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• What’s the story: CMA launches investigation into Ticketmaster over Oasis debacle - On 5 September 2024, the CMA?launched an investigation into Ticketmaster over the recent sale of tickets for the Oasis reunion gigs.
• DMCC Act: plans for implementation announced - The Government has set out its plans for implementation of the DMCC Act. In particular, the Government aims to commence the provisions relating to competition law and the new digital markets competition regime in December 2024 or January 2025.
• Irides: Weekly patent litigation update - Read the latest edition of our round-up of patent litigation news highlights from around the world.

• Liability for Processors - With the ICO announcing a very unusual intent to fine a data processor, in this episode of Legitimately Interesting, Hannah Crowther and Jamie Drucker talk more about the exposure of data processors under the GDPR – not just fines, but directly to the controller, and to data subjects – and how best to manage those risks.

• The Science Series - Join us for part two of our Science Series, designed specifically for in-house lawyers working within life sciences companies.
• Open Source Software Masterclass Series - Join us for an eight-part Open Source Software Masterclass Series, designed specifically for lawyers with a solid grounding in copyright law and commercial licensing and negotiation, who wish to increase their knowledge about open source software.
• Tech Summit 2024 - This year's summit will focus on exploring the most important legal and commercial issues facing the technology sector, along with other cutting-edge topics.

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