MasterCard is facing a legal claim of £14 billion, the largest claim in UK history. The claim was brought on behalf of around 46 million UK consumers who were allegedly overcharged by the credit card group. According to law firm Quinn Emanuel - the firm which filed the suit through

An EU advisory body has declared that European mobile device operators and internet service providers should be forbidden from imposing blanket blocks on advertising. The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications published guidelines stating the frequent practice is likely a breach of the EU net neutrality laws which came

The European Commission’s stand against tax deals for global corporations may be the start of a long legal journey, lawyers predict. The Commission ruled that Apple owed €13 billion in back taxes for a period spanning over two decades. However, the Irish government has already stated its intention to

Brexit may result in the removal of legal protection for publishers of reader comments on message boards and online news articles. Reader comments are currently protected by the EU Electronic Commerce Directive (ECD) Regulations 2002. The Regulation stipulates that publishers will not be liable for reader commentary which is defamatory

WhatsApp’s new policy of data sharing with parent company Facebook is being investigated by the UK Information Commissioner (ICO). Data such as sign in habits and user phone numbers will now be liable to sharing with Facebook, despite WhatsApp’s previous pledge to remain independent. Due to the scale

Newly released figures show a 600% rise in court fees, adding to fears that the legal system is inaccessible to countless businesses and individuals. Statistics from the Registry Trust show that tens of thousands of pounds are going unrecovered, regardless of the merit of the potential claims they are attached

A recent report appears to show that women who have had children are falling through the cracks of equal pay legislation. Kate Hodgkiss, partner at law firm DLA Piper, claims the report reveals that the: “impact of taking time out of the workplace for family reasons continues to have a

Open source software company Mozilla is taking a stand against perceived barriers to innovation and development brought on by European copyright law. The company’s chief innovation officer, Katharina Borchert, characterised certain EU laws as outdated, failing to catch up to the challenges brought on by the internet. “It stifles