brodies

When a business has a dispute, it is important for it to properly evaluate its options in terms in how best to resolve the matter on a commercial basis. This should involve a review of any relevant contract(s) giving rise to the issues in dispute for any applicable choice of law and jurisdiction provisions, as …

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