Snapshots - Winter 2018

A roundup of key legal developments for the modern commercial lawyer.

It's been a busy end of 2018, and this quarter we have the largest Snapshots collection ever.  Key developments to flag include: whether an entire agreement clause can exclude claims for misrepresentation plus a classic case of failing to sign off agreements before starting work on a project (raising the question as to whether a construction claim was worth £600K or £40m).  There's a useful trade mark case looking at whether Argos Systems Inc had taken unfair advantage of Argos UK's EU trade mark through setting up an advertising billboard site.  In data, the ICO is consulting on the GDPR update to the Direct Marketing Guide, whilst the threat of data class actions are beginning to raise their head, as shown by  the Richard Lloyd v Google action and Morrisons being held vicariously liable for the actions of a rogue employee.  Finally, in advertising it's (still) all about influencer marketing, RRPs and HFSS (look out in particular for the article on Coco's revenge!).  As we say, it's been a busy end of year!  Enjoy. 

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