Commercial

20 02, 2023

AI – the end of humans?

By |2023-12-07T16:34:56+00:00February 20th, 2023|Commercial|

Everyone is talking about ChatGPT and AI generally. It has come close to passing the multiple-choice part of the US bar exam and has earned passing grades on law school essays that resemble ones written for the exam. Microsoft has invested billions and has added it to its search engine, Bing, in the hope that it will catch up ground lost to Google. As AI becomes [...]

25 11, 2022

Business owner registers to become private?

By |2023-12-20T10:24:12+00:00November 25th, 2022|Commercial|

Since April 2016 companies in the UK have had to identify their owners and controllers. Those details have formed part of a publicly-available register held by Companies House. Ownership registers such as this have been introduced internationally in recent years. This is as part of a move towards increasing corporate transparency to combat money laundering, the financing of terrorism and tax evasion. The Court of Justice [...]

4 10, 2022

Reform of the data reform

By |2023-12-20T10:25:21+00:00October 4th, 2022|Commercial|

The UK data reform Bill was postponed upon the appointment of Liz Truss as the new Prime Minister. Now, it appears that Bill is on hold. The new Secretary of State for DCMS, Michelle Donelan appears to want to take data reform in a new direction. Reform of the data reform, if you like. She has promised "the design of a tailored, business-friendly British system of [...]

19 08, 2022

Russian Starbucks chucks bucks to be Stars

By |2023-12-20T10:29:15+00:00August 19th, 2022|Commercial|

Like many businesses, Starbucks closed its outlets in Russia. Now, a new chain owned by Russian rapper Timati and restaurateur Anton Pinsky is taking over the outlets. It has appointed new suppliers but much seems familiar. The new chain has dropped the "bucks" from the name. It has also adjusted the logo to show a woman wearing traditional Russian headgear. Pinsky said, [...]

21 07, 2022

IQE: Phish and chips?

By |2023-12-20T10:30:29+00:00July 21st, 2022|Commercial|

IQE has filed a lawsuit against Tower for misappropriating its trade secrets. There are not many details in the public domain yet and reading anything in the general media can lead to confusion as journalists often think all words describing intellectual property rights are interchangeable! What we know is that IQE, one of the UK’s largest chip manufacturers, has filed [...]

7 06, 2022

Lightning gets struck

By |2023-12-20T10:32:18+00:00June 7th, 2022|Commercial, Services|

Apple may be forced to adopt a standardised charger. In April 2022, the EU's Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee voted 43-2 to adopt legislation requiring manufacturers to adopt USB-C for device charging. Apple has resisted calls to follow the industry and adopt a unified charging port on its devices. This is the case even though it adopted USB-C on its own laptops [...]

6 06, 2022

All I want for Christmas is $20m

By |2023-12-20T10:33:47+00:00June 6th, 2022|Commercial, Services|

Mariah Carey released “All I want for Christmas is You” in 1994. Now, 28 years later songwriter Andy Stone has filed a lawsuit claiming copyright infringement. Unless you have been on a desert island all this time, you will recognise this song as it gets (over-) played every year at Christmas time. That's assuming the BBC didn't pack you off there [...]

21 12, 2021

The wheels are in motion for a Stagecoach and National Express £1.9bn union

By |2023-12-20T10:39:59+00:00December 21st, 2021|Commercial, Corporate|

On 14 December 2021, Stagecoach and National Express announced that they had agreed a £1.9bn merger, but behind the scenes of this mega transaction, Stagecoach had agreed to divest part of its businesses and shares in Scottish Citylink Coaches Limited to companies within the ComfortDelGro group in order to address any potential competition issues. Teacher Stern advised Scottish Citylink Coaches [...]

27 10, 2021

Corporate & Commercial retain Tier 2 ranking in Legal 500 2021

By |2023-12-20T10:42:18+00:00October 27th, 2021|Commercial, Corporate|

Teacher Stern is proud to have secured top rankings in the Legal 500 2021, an independent directory that ranks the UK’s top law firms. Our Corporate & Commercial team have retained their Tier 2 ranking for London law firm - M&A deals for under £50m and our lawyers continue to be recognised as experts within their fields. Martine Nathan, Partner, Corporate [...]

14 04, 2021

Teacher Stern adviser to Big Time Gaming on EUR450 million sale

By |2023-12-20T10:50:52+00:00April 14th, 2021|Commercial, Corporate, Gaming, Recent Transactions|

Teacher Stern adviser to Big Time Gaming on EUR450 million sale Teacher Stern acted as lead legal adviser to online slot games developer Big Time Gaming on its agreement to sell to Evolution Gaming. Evolution Gaming Group will acquire the entire issued share capital of Big Time Gaming Pty Ltd for a total consideration of up to EUR 450 million, [...]

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