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The Google trial shows that Apple’s search deal is the most important contract in tech
“Would I be correct that, at least today, Apple has a lot of leverage in its negotiations with Google?” Adam Severt, a Department of Justice attorney, asked that question to Google’s head of product partnerships, Joan Braddi, yesterday after a long tour of Braddi’s dealings with Apple over her two-decade-plus career at Google. The two were in a Washington, DC, courtroom, where for the last several weeks, the landmark US v. Google antitrust trial has litigated every corner of the…
Encrypted Client Hello (ECH) Effectively Defeats Pirate Site Blocking
Cloudflare has enabled Encrypted Client Hello for all customers on free plans, which includes many pirate sites. The new privacy feature makes it impossible for Internet providers to track which websites subscribers visit. As a result, it also renders pirate site-blocking efforts useless, if both the site and the visitor have ECH enabled. Website blocking has become the go-to anti-piracy measure for the entertainment industries when tackling pirate sites on the internet. The practice has been around for well over…
Expropriation and other recent measures aimed at foreign investors in Russia
As a reaction to the international sanctions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian government enacted several economic retaliatory measures that could significantly impair foreign investments in Russia or contracts concluded with Russian companies. Below, we outline the various measures currently discussed and/or already in force and provide you with information on investment protection and related legal instruments at your disposal if you are affected by these measures. The situation regarding the various measures in force or in preparation…
European council and UK government announce new Russia sanctions
On 15 March 2022, the European Council introduced a fourth package of sanctions against Russia. The move follows an informal meeting attended by EU heads of state and government on 10-11 March. The sanctions target entities and individuals. Measures include: Bans on: Transactions with certain state-owned companies which are already subject to refinancing restrictions Providing credit rating services (and access to any subscription services in relation to credit rating activities) New investments in the Russian energy sector Subjecting a greater number…
The Register of Overseas Entities – What you need to know
Originally promised “by 2021”, the war in the Ukraine has finally booted the Register of Overseas Entities onto the statute book as part of a global push towards transparency in property ownership. As we reported in December 2020, most UK entities have been required to provide information about their ultimate owners since June 2016, but plans to cast the net wider to catch overseas entities seemed to have stalled over the last two years. Now, domestic and global pressure to crack…
