9/8/2025 2:02:08 PM Court of Appeal considers threshold for damage in data protection claims By Cat Greenwood-Smith Rhodri Thomas Rachael Annear Christine Simpson Ishmael Liwanda +2 more... Show less The Court of Appeal recently handed down its judgment in Farley and Paymaster (Trading as Equiniti), finding there is no de minimis...
2/17/2025 3:31:20 PM Getty v Stability AI – Green light given for representative action under CPR 19.3 By Emma Probyn Christine Simpson Phoebe Campbell Dr. Christopher Stothers Alexandra Morgan +2 more... Show less The High Court has now ordered that Getty Images (Getty) may pursue its claim against Stability AI (Stability) as a representative action...
1/30/2025 1:26:17 PM Getty v Stability AI: Class definitions in representative claims under the lens By Dr. Christopher Stothers Emma Probyn Christine Simpson Alexandra Morgan Phoebe Campbell +2 more... Show less The High Court has rejected a proposed representative action brought by Thomas M. Barwick, Inc (Barwick), on behalf of c.50,000...
1/29/2025 5:31:47 PM 2025 Transnational Litigation Trends By Timothy Harkness Amella Viso Taylor Jachman Paloma Palmer +1 more... Show less Below is a link to our anticipated 2025 Trends in Transnational Litigation, which examines several pivotal developments poised to shape...
1/27/2025 7:48:38 PM Life sciences – what to watch in 2025 By Adam Golden Kristen Riemenschneider Madeleine Tavcar We asked more than 200 Freshfields lawyers – across geographies and practice areas: what are the 1-2 issues top of mind for you and your...
5/30/2024 2:56:27 PM Second Circuit: Crypto Exchange Binance Subject to U.S. Securities Laws to Avoid a Regulatory Vacuum By David Livshiz Timothy Howard Andrew Gladstein Peter Linken Jacob Johnston Seve Kale +3 more... Show less A recent Second Circuit decision underscores that decentralized crypto exchanges with no claimed “home” jurisdiction face a substantial...
5/24/2024 6:05:54 PM Self-proclaimed creator of Bitcoin found to have lied by English court: Crypto Open Patent Alliance v Wright By Emma Probyn Christine Simpson George Ho Jason Hu +1 more... Show less Background Since 2016, Dr Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist, has been asserting intellectual property rights against...
5/13/2024 11:09:56 AM Data and tech: collective actions and mass claims across Europe #2 – Focus on England and Wales By Rachael Annear Giles Pratt Cat Greenwood-Smith Rhodri Thomas Christine Simpson Tochukwu Egenti +3 more... Show less Actions for non-material damages following (alleged) infringements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are increasingly...
5/10/2024 3:58:50 PM Obtaining judgments against Persons Unknown – a welcome return to the status quo for victims of crypto fraud in England & Wales By Emma Probyn Christine Simpson Qifei Zou In its recent decision in Mooij v Persons Unknown [2024] WHC 814 (Comm), the High Court of England and Wales granted summary judgment and...
5/10/2024 11:15:47 AM Data and tech: collective actions and mass claims across Europe #1 – Focus on Germany By Martin Mekat Christoph Werkmeister Sarah Hillebrand Actions for non-material damages following (alleged) infringements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are increasingly...
5/8/2024 2:48:55 PM Data and tech: collective actions and mass claims across Europe By Giles Pratt Christoph Werkmeister Martin Mekat Rachael Annear Cat Greenwood-Smith Rhodri Thomas Jérôme Philippe Mark Egeler Satya Staes Polet Giuseppe Curtò Mijke Sinninghe Damsté +8 more... Show less Actions for non-material damages following (alleged) infringements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are increasingly...
3/18/2024 4:09:40 PM The 'lead claimant' model - the future for data privacy mass claims? By Cat Greenwood-Smith Charlie Fisher The Supreme Court’s ruling in Lloyd v Google (on which we have previously blogged), coupled with the vast upfront costs of bringing...