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Satellite and Space Projects News - October 2018
Our latest digest of recent news in the satellite and space projects sector.
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Sky's video games joint venture will help it level up significantly
Sky recently announced that it had formed Skybound Stories, a joint venture formed with Skybound Entertainment, the company behind the post-apocalyptic comic book turned multi-award winning TV series "The Walking Dead," to create video games.
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Dirty laundry: Do British businesses risk being tarnished by new EU anti-money laundering rules post-Brexit?
Fieldfisher corporate crime partner Francesca Titus and corporate crime associate Elliott Kenton discuss how moves to tighten up EU AML legislation could side-line UK companies.
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Should've gone to Specsavers? – franchisees claim fraudulent misrepresentation against their franchisor
In the case of Ali v Abbeyfield VE Ltd (2018 Chancery Division), four ex-Vision Express optician franchisees were successful in their claim against their franchisor, in which they alleged that they were induced to enter into their franchise agreements on the basis of false information provided by a Vision Express employee.
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Arabian Rights: Breaking the Saudi glass ceiling
Fieldfisher partner Vivien Davies argues that pro-female cultural shifts underway in Saudi Arabia, thanks to the comparatively liberal policies of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, need to be backed by legal reform to enable women to reach their professional potential.
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From Bitcoin to blockchain: Solving the regulatory cryptogram
Fieldfisher corporate partner and tech specialist Tim Bird, fintech consultant and CEO of TeamBlockchain Jonny Fry, and Cummings Law's alternative investment legal expert Claire Cummings discuss the regulatory hurdles facing mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies and payment services technologies.
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Growing pains
Fieldfisher corporate partner and technology specialist Tim Bird looks at the discomforts of deal execution and how to avoid them.
