The impact of so-called “no -fault” evictions on tenants has been on the government’s legislative radar for some time now. It announced in 2019 that it intended to legislate to do away with them, on the basis that it would provide security to the substantial number of families renting in the private sector. Citing fears […]
The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, has filed an appeal against a Russian court decision demanding that it take down information on Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The Wikimedia Foundation says the public has the right to know the facts of the Russia-Ukraine war. A Moscow court fined the Wikimedia Foundation $88,000 for […]
On Monday, the family of the author whose article inspired the 1986 film “Top Gun” sued Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement over this year’s sequel and biggest box office hit “Top Gun: Maverick.” The complaint by Shosh Yonay and Yuval Yonay — the author’s widow and son — claims that the Paramount Global unit failed […]
During the height of the pandemic, enforced closures and social distancing measures hit the commercial letting sector hard, with the government itself estimating that £9 billion in rental arrears is still outstanding as of March 2022. In a bid to protect tenants and landlords from the risk of their businesses collapsing, legislation was implemented whilst […]
On Wednesday, US tech giant Meta Platforms Inc compared searches by EU antitrust regulators to a fishing trawler amid investigations into the Facebook owner’s data and online marketplace. Meta says it has already given the European Commission access to over one million documents since 2019 when it first made a request regarding Meta’s Facebook Marketplace, […]
Drawing from a rich career in intellectual property law, Marks & Clerk partner Catherine Lovrics discusses several legal disputes that shaped IP law in Canada.
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